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Douglas County emergency manager warns 17 outdoor sirens face end‑of‑life, recommends maintenance and encryption review
Summary
Emergency management reported 126 outdoor warning sirens countywide are currently operational but said 17 are old enough that replacement parts no longer exist; officials proposed a $70,000 option for encryption and routine maintenance and offered replacement‑planning options for the 17 units.
Whitney Shipley, director of Douglas County Emergency Management, told the Criminal Justice Committee that the county has 126 outdoor warning sirens and that all were operational on the day of the meeting but that long‑term decisions are needed.
Shipley noted three generational groups of sirens: a small number of very old non‑rotational units, 17 intermediate units for which replacement parts are no longer available, and about 83 units installed around 2002–2003 under a Homeland Security initiative. "There are 126 sirens, and I'm thrilled to tell you that as of today, they all work," Shipley said, but she warned that…
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