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Richmond resident urges targeted firefighter alerts to curb frequent townwide sirens
Summary
A Richmond resident told city council the town's sirens sound so often people ignore warnings; she asked for a way to alert only volunteers. City officials said the sirens summon volunteers to the fire hall and the department and city will follow up with the city manager.
Kim McDowell, a Richmond resident, told the City Council during public comment that the town’s emergency sirens sound so frequently residents ignore them. “They go off like absolute crazy,” McDowell said, adding that neighbors ignored a recent tornado warning until a phone alert urged them to take cover.
McDowell asked whether the town could narrow alerts to only the volunteer firefighters rather than sounding a townwide…
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