Electrical Safety Week Competition
September 1 - 5, 2025
Electrical Safety Week runs from 1-5 September and raises awareness about the dangers of electricity. This year, we're focusing on teaching children how to be safe around electricity during severe weather events.
To help celebrate Electrical Safety Week we're running a COMPETITION!
From now until 26 September, we’re running 2 competitions for kids between kinder and grade 6 based on our Electrical Safety Week messages. These activities can be completed at school or at home.
To join the competition, complete one of the activities below and send it to us via:
- Email: brightsparks@tasnetworks.com.au
- Post: PO Box 606 Moonah, TAS, 7008
Don’t forget to add your name, grade & school to your entries!
Competition 1 SAFETY STORY
(Grade 3 - Grade 6)
Download our story template, choose one of the safety topics and write a short story on how to keep safe in that situation.
Competition 2 COLOUR ME IN
(Kinder - Grade 2)
Choose one of our safety colouring in pictures, colour it in any way you like.
You can find our safety pictures below under 'Competition Resources'.
Competition Resources
Safety Topics
💡 Know your power outage plan.
Power outage plans help you stay safe when the power goes out. As a family, prepare a ‘Power Outage Plan’ to follow during severe weather events or extended blackouts. Think and discuss what your family (including pets) needs during an outage.
A home emergency kit is a great way to make sure you have what you need, when you need it. Keep your power outage plan and your home emergency kit easy to reach.
🔌🔋 Make sure your devices are charged.
When preparing for a severe weather event, make sure power banks and smartphones are fully charged.
Conserve your device's battery life by using it less, in case you need to call for help or receive important information. It’s important to get updates and weather warnings so you know what’s going on and can stay safe.
🏡 Stay indoors and stay out of danger.
Severe weather events can cause fallen trees, fallen power lines and damage to houses and other buildings. Only travel if you really need to and follow the instructions from the emergency services during severe weather events.
Stay at least 10 metres clear of any fallen power lines or other damage and report it to TasNetworks on 132 004.
🔦 It's safer to use torches instead of candles.
Think about how you will see in the dark when the power goes out. Candles are a fire risk, so be careful.
✅ Battery-operated or hand cranked torches are an excellent, safe light source. Keep spare batteries with the torch in your emergency kit and place backup lights in easy to reach places around the house.
🦘 Kangaroo hop to safety.
Stay away from fallen powerlines as they are very dangerous. If you are outside when this happens, treat all powerlines as live.
Kangaroo hopping reduces the chance of electrocution. Jump 10 meters away from the fallen powerline to ensure you don’t ‘complete the circuit’.
Remember, feet together, knees bent!
Stay at least 10 metres clear of any fallen power lines or other damage and report it to TasNetworks on 132 004.