ENMAX Power Corporation is pleased to be a sponsor of the City of Calgary’s Fifth Annual Safety Expo and invites all media to attend Calgary’s premium safety exhibition March 5th and 6th.  At ENMAX, safety is priority one and this yearly event is an excellent way to bring an important message to students, educators and the general public.

Safety Expo features interactive exhibits, workshops and demonstrations for students in Grades 4-9.  This year’s theme – Safety 4 All Seasons – supports regular curriculum learning from the classroom and focuses on preventing physical, social and emotional injuries at home, school and play all year round. 

Exhibitors provide interactive learning opportunities on safety risks and best practices, while workshops provide in-depth learning about internet, fire and water safety, as well as responsible citizenship and the consequences of criminal lifestyles.

As in previous years, Safer Calgary will hold the annual Jim Gray Safer Calgary Awards March 5th in the Calgary Municipal Building as part of the Expo. These awards honour community members who make Calgary a safer place. Individuals, groups, communities and corporations will receive the prestigious award for their contributions to violence and injury prevention and/or environmental (natural and engineered) protection.

Approximately 3,500 local students will attend the Expo for free, courtesy of co-sponsors ENMAX Power Corporation, Safer Calgary and The City of Calgary.  Safety Expo is organized by a consortium of volunteers from each of the sponsor organizations, as well as from Ledcor Construction, Calgary Board of Education, Girl Guides of Canada, Campus Calgary, Think First and Calgary Police Services.

ENMAX staff and senior executives will be at this year’s Safety Expo, sharing the Municipal Atrium with twenty-one other exhibitors who share safety as a core value and who believe education at any age forms great safety habits for life.

WHAT: 

• Safety Expo, March 5&6, 2008 
• 2007 Jim Gray Safer Calgary Awards, March 5, 2008.

WHO: Grades 4-9 school children; EMS, Fire, Police, and dozens of other local health and safety agencies; local safety award winners and more

VISUALS: Interactive safety exhibits and activities, Calgary students, community partnerships at work, volunteerism, awards presentation

WHEN: Wednesday, March 5 to take in both the Expo and the Awards Ceremony (noon); Expo also runs on Thursday, March 6, from 9:30am-3:30pm

WHERE: The exhibits are in the Atrium, City of Calgary Municipal Building, 800 Macleod Trail, SE; the Jim Gray Awards are next door in Old City Hall – directional signs are posted.

ENMAX Power Corporation, a subsidiary of ENMAX Corporation, and its predecessors have provided Albertans with safe and reliable electricity for more than 100 years. One of the most reliable urban utilities in Canada, ENMAX Power owns, operates and maintains the distribution and much of transmission network in and around Calgary. Most of ENMAX Power’s activities are regulated by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board. The non-regulated subsidiaries managed by ENMAX Power provide engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance for the electrical servicing of residential and commercial developments and LRT (light rail transit) systems as well as fiber optic networks for high speed data and internet communications. For more information, visit our website at enmaxpower.com.