Service district budgets long-range loudspeaker; county seeks standardization of SR Alerts
Officials reported Deschutes County budget actions and described a planned purchase of a long‑range loudspeaker device (audible radius ~2,000 ft). County requested Sunriver change SR Alert labeling to align push notifications with county messages; staff warned migration will require new county accounts.
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Officials reported that Deschutes County finalized its budget the prior day and that the service district has budgeted a long-range loudspeaker (L-route) to improve targeted audible messaging during evacuations. "This device...has an audible range of about 2,000 ft," a public-safety speaker said, noting the speaker can deliver localized, intelligible directions rather than a community-wide siren.
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