(SUMMERDALE, Ala.) – Baldwin EMC staff and employees are busy today preparing for the impacts of Tropical Storm Isaias as it moves toward the Gulf Coast.
“We want to assure our members we are prepared should Tropical Storm Isaias reach our service area,” said Vice President of Corporate Services and Public Relations Mark Ingram. “We have a fine-tuned disaster plan in place, and we’ll be ready to respond within a matter of hours after the storm hits.”
According to Ingram, Baldwin EMC officials are monitoring the storm around the clock, and all crews are on emergency storm alert status. They urge members whose medical conditions require electricity to make alternate plans for their healthcare needs should they experience power outages.
“As the saying goes, the first 72 are on you,” Ingram said. “We encourage everyone in the path of this storm, to prepare now with three days’ worth of water, food, medical supplies, and personal items, in the event outages are experienced.”
Baldwin EMC has taken all standard precautionary measures, and all preliminary requirements for storm preparation have been met. They have additional supplies stocked such as poles, transformers, wire, and other needed equipment. In addition to regularly scheduled emergency crews, Baldwin EMC has extra crews on standby and ready to respond if the area experiences widespread outages.
Baldwin EMC staff will continue to watch Tropical Storm Isaias closely and would like to remind their members to monitor the storm’s development and begin taking safety precautions now. Additionally, the cooperative encourages everyone to prepare an emergency kit that includes the following:
- Water and nonperishable food
- Manual can opener and scissors
- Flashlights and extra batteries
- Battery-powered weather radio
- Portable phone chargers/power banks with cords
- First-aid kit and medications
- Toiletries and personal hygiene items
- Cash
- Important documents
- Pet supplies
- Gas for vehicles
- Generator and fuel, if needed
For additional storm preparation information and the most up-to-date outage information, follow Baldwin EMC on Facebook and Instagram, or visit www.baldwinemc.com.
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