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While I realize Halloween is over, I would like to share with you an encounter I had with a most engaging pirate, in a most unlikely place: the State Damage Prevention Action Team (SDAT) meeting held in Denver on October 21.
The Telly Award winning 811 Children’s Pirate Video was shown at this conference, sponsored by the Utility Notification Center of Colorado (UNCC), a member organization of the nationwide Common Ground Alliance (CGA). The Telly Award honors the very best local, regional and cable television commercials and programs focused on community education. The video was produced by CGA, a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices. I was both amused and enlightened by this creative way to prevent damage through education, targeted primarily to children and their parents. Scroll below to see the all811kids.com - Pirate video.
Bringing safety and damage prevention concepts to kids and their parents in Colorado
The SDAT is an arm of the Damage Prevention Councils of Colorado and serves to fund and operationalize educational programs statewide. The team worked cooperatively with community volunteer, Mrs. Donna Stahl, to create Capt’n One Call and Safe Treasure Digging!,a companion workbook for the Pirate video. It was designed to introduce grade school students and their parents to safe digging.
The primary message in the video and workbook is when installing a fence or mailbox, planting a tree or digging, Capt’n One Call urges individuals to call 811 first. As we all know, homeowners can make risky assumptions about whether or not they should get their utility lines marked, but every digging job requires a call. The possibility of multiple utility lines in a common area and the variation in depth of utility lines can lead to disruption of service to an entire neighborhood. And more importantly, it could also harm you and those around you, or result in fines and repair costs. Calling 811 (or 1-800-922-1987) before every digging job gets your underground utility lines marked for free and helps prevent undesired consequences. Check out the clever illustrations and games that accompany this workbook by contacting Brent Sumner at 303-205-6365 or emailing him at
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All together now: Common Ground Alliance, Utility Notification Center of Colorado and Damage Prevention Councils
As I mentioned earlier, the Utility Notification Center of Colorado (UNCC) is a member organization of the Common Ground Alliance. Both organizations share common goals of identifying and promoting best practices that lead to a reduction in damage. Working with excavators in a myriad of industries from utilities to gas distribution and transmission companies continues the effort to keep Colorado’s infrastructure safe.
While attending the conference, I also gained a better understanding of the mutual support UNCC gives the Damage Prevention Councils (DPC) located throughout Colorado, and how in turn, the DPC support the UNCC. Four new councils were established in needed areas last year with fifteen currently in operation. A goal was recently set to cover 36 of the 64 counties in Colorado by the end of 2011 and according to UNCC Public Relations Director, Brent Sumner, this goal is well on its way to being met. underscores the great success that continues to be achieved by encouraging safe practices and by educating industrial excavators, facility owners, and homeowners. By attending this conference I could readily see that this group of professionals was passionate about getting the damage prevention message out, knowing that their combined efforts might save lives.
Statistical data available in the UNCC 2009 Annual Report found at www.uncc.org
underscores the great success that continues to be achieved by encouraging safe practices and by educating industrial excavators, facility owners, and homeowners. By attending this conference I could readily see that this group of professionals was passionate about getting the damage prevention message out, knowing that their combined efforts save lives.
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sponsored by the Utility Notification Center of Colorado (UNCC), a member organization of the nationwide Common Ground Alliance (CGA). The Telly Award honors the very best local, regional and cable television commercials and programs focused on community education. The video was produced by CGA, a member-driven association dedicated to ensuring public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices. I was both amused and enlightened by this creative way to prevent damage through education, targeted primarily to children and their parents. Scroll below to see the all811kids.com - Pirate video.
their utility lines marked, but every digging job requires a call. The possibility of multiple utility lines in a common area and the variation in depth of utility lines can lead to disruption of service to an entire neighborhood. And more importantly, it could also harm you and those around you, or result in fines and repair costs. Calling 811 (or 1-800-922-1987) before every digging job gets your underground utility lines marked for free and helps prevent undesired consequences. Check out the clever illustrations and games that accompany this workbook by contacting Brent Sumner at 303-205-6365 or emailing him at
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