Helping our Schools
Meet the CMP Public Education Team
Danielle Barry
Danielle has been with CMP for 6 ½ years. She started in the call center and loved helping customers understand their bills. With a history of volunteering with children and working as a former 911 dispatcher, she jumped at the opportunity to move within the company to our Public Education Team.
Eric Lunt
Eric started out as a meter reader with Central Maine Power, after working his way to Lead Line worker, Eric moved to Safety Specialist before joining the Public Education team.
Bob Wassick
After working for 31 years for the Portland Fire Department, Bob joined the CMP Public Education team in 2021, visiting schools, fire departments, public works departments and contractors who work around our network infrastructure in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
Helping our schools
For parents & teachers
Safety City
CMP wants everyone to understand how to be safe around power lines and other structures. Safety City is our free, traveling electrical safety exhibit. Set up like a real neighborhood, Safety City helps school children of all ages understand how to be safe around power lines and other structures ─ and that no line is safe to touch ever!
If you would like to request Safety City for your school or organization click here.
Explore the Electric Universe! With information for everyone, you can find a section tailored to many ages and interests. Learn about electricity and safety at home or in school, gain wise energy use tips while making good choices for the environment and play games!
Electricity Safety Posters
Teach your students or your children to be safe around electricity with our safety posters. Make as many copies as you need.
Use the full-color version for display, use the black and white version for children to color.
- Watts the Wizard says: Don't be shocked. Be safe around electricity.
- Watts the Wizard says: Never fly kites near power lines ... and never climb utility poles or trees that are near power lines.
- Never climb near power lines.
Lightning safety
The national weather service's lightning safety website has safety information, photos, stories, teacher tools and a children's page.