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Emergency Management- Sirens
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Emergency Management- Sirens
- Entrance road to the Immaculate Conception Church property
- Next to the Cherry Street water tower
- Bethany United Methodist Church property
- Next to the bulk water sales building off Admiral Trost Drive
- Behind the Department of Public Works building
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Emergency Management- Sirens
All three tones can be heard via the 3 following links:
- Noon (Public Works Only) - Westminster Chimes (MP3)
- Tornado - Alert (MP3)
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Emergency Management- Sirens
One of the components of an effective warning system is to have distinct and easily recognized tones (sirens) for each type of event. It was decided to keep the standard "alert" tone for tornado warnings. The remaining tone, the Noon tone, is sounded out of tradition and is only sounded at the Department of Public Works building. Once used to alert farmers in the field of dinner (lunch time) and supper time, these tones needed to be distinctly different from the other two.
With the increased coverage area, it was decided a more subtle tone should be used. As a result, the church bells (Westminster Chimes) were selected.