Etowah County Sirens: Glitches & Improvements

0:00It's April 28th, I'm Corey, with the story. This is Birmingham News Today, driven by AI. Edoa County EMA Director Jim Slick just shared that they tested the outdoor tornado sirens earlier in April and found some glitches. It was the first full check since the new EMA office launched back in September 2025, right after switching those FCC licenses from, gasped in over to the county. The test didn't go perfectly. Sirens fired off one by one instead of all at once, like a slow roll instead of a big blast. Slick's team is now mapping out exactly which ones work 100% and which need fixes to sink them up better next time. Folks in the area aren't panicking, but Slick stressing that sirens aren't the only line of defense. He wants everyone tuning into weather radios, cell phone alerts, internet feeds, or TVs for those severe weather heads, since that's the reliable. Wait a stay ahead. Each town handles repairs on their own sirens, so once the county spots a problem, they loop

1:00in the right municipality to get it sorted. No one's slacking, it's all about dividing up the work to keep things tight. Bottom line? The county's still safe even with these hiccups, and they're dialed in on improvements so next storm season hits different.