Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

[MUSTANGV8]

"The old sirens are costly to maintain" WOW wait till the new ones go in.

Now each community pays for their repairs and EMA only pays for the malfunction diagnosis at $50.00 per call. I think last year there were 50 or 60 work orders and most were due to not changing gel-cells after 3 or 4 years. A lot of sirens are placed where they use electricity from fire stations, schools,etc.

New sirens: 200 battery sirens, which means 800 batteries at $100 a piece plus 90% of the sirens will be supplied by Duke for a flat fee for electric. So take $80,000.00 divide that number by 3 years or $27,000.00 per year plus 180 sirens at 15 to 20 dollars a month or $3,500 per month times 12 is $42,000.00. Therefore $42,000 + $27,000 = about $70,000 with no malfunctions or repairs so we will say $100,000.00 per year maintenance compared to $2,500.00.

Yes I am in agreement with you sirenman!

[nickrusche]

While reading the article, I noticed that they will be installing the 130 sirens "in March." I hoping they meant to say "by March," because the county has gone long enough without 100% coverage.

[Oldiesmann]

Found another one of the Zimmer EOWS sirens last night. I'm thinking this might have been installed prior to Zimmer's nuclear plans being scrapped, as it's not too far from the plant. It's in Neville, Ohio at the corner of Forest and Coffee Streets, one block north of US-52.



Neville is about 23 miles south of Batavia and 11 miles south/east of New Richmond.

[carexpertandy]

Were each one of those that are in Clermont County originally owned by Zimmer? Clermont County has several of them.

[nickrusche]

Somebody responded to my videos on YouTube asking if the Thunderbolt on top of Hamilton's Fire Station still works. So does it still work?

Thanks!

[Oldiesmann]

Were each one of those that are in Clermont County originally owned by Zimmer? Clermont County has several of them.

I don't know who owned those sirens originally. Clayton can tell you more about them, but basically, Federal won a bid for a siren system for Zimmer before they even had anything to install, which is how the EOWS*115/1212 was created (according to Clayton, the 115 was originally known as the 1212 before the other 1212 was created).

I'm not sure how many of them there were either, but there are still quite a few of them - 4 in Campbell County, KY (California, Cold Spring, Silver Grove and Southgate), 1 in Pendleton County, KY (Peach Grove) and a bunch scattered throughout Clermont County. There may be more in KY as well, but those are the only ones I know of.

[carexpertandy]

Somebody responded to my videos on YouTube asking if the Thunderbolt on top of Hamilton's Fire Station still works. So does it still work?

Thanks!

It should.

[carexpertandy]

It's official, Hamilton County dropped the Severe Thunderstorm Warning during a Tornado Watch policy. In some ways, it is good, such as it won't get certain people mad that they wake up in the middle of the night just for a thunderstorm.

http://www.fox19.com/story/15327213/ham ... ren-policy

Hamilton Co. changes Tornado Siren policy

HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency has adopted a new siren activation policy.

The activation of the sirens during a severe thunderstorm warning during a tornado watch has been dropped.

The sirens will be activated when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service for Hamilton County. When a tornado warning is issued, a steady tone will be broadcast out.

Upon confirmation of an actual sighting of a tornado with a public safety official from the jurisdiction making the report, the warning sirens will be activated on a county-wide basis using the steady tone.

Sirens may also be activated at the request of the incident commander during a hazardous material release. The siren activation should be accompanied by and Emergency Alert System (EAS) activation, which can only be authorized by the Sheriff or the Emergency Management Director.

[Oldiesmann]

It's official, Hamilton County dropped the Severe Thunderstorm Warning during a Tornado Watch policy. In some ways, it is good, such as it won't get certain people mad that they wake up in the middle of the night just for a thunderstorm.

http://www.fox19.com/story/15327213/ham ... ren-policy

Hamilton Co. changes Tornado Siren policy

HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - The Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency has adopted a new siren activation policy.

The activation of the sirens during a severe thunderstorm warning during a tornado watch has been dropped.

The sirens will be activated when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service for Hamilton County. When a tornado warning is issued, a steady tone will be broadcast out.

Upon confirmation of an actual sighting of a tornado with a public safety official from the jurisdiction making the report, the warning sirens will be activated on a county-wide basis using the steady tone.

Sirens may also be activated at the request of the incident commander during a hazardous material release. The siren activation should be accompanied by and Emergency Alert System (EAS) activation, which can only be authorized by the Sheriff or the Emergency Management Director.

They're not the only ones doing it. Campbell County, KY has also dropped the "sirens during severe tstorm and tornado watch combo" policy. I really wish they hadn't, as it's good to sound the sirens in that situation, even if it usually doesn't amount to anything. It can still be dangerous.

[carexpertandy]

They also did the same thing in Boone and Kenton Counties.