Sirens will sound in southern Benton County at noon Tuesday as part of the monthly test of tone alert radios and warning sirens in case of an emergency at the Umatilla Chemical Depot.
Twenty sirens will be activated, followed by a message broadcast in English and Spanish. Households with emergency tone alert radios also will hear a tone and message.
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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.
Energy Northwest will test Hills Street siren
Energy Northwest will test Hills Street siren
Energy Northwest plans to test one of its alert sirens between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday at 350 Hills St. in Richland.
Sirens will be sounded in a series of tests that can last up to one minute each. The siren is expected to be sounded 10 or more times.
Sirens at Hanford to sound for drill today
Sirens at Hanford to sound for drill today
Emergency sirens will be sounded between 8 and 11:30 a.m. today during an emergency drill at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
The drill will be held in the 300 Area one mile north of Richland, and people off the nuclear reservation may hear the sirens. Public address messages will be broadcast after the sirens sound to make clear the sirens are being used for a drill.
Siren test to continue today in Richland
Siren test to continue today in Richland
Energy Northwest plans to continue its test of an alert siren between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. today at 350 Hills St. in Richland.
The test was scheduled to be completed Monday, but the weather forecast called for windy weather.
Sirens will be sounded in a series of tests today that can last up to one minute each.
Kitsap sheriff's patrol car hits car at Hansville
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