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Codington County emergency management reports siren failures, church fire response and approves MOU with Watertown School District
Summary
The county's emergency management director reported outdoor warning siren issues and a recent church fire, the commission approved an MOU with the Watertown School District for use of the extension complex during emergencies, and the board declared obsolete Search and Rescue equipment surplus for destruction.
Andrew, Codington County emergency management director, reported May 27 that his office ran a tabletop exercise at the airport with police, fire, TSA, Prairie Lakes and airport staff, prepared repeaters for summer and identified maintenance needs for the outdoor warning siren network.
"The outdoor warning sirens, they continue to be a little bit of an ongoing challenge," Andrew said. He reported two sirens with battery failures — one between Grace Lutheran and Jenkins Townview and one just north of the County Highway shop on Fourteenth Avenue — and said a few others showed…
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