Article: Sirens to be tested Monday

By Tim Hrenchir

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Shawnee County emergency management director Dave Sterbenz thinks he knows why nearly two dozen emergency sirens failed to sound early Friday as storms came through northeast Kansas.

But Sterbenz said Saturday he won't discuss the reason publicly until Monday's test of the sirens confirms he is correct.

Sterbenz said he and technicians with the county and Grain Valley, Mo.-based Blue Valley Public Safety - the company that addresses problems with the county's sirens - worked Saturday to troubleshoot the county's siren system.

Sterbenz said they tested all five county sirens that failed to sound during both a test last Monday and a time of severe weather ...

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