15, 2024, meeting to stop sounding sirens daily at noon, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The whistle still sounds off on the first Tuesday of the month for testing, and for weather and national emergencies.

In the years before cellphones, even before pagers, emergency responders in small towns relied on the town siren to alert volunteers that they needed to get down to the fire hall.

As the 2025 tornado season approaches, Coal County Emergency Management is taking steps to ensure that its warning system is ready for action.

"The siren tone that we heard on Saturday, this week, is what we call the attack mode," said Eric Rasmussen, director of ...

In a release, GHS/OCD said it will test the All Hazards Alert Warning System, AHAWS, sirens in conjunction with Navy Base and Andersen's monthly routine testing of the "Giant Voice" sirens.

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Winnebago County owns and operates its 50 outdoor warning sirens. First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold ...

Ionia County Central Dispatch says the button to set off the sirens was accidentally "tripped" while staff was working to clean up and continue operations after a pipe burst.

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The tornado sirens were accidentally activated in Ionia County Saturday afternoon, dispatchers say, as equipment was being ...