New emergency siren to wail
for weather safety in the Park

Grosse Pointe Park residents will soon hear a different siren within the community. Speaking before Monday's City Council meeting, Director of Public Safety David Hiller gave an update on the newly installed emergency siren system on Kercheval between Balfour and Nottingham. The system will soon begin a series of tests.

“We will be meeting within a week with the other communities to determine the best ways to test it, as well as activation, whether we can do multiple or individual activation,” said Hiller.

Residents will be informed when they can expect to hear the tests, as well as what to do upon hearing the siren. “We’ll publish it through the Communicator and through our website as to what the residents should expect should they hear it,” Hiller said. “Our number one concern is usually storms,” he said.

Full operation is about three months away.  The siren will be heard within at least a mile circumference of its location, according to Hiller. “We’re going catch about 95 percent of the whole city,” he stated.
 

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