From tornadoes to severe storms, extreme weather season brings heightened risks and the need for preparedness.

Wood County’s monthly outdoor warning siren test will take place at a different time from its regularly scheduled time. The ...

Severson says they are working with their municipal partners to determine what caused the activation. The sirens are owned by ...

HE SAYS, BECAUSE SIX OF THE NINE SIRENS FOR THE COUNTY ARE OPERATED BY BATTERY POWER ONLY, THEY DECIDED TO WAIT TO ACTIVATE THE SIRENS UNTIL THE STORM WAS CLOSER TO THE AREA, A DECISION HE SAYS ...

At the activation of the siren, an alert message will be sent indicating the nature of the event, if known. The message will be brief. Information and messages following the initial communication will ...

Washington Court House Fire Chief Tim Downing spoke to the WCH GMRS Connect meeting on Thursday, April 24, 2025, to educate ...

“The good news is that the auto-activation feature worked as intended,” said Whitney Shipley, Director of Douglas County Emergency Management Agency. “The sirens went off in the correct area ...

But the failure of the two emergency sirens in Alma to activate was a concern for Gratiot ... while others in Ashley and Perrinton are activated by local fire departments. All of the sirens ...

The county's emergency management posted on Facebook Sunday that it held off on siren activation because only part of the county was under a tornado warning. Six of the county's nine sirens are ...

At least one siren in the southwestern part of the city was still out of service, and the Fire Department did not ... officials tried to activate the emergency warning sirens ahead of the storm ...