4/10/14 - The Hamburg Township Fire Department will be testing out new weather warning sirens Friday afternoon. Four tornado and severe weather sirens have been installed in Hamburg Township as the first phase of a project. The sirens are located in the area of M-36 & Chambers Road; Pettysville and Rush Lake Roads; Chilson Road and M-36; and Strawberry Lake Road and Merrill Road. Each siren should activate at the same time, 1pm Friday weather permitting, and should last for three minutes. After the initial operational test, Deputy Fire Chief Nick Miller says the sirens will be tested monthly to confirm all equipment is operational. That will happen on the first Saturday of each month, also at 1pm. No operational tests will happen during potentially severe weather. Miller says the four new siren locations cover all of the Lakelands Trail and Bennett Park along with a high percentage of the population of Hamburg Township so that anyone outside or away from their homes receive the earliest notification possible. He says more weather sirens will be installed in future years to ensure as close to 100% coverage as possible and reduce risk. More information can be found through the link to the Hamburg Township website as well as the attachments below. (JM)
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