Umatilla Depot alarm Wednesday a false alert

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• Umatilla sheriff's dispatch back online

  Umatilla sheriff's dispatch back online

  HERMISTON -- The dispatch center for the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office was expected to be working again Wednesday evening.

  Service for 911 calls was lost Wednesday morning, and the problem was traced to a fiber optic cable that had been pulled down from a pole.

  Emergency service was maintained by routing calls to the Morrow County Sheriff's Office, which communicated with the Umatilla County Sheriff's Office in Pendleton with a radio system.

• Chemical depot tone alert radio tests end

  Chemical depot tone alert radio tests end

  HERMISTON -- Weekly tests of tone alert radios for emergencies at the Umatilla Chemical Depot have ended in Umatilla and Morrow counties, according to the Oregon Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program.

  CSEPP will provide recycling bins later this month for the radios, strobe lights, antennas and power cords. Locations will be announced.

  The last of the chemical munitions stored at the depot have been destroyed.

• Hermiston depot closure to be addressed at forum

  Hermiston depot closure to be addressed at forum

  HERMISTON -- A forum on the regional impacts of the closure of the Umatilla Army Depot is planned for Wednesday.

  The last of the chemical weapons stored at the depot is scheduled to be destroyed in November. The forum will discuss effects on businesses, the economy and land use.

  A panel for the forum will include representatives from the Army, the depot's Reuse Authority, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program. An economist from Oregon State University also is scheduled to speak.

• Sirens to sound for final time at Umatilla depot

  Sirens to sound for final time at Umatilla depot

  Sirens will sound today in the final monthly test for an emergency at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.

  For more than two decades, the Oregon Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program has worked to protect the communities near the depot. However, today the last bulk container of chemical weapon agent at the depot is expected to be incinerated, and a few days later the last of the chemical weapon agent drained recently from containers should be incinerated.

  After all chemical weapon agent is gone, Oregon sirens will be dismantled and sent to coastal communities for tsunami warning systems. Washington sirens will be disposed of by a contractor.

• Umatilla depot asks residents to dispose of radios, filters

  Umatilla depot asks residents to dispose of radios, filters

  UMATILLA -- The Umatilla Chemical Deport has finished destroying its chemical munitions.

  As a result, the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Plan (CSEPP) will end and service for Tone Alert Radios will be discontinued. The severe weather alerts available on the radios also will end soon.

  These radios should not be thrown out with household garbage because they contain a lead acid battery. Recirculating air filters also should be dropped off at a recycling station.