At 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 21, the Emergency Management team will test the city's outdoor warning sirens.
At the beginning of the test, a message states, "this is a test," and after a pause, starts the tone test. At the end of the test, another message states, 'this concludes the test".
The audible tests were suspended in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as we did not want to confuse or add panic to the community. Even though the audible tests were not taking place, the city runs a weekly "silent" test where we test the system's functions.
Starting in May, the outdoor warning systems will be tested on the first Wednesday of every month at 1 p.m.