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This siren will sound steadily for three minutes when a severe weather alert is issued and continue to be sounded during the warning every 12 minutes, for 3 minutes. It will only sound for the following severe weather warning events: tornados and/or high winds over 60 mph.

On May 4th at 11 a.m., the station will complete a live test. The siren will sound for approximately 30 seconds.

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Who is old enough to remember these? In the pre-scanner, pre-Minitor pager era (late 1950s into the 70s & 80s), this was the prevalent tone-activated low band receiver for alerting volunteer firefighters.

Company-specific tones would activate an alarm on the device, alerting the member to a call. It could also be left “open” to monitor all traffic on the frequency.

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Designated each April, it is intended to raise awareness and recognize the often intense work by 9-1-1 call-takers and emergency service dispatchers nationwide.

The calm voice in our moments of crisis. One only needs to have listened to radio traffic from the past few days of flash flooding emergencies in the region to get a sense of what they do.

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