DPL Plants Conduct River Rescue Safety Training.Business Editors DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2002 As a part of DPL's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DPL (Digital PowerLine) An earlier technology for transmitting a 1 Mbps data signal over electric power lines from Nortel Networks. It was developed in the late 1990s, but later abandoned due to implementation difficulties. See broadband over power lines. ) effort to promote a safe work environment, employees from its Killen and Stuart electric generating stations recently conducted river rescue training. These coal-fired plants are located on the Ohio River Ohio River Major river, eastern central U.S. Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, and west and southwest to form the state boundaries of Ohio–West Virginia, Ohio-Kentucky, Indiana-Kentucky, and and produce 3,000 megawatts of electricity, or enough electricity to supply approximately 3 million homes. DPL employees regularly work on the river unloading coal from barges and operating tugboats. At times, this work is made more challenging with strong currents, rough wake, and adverse weather conditions. The detailed training session covered several aspects of river water rescue. The first involved getting a person who had fallen overboard o·ver·board adv. Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship. Idiom: go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm. back into the boat safely. The training included practice throwing buoy rings and rope bags as well as getting the victim strapped onto a backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way . In another exercise, the rescue team practiced transferring a victim from the river to the shore. Normal river levels allow direct access to the shore through the coal unloader area or the construction dock. However, there are times when the Ohio River can be as much as 15 feet above normal, making these points inaccessible. With flood conditions, it would become necessary to lift the victim to shore using a rope and pulley pulley, simple machine consisting of a wheel over which a rope, belt, chain, or cable runs. A grooved pulley wheel like that used for ropes is called a sheave. system. As a result of this hands-on training, DPL employees are now better prepared to respond as rescue volunteers in the event of a river emergency. DPL Inc. is a diversified regional energy company. DPL's principal subsidiaries include The Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L) and DPL Energy. DP&L provides electric services to over 500,000 retail customers in West Central Ohio. DPL Energy operates over 4,600 megawatts of generation capacity and markets wholesale energy throughout the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . DPL Inc., through its subsidiaries, ranks among the top energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity. Further information on DPL Inc. can be found at www.dplinc.com. |
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