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Old 03-24-2013, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
Those other places you lived had a siren system. All placed so the population could hear them. Our fire stations are not located to accomplish full coverage.
Do the stations even have sirens?
After the tornado hit TV there was much talk about a siren system in Sumter County.

Villages fire stations do not have sirens. At one time it was common for volunteer fire depts to have sirens to notify volunteers of an emergency and the sirens did double duty in areas of tornado activity.