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Virginia Department of Emergency Management
10501 Trade Court, Richmond, VA 23236
CONTACT: Bob Spieldenner (804) 897-6510
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Aug. 27, 2008
RICHMOND, VA -- State and local officials will test the early warning siren system around the Surry Power Station Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at approximately 11:10 a.m. A steady three-minute tone will be sounded by 68 sirens in Williamsburg, Newport News and the counties of Surry, James City, York and Isle of Wight. The sirens are located in a 10-mile radius of the plant.
The siren system alerts the public to tune in to local radio or television Emergency Alert System stations 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 Surry Power Station emergency information calendar mailed to households in the region.
Full-scale siren tests consist of a single three-minute activation and are conducted quarterly on the second Wednesdays of March, June, September and December. The next test of the Surry siren system will be Wednesday, December 10, 2008.
The alerting system signifying an actual emergency at Surry Power Station consists of four separate three-minute activations, 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 Virginia Power and the localities where the sirens are located will participate in the Sept. 10 test.
In the Surry area, the EAS radio and television stations are:
Radio:
| WLQM | 101.7 FM | Franklin |
WXGM |
1420 AM | Gloucester |
WXGM |
99.1 FM | Gloucester |
WGH |
1310 AM |
Newport News |
WGH |
97.3 FM |
Newport News |
WCMS |
100.5 FM |
Virginia Beach |
WRVA |
1140 AM |
Richmond |
WMXB |
103.7 FM | Richmond |
WRNL |
910 AM | Richmond |
WTVR |
98.1 FM | Richmond |
| WRVQ | 94.5 FM | Richmond |
| WCVE | 88.9 FM | Richmond |
WTAR |
850 AM |
Norfolk |
WFOG |
1050 AM |
Norfolk |
WNIS |
790 AM |
Norfolk |
WKGM |
940 AM | Smithfield |
| WMBG | 740 AM | Williamsburg |
WCWM |
90.7 FM |
Williamsburg |
Television:
WTVR |
Channel 6 | Richmond |
WRIC |
Channel 8 | Richmond |
WWBT |
Channel 12 | Richmond |
WCVE |
Channel 23 |
Richmond |
WTKR |
Channel 3 |
Norfolk |
WVEC |
Channel 13 |
Norfolk |
WHRO |
Channel 15 |
Norfolk |
WAVY |
Channel 10 |
Portsmouth |
WGNT |
Channel 27 |
Portsmouth |
| WVBT | Channel 43 | Portsmouth |
| Channel 48 | Ft. Eustis |