4/3/13 - A request by the Hamburg Township Fire Department granted by the township board last night will cover the township in emergency sirens over the next few years. Hamburg currently has no emergency sirens in place anywhere in the township. The plan, proposed by Fire Chief Mark Hogrebe, is to place four sirens along the Lakeland Trail this year. One or two additional sirens will be added each successive year until full coverage is reached for the township with 12 or 13 sirens. Hogrebe says the project was prompted by concerns from citizens after the tornado that destroyed large portions of downtown Dexter last year. Nobody was seriously hurt by the storm, which emergency officials attribute in part to the villageâs early warning system for severe weather. The Hamburg Township Board approved spending $95,000 on the first of the new sirens, split between the current budget yearâs surplus and the budget year that begins on July 1st. Each siren will cost about $20,000, with a one-time cost of $12,000 for the software and equipment necessary to run the system. Washtenaw County is also planning to increase its emergency siren coverage in response to the effectiveness of the system during last yearâs tornado. (TD)
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