Siren warning exams are set for Wednesday, Could 11, in 10 Pittsburg County municipalities.
Check websites embody McAlester and 9 different communities, with exams set from 1 p.m. till 2 p.m., climate allowing, stated McAlester/Pittsburg County Emergency Administration Director Kevin Enloe.
Plans name for the entire sirens within the metropolis of McAlester to be set off on the identical time, however instances might fluctuate in a number of the different communities across the county, stated Emergency Administration Deputy Director Lois Lupardus.
“We’ll attempt to have any person at the entire websites,” Lupardus stated. In some instances, that will contain personnel touring from one to a different.
“It ought to be executed in an hour,” stated Lupardus.
Along with McAlester, municipalities set to have their warning sirens examined on Wednesday embody Haywood, Arpelar, Indianola, Shady Grove, Bugtussle, Alderson, Savanna, Kiowa and Hartshorne.
Emergency Administration officers stated some communities which have sirens not linked to the McAlester/Pittsburg County Workplace of Emergency Administration can also check their sirens.
Contact James Beaty at jbeaty@mcalesternews.com.