Shawnee County addresses 13 malfunctioning sirens
Originally published 01:05 p.m., April 28, 2008
Updated 02:23 p.m., April 28, 2008
Nonfunctioning sirens
The locations of sirens that the Shawnee County Emergency Management Department confirms did not sound are:
- 4502 SW Gage
- 2717 SE Indiana
- 1st and Edgewood
- 1124 NW Lyman
- 2250 NE Strait (not very loud)
- Edgewood and Indian Creek
- 5919 NW Glenwood
- 823 SW Quincy
- 2447 SE 29th
- 37th and S. Topeka
- 4403 Shawnee Heights
- 1430 S. Woodhull
If you know of a siren that did not sound, call Emergency Management at (785) 233-8200 ext. 4151.
Storm sirens went off in Shawnee County at about noon today as part of a test, and officials found the system did not cover all the neighborhoods it was supposed to.
Shawnee County Emergency Management has already contacted siren maintenance and given them the 13 siren numbers that failed. Originally the number of malfunctioning sirens given to the media by emergency management was 11, but two more were later discovered.
The positive side: 62 sirens did operate, Emergency Management Director Dave Sterbenz said.
Residents should purchase a weather radio with battery back-up to ensure quick notification, he said.
April 21, a test revealed human error was silencing all sirens. (Read story.) The office fixed that error, and now after today's test has more fixing to do.
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