VIDEO: Electricity is such an important part of modern life, but something that does so much good can turn deadly in an instant. So, one Vermillion County fire department hosted a training to make sure their team knows what to do.
โYou canโt hear it, canโt smell it, you canโt see it. But itโs super deadly,โ said former Lineman and trainer Kyle Finley. This means the first responders who show up to scenes with downed power lines, poles and other infrastructure need to know how to handle it. โItโs kind of cool. Covington showed up, Cissna Park, and Bismarck,โ said Assistant Chief Blake Douglass. โSo thatโs neat.โ Former lineman Steven Hancock ran the demonstration, helped by previous owner of Live Line demo, Finley.
โSteve is going to make sure that, you know with the safety unit, that he educates the first responders on all different aspects of the electrical system, whether itโs our secondary 120 right on up to the high voltage and transmission lines,โ Finley said. Something he said these firefighters will see in the field.
