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Rolling Hills Estates advances siren expansion, receives broader public safety update
Summary
City council received and filed an emergency-preparedness update that advances a plan to add siren poles and related in‑home alert receivers, accepts a Cal OES pilot for earthquake alert receivers, and reported progress on gas and power restorations following prior shutoffs.
Rolling Hills Estates City Council received and filed an update on public safety and emergency preparedness that advances a multi-part plan to expand community warning sirens and to participate in state pilot programs intended to improve earthquake and disaster warning.
The presentation, led by Samantha Crew, the city’s management analyst and emergency preparedness coordinator, said the city and its vendor identified six candidate locations for additional siren poles after sound‑propagation studies and that the vendor proposed three sites to fill existing coverage gaps. “We have identified 6 locations throughout the city to potentially have new siren poles,” Crew said, adding that Dig Alert crews recently cleared all six candidate sites for viability.
Why it matters: councilors and residents said gaps in cell and internet service make redundant, non‑cellular alerts…
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