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Fire ghter paramedic Brian Chase, left, and Engineer Darin Sowa pose for a photo in front to Brian and Darin, the station responded to one golf cart accident inside Canyon Lake and of Canyon Lake Fire Station 60 on July 4, one day after the station reopened. According two calls outside of Canyon Lake on the station's rst day back open.
City to host ribbon-cutting for Fire Station 60
The residents of Canyon Lake can breathe a little easier knowing that the city’s lone fire station is operating again.
The fire station reopened July 3, two years after it closed its doors after a dis- pute with county fire officials over the cost of services.
On May 9, the Board of Supervi- sors approved a new one-year fire pro-
tection contract for the City of Canyon Lake. The agreement allows the station to operate with a two-man crew. County officials will require the station to oper- ate with a three-man crew stating July 1, 2018. Riverside Country District One Supervisor Kevin Jeffries said, “Six months into the contract the city coun- cil will need to decide if it will bump
up to three-person staffing or terminate the contract at the end of 12 months and possibly create a city fire dept or close the station and contract with nearby cit- ies to provide services again.”
Although reopening the station comes at a cost of $1.4 million, it’s a substan- tially lesser cost than the $2.1 million it was headed before the station closed.
To celebrate the reopening of Station 60, Canyon Lake City Council and city staff will host a ribbon-cutting ceremo- ny at the station, 28730 Vacation Dr., on Saturday, July 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. The celebration will include a ribbon-cut- ting, speeches, cake and refreshments. Residents and their guests are invited to attend.
Electric shock felt by two local kayakers on the lake
BY JILL TORKELSON
REPORTER, THE FRIDAY FLYER
An electric shock felt by two resi- dents in the lake serves as a reminder for Canyon Lake residents to inspect electrical wiring to and around docks, pools and spas.
During a Canyon Lake Public Safety Committee meeting, Special Enforcement Officer Gina Dickson reported that two residents felt an electrical current when they stuck an aluminum oar in the water.
The Special Enforcement Officer stated that it was the electric wir- ing from a boat dock that caused the shock. The officer further explained that the city’s Building and Safety Department currently does not inspect electrical wiring to docks, but they are looking into developing a stan-
dard for running electrical to docks. When asked what steps the city will be taking regarding electrical wiring to docks, City Manager Aaron Palmer said, “The city attorney is looking into the matter to see who is responsible for enforcing wiring to docks.”
According to the non-profit Elec- tric Shock Drowning Prevention As- sociation, there is no visible warning or way to tell if water surrounding a boat, marina or dock is energized or within seconds will become energized with fatal levels of electricity.
Known as the silent killer, water electrocution drowning has been get- ting more attention since a 15 year-old girl from Alabama drowned in 2016 after receiving an electrical shock near the family’s boat dock.
The girl’s father, Jimmy Johnson,
explained in an interview to CBS News that the source of the shock was a light switch that was half full of water. “When an aluminum ladder was placed in the water the electrical current traveled from the light switch down the dock, to the ladder and the surrounding water,” explained the fa- ther.
Since the sudden death of his teen- age daughter, Jimmy has made it his mission to warn others about the dan- gers of electric shock drowning in hopes of preventing future tragedies. He recommends the following safety tips to prevent water electrocution drowning:
1. Use a plastic ladder rather than a metal one. Metal is a conductor of electricity.
2. If you start to feel a tingle, swim
away from the dock or boat.
3. Check all wiring around your
dock, including your ground fault cir- cuit breaker.
4. Purchase a Dock Lifeguard, a device that detects electricity on your dock and in the water around your dock.
Electric shock drowning does not only occur in lakes. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), there were 60 swimming pool and hot tub deaths caused by electrocution be- tween 2000 to 2013.
CPSC Chairman Hal Stratton ad- vises the best protection from water electrocution drowning is inspection, detection and correction of electrical hazards around water.
THE FRIDAY FLYER
Volume 36 Number 27
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