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Virginia Department of Emergency Management
10501 Trade Court, Richmond, VA 23236
CONTACT: Bob Spieldenner (804) 897-6510
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2008
RICHMOND, VA -- State and local officials will test the early warning siren system around the North Anna Power Station Wednesday, May 21, at approximately 11:10 a.m. In Caroline, Hanover, Louisa and Spotsylvania counties, 68 sirens located within a 10-mile radius of the station will sound a three-minute tone.
The siren system alerts the public to tune in to their local radio or television Emergency Alert System (EAS) station for information. A list of area EAS stations is located in the yellow pages of the phone directory in the affected areas, as well as in the annual North Anna Power Station emergency information calendar mailed to households in the region.
Quarterly full-scale siren tests consisting of a single three-minute tone take place on the third Wednesday of February, May, August and November. The next test of the North Anna siren system will be Wednesday, August 20, 2008.
The alerting system signifying an actual emergency at North Anna Power Station consists of four separate, three-minute tones, each separated by a one-minute silent interval. Total elapsed time for actual emergency notification is 15 minutes.
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Dominion and the localities where the sirens are located will participate in the May 21 test.
In the North Anna area, the EAS radio and television stations are:
Radio:
WRXL |
102.1 FM |
Richmond |
WRVA |
1140 AM |
Richmond |
WRNL |
910 AM | Richmond |
WRVQ |
94.5 FM |
Richmond |
| WTVR | 98.1 FM | Richmond |
| WMXB | 103.7 FM | Richmond |
| WKLR | 96.5 FM | Richmond |
| WCVE | 88.9 FM | Richmond |
WYSK |
1350 AM |
Fredericksburg |
WFLS |
93.3 FM |
Fredericksburg |
WFVA |
1230 AM |
Fredericksburg |
WYJY |
90.5 FM |
Fredericksburg |
WYSK |
89.5 FM | Spotsylvania |
WYSK |
99.3 FM | Spotsylvania |
WCVA |
1490 AM |
Culpeper |
WCUL |
103.1 FM |
Culpeper |
WJMA |
98.9 FM | Orange |
WVCV |
1340 AM | Orange |
WOJL |
105.5 FM |
Louisa |
Television:
WTVR |
Channel 6 |
Richmond |
WRIC |
Channel 8 |
Richmond |
WCVE |
Channel 23 |
Richmond |
WWBT |
Channel 12 |
Richmond |
WVIR |
Channel 29 |
Charlottesville |