Does your town have an emergency siren and do you hear it being tested? (For people in the UK)?

Philbomoog

Around the Noth Norfolk coast are a number of sirens that are used for flood warnings. They're tested a couple of times a year and are incredibly loud, sounding like an old WW2 air raid siren

Cheryl J

No our town doesn;t and i'm not sure anywhere round my way (Hampshire) does. I have heard about them before though, i think places that are prone to problems (such as flooding etc) have them to alert villagers of a problem.

proud walker

No. I think they realised it was a total waste of time, although I think they continued something similar in emergency stations, such as police fire and ambulance. for a while. No idea if it is still going on.

badshotcop

The government has more effective means now of warning the public of a crisis than they did during the second world war, through internet/telecoms/television and radio.
During a massive disruption of telecommunications, police stations are still "hardwired" to their respective HQ's and have their own generators, the HQ's still have hardlines to central government, usually underground cables as well as microwave transmitters.

vdv_desantnik

probably not, I think it was 1995 the national siren system was decommissioned

Karen

Yes,and yes we do hear it being tested although not all that often. Maybe once every six months...

cowboy_style

think we still have our original air raid siren but thinking bout it i haven't heard it for a long time, i might have to go and find out. also council have just put up what looks like air raid sirens around but i haven't heard them!

Ricky

Mumofthree

We have one in our town and it is sounded each year for Rememberance day at eleven o clock .

SAMANTHA B

WE HAVE AN AIR-RAID SIREN BACK IN CREWE,CHESHIRE. IT SOUNDS WHEN WE HAVE THE MINUTES SILENCE ON 11TH NOVEMBER, IT ALWAYS BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE WHERE I LIVE NOW. AS I LIVE ON AN ARMY CAMP IN NORTHERN IRELAND WE HAVE ONE JUST INCASE....IVE NEVER HEARD IT GO OFF YET THOUGH THANK GOD!!!

Lucy

not that i have ever heard

Captain Sarcasm

Every town used to have a siren system, even though most people didn't know about them.

They were supposed to sound in the event of a nuclear attack!

They were decommissioned about 20 years ago, perhaps the Politicians realised if they went off there was little anyone could do anyway!

sunshine

well I live in Belfast and I think I remember when I was younger I use to hear one but not anymore

Finn

Mine does! Well... actually... I do! It's an old 'Federal Thunderbolt' air raid siren which, because I'm on the council, they let me use when anything serious happens. eg: Floods, nuclear bombs, bombs, in the event of war stuff, general alerts.
However, not much stuff like that happens around here, andif the nuclear bomb hit, I would probably be dead before I could sound the alarm.

The factory near me has one too, it's for informing the workers when shifts start and end. Scared the life out of me the first time I heard it. I thought it was World War 3!

oscar

some years ago there were sirens all over the UK to be used as the warning for the 4 min air raid of nuclear weapons strike
now days they are used for flood warning in those areas that are on the so called flood plains that might flood in the event of high tides and weather conditions
most are now around the coast they do test them every now and again so you may have heard one being tested

Velouria

I've never heard one or heard it being talked about (in Glasgow)

katy c

NO WHERE IN THE MIDLANDS DOES Â¬!

Kernow Lover

YES we have one, I've seen it in the village for years and often wondered what it is used for, during a large lightening storm a few weeks ago it went off at 2am for about 15 minutes. surprise surprise no one got out of their beds. I'm just wondering if we were invaded at all in that 15 Min's.

shevek_v

Yes. We live in an area that has lots of chemical plants. In fact it was tested a couple of weeks ago. Mind you, that's the first time I've heard one in years.

patrick e

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