KCP&L teaches local first responders about electrical safety

KCP&L lineman Glen Maughmer.

7200 volts of electricity arcs between the line and the grounded pole held by KCP&L lineman Glen Maughmer.

Members of Nevada Fire Department, Police, Public Works, Sheldon Fire Department, and Sheldon Board of Alderman, and Vernon County Ambulance District listen intently to to KCP&L lineman Shawn Spiwak.

KCP&L lineman Shawn Spiwak lost his right arm, right left, and left ring finger in a 2008 accident where he came into contact with a live 7200 volt power line.

7200 volts of electricity arcs between the contact on the trailer and the grounded pole held by KCP&L lineman Glen Maughmer.

7200 volts of electricity arcs between the contact on the trailer and the grounded pole held by KCP&L lineman Glen Maughmer.

Exposed steel belts on worn radial tires can conduct electricity.

Maughmer demonstrates what happens when an aluninum ladder comes into contact with 7200 volts.

Heat build up in a wet manilla rope causes it to catch fire when draped across two power lines.

Maughmer demonstrates what happens what a shovel breaks the insulation of an underground power line.

Maughmer uses an insulated orange pole to point to the lightening arrester that failed and created the conditions that led to Spiwak's accident.

KCP&L lineman Glen Maughmer (left) shows the audience the inside of a hotdog that has been burned by electricity. Lineman Shawn Spiwak lost his right arm, right leg, and left ring finger in a 2008 accident where he received fourth and fifth degree burns from coming into contact with a live 7200 volt primary power line.

The trailer used by KCP&L to educate first responders on electrical distribution systems.