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Drew County debating need for emergency sirens

Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:19 am

MONTICELLO, Ark. — Emergency sirens are designed to warn us in the event of a life-threatening situation – like a tornado. One county in Arkansas is deciding whether or not it will continue to use them.

https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/dr ... cy-sirens/

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Re: Drew County debating need for emergency sirens

Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:41 am

Very obvious they’re trying to save money. But opt-in phone alerts are definitely not effective. Most people aren’t weather and technologically aware, so they will be left with no warning of a tornado strikes. Also, those alerts work the same as texting, meaning if a phone is silent or turned off, you don’t get a warning. Yes, sirens have been around for a while, but the reason they’ve lasted so long is because they are so reliable.
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Re: Drew County debating need for emergency sirens

Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:17 am

Also sounds like they haven’t been maintaining them very well. Listen to that T-121 in the report video!
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Re: Drew County debating need for emergency sirens

Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:36 pm

SamtheSirenMan(531) wrote:
Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:17 am
Also sounds like they haven’t been maintaining them very well. Listen to that T-121 in the report video!
Sounds like Spartanburg. They keep their sirens active for the purpose of having a backup for their Reverse-911 thing, but they neglect to maintain their sirens. They give fire departments the option to maintain their sirens, and some have, but they have many dead Whelens around the county suffering from dead batteries.
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