By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Buchanan County officials want to make residents aware of any dangers of a tornado and have added several new sirens in the county.
Emergency Management Director Bill Brinton says there have been 10 new sirens added around the county since he took on the job
"City of Agency that added one and my county commissioners are very supportive," Brinton tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "And we've added one at Lake Contrary and Rosecrans over the French Bottoms, and we added one to Halls, added one to Route JJ near Dekalb, and we added a new one at the Shoppes and on South 169 out by Ebenezer United Methodist Church, and the East Hills addition."
Brinton says the county has added six new sites along with replacing some of the old sirens after the purchase of 12 new sirens. Brinton feels as if the county is well taken care of
"Well, you're never going to have enough, I mean they have a circle of about one square mile or one and a half, but I'm very careful about where I put them," Brinton explains. "Like the one in Wallace is up on top of a huge hill, cause sound travels, it's one of those things where people hear it far, far away, so we're very careful about where we put them."
Brinton says mostly all of the sirens have a revolving sound to keep people aware. Brinton advises everyone to also be aware of the weather conditions and any danger that may come.
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