2025 Atlanta Gas Light Public Officials Survey
Education Effectiveness Survey
1.
Organization Name
2.
Name
3.
Position/Title
4.
Email
5.
City
6.
County
7.
Are you aware of any natural gas pipelines belonging to Atlanta Gas Light running through the communities in which your organization(s) are tasked with emergency response?
Yes
No
Unsure
8.
Do you know how to contact Atlanta Gas Light if there is an incident or if you need more information?
Yes
No
If answered Yes, please describe.
9.
Has anyone from your department met with or spoken with a representative of Atlanta Gas Light to discuss pipeline safety?
Yes
No
Unsure
10.
Does your community have an emergency response plan to deal with a natural gas incident, such as a leak?
Yes
No
Unsure
11.
What are the signs of a natural gas leak? (Select all that apply)
Rotten Egg Smell
Flames, if ignited
Dead or discolored vegetation in an otherwise green area
Visible bubbles in wet or flooded areas
Hissing or blowing sound or Dirt/Dust blowing from the ground
12.
What are the potential hazards of gas pipeline leaks?
Fire
Explosion
Asphyxiation
All of the above
13.
If you smell the rotten egg odor associated with natural gas, what should you do?
Leave the area immediately and move safe distance away
Avoid using any sources of ignition, as natural gas can ignite from spark or open flame
Call Atlanta Gas Light or 911 from a location away from the odor
Stay away until it is safe to return
All of the above
14.
Do you know what you or your citizens should do prior to beginning any digging or other excavation to help reduce the risk of damaging a natural gas line or other underground utility?
Call the gas company
Call the One Call Center (8-1-1)
Nothing
Call the power, cable, phone, water companies
15.
Do you know what to do in the event you were the first to see damage to a natural gas pipeline?
Call 911
Call the Gas Company
Flee the area
Nothing, it is not my responsibility
16.
Have any of your local citizens or businesses expressed concern in the last 12 months about any issue regarding natural gas safety?
Yes
No
17.
If you have received information about natural gas pipeline safety, how did you receive it? (Select all that apply)
Visit from representative of the Gas Company
Newspaper / Radio / TV/Website
Received in the mail
E-Mail
I haven't received
Other
Please specify
18.
When was the last time you had seen, heard or received any information regarding natural gas pipeline safety?
Within the last 3 months
4 – 6 months ago
7 – 12 months ago
More than 12 months ago
Don't know
19.
Overall, do you feel that the natural gas industry has an adequate public safety awareness program?
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor disagree
Agree
Strongly agree