Did you know !?
OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS ARE JUST THAT, OUTDOOR WARNINGS. The sirens are meant to be heard outside to signal you to go indoors and tune your radio or television station to the local Emergency Alert System (EAS) Station. The City of West Memphis Emergency Management may use the Outdoor Warning Sirens to alert and notify people in outdoor areas of emergency situations. Although the typical use of these systems has been to notify people of potentially dangerous weather conditions, there are several reasons why public safety personnel could activate outdoor warning siren systems.
Some of these reasons include:
• Severe Weather capable of producing effects that are hazardous to persons or property
• Local Warning Point (the Northern Ellis Emergency Dispatch) activities in coordination with the National Emergency Alert System
• Hazardous materials released into the atmosphere
• Catastrophic emergencies that pose an immediate threat to safety (i.e. dam failure)
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