DELMAR – The Delmar Fire department is re—activating both of its fire sirens at its Adams Street and Feura Bush Road stations for the first time in nearly two decades. The original activation date was ...

Early Friday morning, the 2,300 residents of Comfort were awaken by a wailing flood warning siren. Sadly, that wasn't the case in the community 18 miles down river, CBS reported. After losing his ...

Things have been quieter in the area of the Paxtonia 34 fire station in Harrisburg the past few days. That's because the house siren has been silenced. As with many things, the long-standing fire ...

ST. LOUIS — The City of St. Louis will test the storm siren system again Wednesday afternoon as the St. Louis Fire Department continues the transition into control of the system. The test will begin ...

The Highland Fire Department resumed testing their tornado sirens in April after a tornado tore through town in March, but whether it had been prior to that storm is doubtful. After residents ...

GRAYSON CO., Va. – The Town of Fries has installed a new attention-grabbing siren to alert the community about fire-related emergencies and severe weather. The siren has two important functions.

ST. LOUIS — One of two mobile tornado sirens were unveiled by the St. Louis Fire Department Friday. According to fire officials, 22 sirens were not working the day of the May 16 tornado. "We're ...

Cellphones these days are for everything, and one of their most important functions has become emergency alert systems. Cellphone alerts are far from foolproof, though, as we experienced during ...

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Homeowners in northeastern Elkhart County have been complaining about broken outdoor warning sirens in their community for some time now after a severe storm in March ...

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