Additional Information concerning the sirens and other emergency preparedness topics can be found on the department’s web page at www.wicomicocounty.org/ES.
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Monday, April 16, 2018
WICOMICO COUNTY CITIZEN WARNING/ALERT SIREN SYSTEM
The warning system is designed to alert residents and visitors of Wicomico County about an imminent hazard to include weather-related danger such as a tornado warning. Wicomico’s siren system consisting of 14 sirens located at local fire departments and three (3) maintained by the Wicomico County Department of Emergency Services (DES) can be activated for specific affected areas in the county. In the event of an imminent hazard the alert tone – which differs from fire station alarms – will sound for a sustained 2 minutes. They are tested at 6:30 pm the first Monday of every month for 10 seconds. When the sirens sound, citizens should seek shelter immediately and then tune into local news media for additional information. Citizens should not call 9-1-1 to determine the hazard causing the activation.
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4 comments:
Locked and loaded.....
Hard to tell the difference between the "emergency alarm" and regular fire station activity... Especially in fruitland! These sirens should be reserved ONLY for notifying the public of an emergency situation like a tornado, etc.
Good luck trying to argue with the volunteer firemen. That stupid siren is like their Holy Grail. I agree, it should be for emergency notification only. It's kind of like the boy who cried wolf. When there is an actual emergency, nobody is going to take action because they think it's just the local fire department going to get a cat out of a tree. There is too much technology nowadays to have to rely on a siren to alert people for a call.
Didn't work with the only tornado we ever had,0 for 1 so far.
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