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SAFETY Heroic actions merit Safety First is one of Alabama Power's core values and employees are charged with keeping themselves and others safe both at home and at work. Over the past year, a number of employees went above and beyond their normal work duties in their commitment to Safety First. These employees have been recognized with the Presidential Award of Honor, the company's highest tribute. Fayette Local Operations Lineman Preston Smith had just completed a routine job connecting power to a mobile home in September 2019 when the elderly customer passed out. Smith went over to help the man's wife try to bring him back to consciousness. Smith called 911 and used water bottles from a cooler in his truck to keep the man conscious until paramedics arrived. In the late summer of 2019, Hueytown Local Operations Lineman Dwayne Hill was on his way to a service call when he came to a four-way stop and noticed an elderly woman had fallen in the street. Hill went over to her, then saw she was bleeding and in pain. He called for a paramedic and helped her out of the street and back to her house. He stayed with her and made sure she was all right until help arrived. Corporate Headquarters Communications Specialist Ike Pigott attended a socially distanced barbecue with friends in June 2020. While they were eating, a young man stood up choking. After his aunt was unable to perform the Heimlich maneuver, Pigott stepped in and helped dislodge the food. In June 2020, GSC Substation Construction Projects Supervisor David Skoglund was on vacation with his family on the Gulf Coast. While out on their boat, Skoglund noticed a man floating in the water who had fallen unconscious from a nearby boat. Skoglund jumped in the water and helped bring the man back onto his boat. He then performed CPR until paramedics and water rescue arrived. GSC Meter Tester Don Newlin returned home from work one day in August 2020 and saw his neighbor's son burning a large pile of debris in the backyard. Newlin went about his business until he heard screaming coming from next door. The young man had fallen into the fire. Newlin was able to pull him out of the fire and extinguish the flames with a water hose. He called 911 and ensured the young man was breathing until assistance arrived. Corporate Headquarters Engineer Bronwyn Harland was participating in a virtual meeting on Microsoft Teams in February 2020. She noticed one of her co- workers having difficulty speaking and slightly slurring her words. Harland became concerned, so she found the woman's emergency contact information and called her husband to get him to check on her. Harland called 911 and paramedics came to the co-worker's house and took her to the hospital, where she was treated for a stroke. One afternoon in March 2021, members of Plant David Skoglund Don Newlin 7 PHOTOS BY NIK LAYMAN

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