December 12, 2008
CUMMING - If you hear a lot of sirens next week in Forsyth County, it might not mean there's a tornado coming - if the weather is nice. The Forsyth County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) plans to conduct additional testing of the county's new outdoor severe
weather sirens throughout the week of Dec. 15, weather permitting.
If the weather is threatening, take the sirens seriously, because that probably means it's not a test, but a real warning. (Which is why the testing will only occur if the weather is nice.)
Testing will occur Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. During this siren system test, both the warning alert tone and the test tone will be heard.
"We are continuing to work on getting the new sirens fully operational and in service," Forsyth County Fire Chief and EMA Director Danny Bowman said.
Forsyth County recently installed 12 new weather sirens (11 new locations, one replacement) throughout the county to notify residents who are outdoors that severe weather is in the area. In the event Forsyth County is placed under a tornado warning, the
sirens will be activated.
Once the system is in service, monthly testing of the audible siren will take place at noon on the first Wednesday of every month, weather permitting. The test tone produces the Westminster Chimes sound.
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