Safety tips
The golden rule to avoiding danger? Stay away from electrical and hydropower facilities. Avoid accidents by paying attention to your surroundings.
What to do in a high-risk situation
Staying safe outside the house
Some 40% of power outages are caused by falling trees and branches. Surprised? See how to design and maintain outdoor areas to prevent accidents and outages.
Identifying hazards in the home
Were you aware that, each year, roughly 100 kids under the age of five are treated in the emergency room for electric shock? Learn about the basic safety precautions to take in your home to keep you and your loved ones safe.
Protecting young children from electric shock
Take precautions to prevent shock and ensure that your little ones can safely explore their surroundings.
Identifying electricity-related hazards
Never underestimate the dangers of electricity in the home. See how to detect these hazards and stay safe at all times.
Staying safe during outings
Electrical and hydropower facilities are part our environment, so being able to detect hazardous situations is essential. Keeping a safe distance from these facilities could quite simply save your life!
Stay clear: drowning hazard!
Even if the water looks calm, when the generating station is in operation there can be an undertow below the water that you can’t see. Keep away from hydropower facilities and pay attention to warning signs.
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Keeping a safe distance from hydropower facilities
It’s simple: swimming or fishing in the immediate vicinity of a hydropower facility could put you at risk of drowning. Read our tips for staying safe!
See the outdoor electrical hazards
Would you know what to do if you were to collide with a utility pole or see power lines on the ground? Find out.
Did you witness a hazardous situation near our facilities?
Help us prevent incidents: warn us of any potential danger.
If the situation calls for an emergency response (ambulance, fire or police services), call 911.
Report vegetation too close to power lines
Have you spotted a hazard, like a tree that’s fallen on a power line? Fill out the form to submit a request or find out what to do to deal with the situation.
Submit a requestLet us know about something out of the ordinary near a facility
Call us to report something out of the ordinary or someone in danger near a hydropower facility.
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Find out when vegetation control operations are scheduled
Consult the maps to see where and when vegetation is due to be cleared from around the power lines in your area.
See the maps