2013 Tranquil Pines & Rock Creek Cove Emergency Information Calendar Dear Neighbor, At Georgia Power – safety is priority one. That includes the safety of our employees and most importantly, the safety of you and your family. The 2013 Tranquil Pines and Rock Creek Cove Emergency Information Calendar contains special information you would need in the unlikely event of a dam emergency at Bartlett’s Ferry Dam or Goat Rock Dam. Georgia Power operates six hydroelectric dams on the Chattahoochee River upstream of Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia. The facilities, from north to south, consist of the Langdale, Riverview, Bartlett’s Ferry, Goat Rock, Oliver, and North Highlands projects. You are receiving this information calendar because you live downstream of Goat Rock Dam. If a dam failure or high flow event were to occur at Bartlett’s Ferry Dam or Goat Rock Dam, your area could be flooded relatively quickly. Public notification for evacuation during flood events is normally handled by local emergency management and first responders. To supplement and enhance the way you and the other residents of Tranquil Pines are notified, Georgia Power has installed two warning sirens. This calendar provides Bartlett’s Ferry Dam information about what you should do, where you should go, and who you should contact, if the sirens are activated. There are a couple of items that we would like for you to take special note of with the calendar and accompanying information. The Special Needs Card located in the back is to be used by you or anyone at your location who may have a physical condition that would require special assistance in the event of an evacuation. Please complete and return the card to ensure proper assistance. The information provided will be forwarded on to the Lee County Emergency Management Agency. Also, the sirens are tested the first Wednesday of each month at about 1:00 P.M. This is included in the information that follows but we wanted to remind you of this so you will know when to listen for the weekly test and why it is being sounded. This information calendar will be provided yearly and can also be viewed online at www.georgiapowerlakes.com/bartlettsferry/safety. If you have any questions about the information in the calendar, please contact the Bartlett’s Ferry Land Management Office at (706) 322-0228. Sincerely, Goat Rock Dam Keith Hill Lake Resources Manager Georgia Power Company WARNING SIREN INFORMATION WHAT TO DO IF YOU HEAR SIREN WHO TO CONTACT Georgia Power installed two warning sirens in the If you hear the sirens, you should evacuate Once you have evacuated, contact the Lee County Tranquil Pines area to warn residents in case of immediately. Quickly gather your personal Sheriff at (334) 749-5651, advise them of your an unlikely dam failure event. This area is located belongings (wallet, purse, keys, cell phone, etc.) location, and inform them of any emergency or below Bartlett’s Ferry and Goat Rock Dams on the and begin moving towards higher ground. Do medical needs you may have. For preparedness Chattahoochee River. Due to the proximity of the not attempt to load your car with items from your information or shelter locations, contact the Lee Tranquil Pines and Rock Creek Cove areas to Goat residence before evacuating. The best path will County Emergency Management Agency at (334) Rock Dam, the sirens were installed to supplement likely be towards Lee County Road 318 (River Road) 749-8161 for further information. the notification that normally occurs through local using the various roads out of Tranquil Pines and emergency management and first responders. Rock Creek Cove, away from Lake Oliver. BE PREPARED…. The dams are monitored by on-site plant personnel An evacuation map is included with this calendar Being prepared for an emergency is the best way to during the work day and from the Bartlett’s Ferry that shows the approximate limits of flood waters ensure your family’s protection. Control Room 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, using for the model used to simulate a dam failure. numerous remote cameras. In addition, sensors Please note that this is just one model and all floods 1. Be sure that all household members are continuously monitor water levels above and below are different. However, the map provides a good familiar with the warning sirens. both dams. An alarm will sound in both control indication as to where residents need to go if they 2. Sit down with family members and go over rooms if the sensors indicate an unusual change hear the siren. The flood limits shown are very emergency evacuation routes. Prepare both in water level. Plant personnel will activate the similar to record floods related to weather that have an evacuation route via vehicle and on foot. warning sirens if an uncontrolled release of water is occurred in your area, if you have experienced these detected that could lead to flooding in Tranquil Pines events. 3. Practice the safest routes from your home to and Rock Creek Cove. During an emergency, the higher, safe ground. siren will sound for at least three minutes and will You should move beyond the flood limits shown, continue to be sounded as long as necessary. whether you are driving or walking. The quickest 4. Set up a family meeting place, in the event path to higher ground by foot may be different than that members are separated. Siren testing of the Georgia Power warning system if driving. Once you are outside of the expected is conducted at about 1 P.M. on the first Wednesday flood zone, do not go back into the Tranquil Pines 5. Have an out-of-area contact person for of each month. The sirens are sounded for about or Rock Creek Cove area until you are informed family members to call. 20 to 30 seconds. The sirens provide a loud, that it is safe to do so from the local emergency single tone sound burst similar to the sound from management agency. Do not drive through standing a weather siren. Testing follows the Lee County or moving water. Stay put on dry land even if weather siren testing at 12:00 P.M. so residents you are isolated at a safe location by the flood. are aware of the distinct sound of each siren. A Emergency management will assist you immediately horn is also sounded at Goat Rock Dam when water or they may wait until the flood recedes, if it is is released just before power generation. This expected to drop quickly. should not be confused with the warning sirens in Tranquil Pines. The distance of the horn from your area would make the sound much quieter than the warning sirens and it has a distinct horn sound as compared to the wail of the sirens in your area. BARTLETT’S FERRY AND GOAT ROCK DAMS Both Bartlett’s Ferry and Goat Rock Dams are Bartlett’s Ferry well-maintained concrete dams used to create Georgia Power Company clean, hydroelectric energy. The dams use Commercial Operation 1926 the power of falling water to turn turbines to Elevation 521 ft create clean, renewable energy. The dams are WestPoint Capacity 173 MW regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Langdale Commission (FERC). Dam safety inspections Lanett Riverview are completed weekly by on-site staff, quarterly by Georgia Power Dam Safety Engineers, eek and annually by FERC. These inspections are Mulberry Cr augmented every five years by comprehensive Goat Rock evaluations by independent dam safety specialty Bartletts Ferry Georgia Georgia Power Company consultants hired by Georgia Power. These Goat Rock Commercial Operation 1912 thorough efforts are to ensure that the dams Elevation 404 ft Oliver comply with federal dam safety regulations North Highlands Columbus Capacity 28 MW City Mills and engineering requirements. Both dams, as Eagle Phenix ek re are all Georgia Power dams, are deemed safe Phenix City Upatoi C according to FERC engineering standards. Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) are maintained for all Georgia Power hydroelectric dams, Alabama Tranquil Pines and including Bartlett’s Ferry and Goat Rock Dams. r ve Ri Rock Creek Cove These plans contain actions to be taken in the ee ch o o unlikely event of a dam emergency. The EAPs h a t t are developed and maintained in coordination a Ch ek re with local emergency management and first e C ke od responders. Georgia Power representatives ch od H meet with the various emergency agencies k ree C annually to make sure they stay informed about la tau a the EAPs and to maintain coordination with the P agencies. With respect to Tranquil Pines and Rocky Creek Cove, the Lee County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has helped Georgia Georgia Power Power develop this information calendar and Corps of Engineers Private will be ready to assist you if needed. Walter F. George January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Emergency Siren New Year’s Day Test 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday 27 28 29 30 31 February Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Groundhog Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Emergency Siren Test 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 President’s Day 24 25 26 27 28 March Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Emergency Siren Test 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Daylight Savings Time Begins 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 St.