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After regional floods and tornadoes, Aurora officials review siren limits, cellphone alerts and wildfire readiness
Summary
Council members and staff discussed limitations of outdoor sirens and modern alerting options after a flood in Texas and recent tornado events, while fire leadership reported July 4 incident volumes, wildland preparedness and a rise in violence against first responders.
City officials used the public safety briefing to explain how Aurora's alerting systems work and to describe fire-department operations and preparedness.
Council members and staff discussed limits of sirens and noted that landline phones automatically receive emergency calls while mobile devices must opt in for some everyday alerts. Staff said the federal Wireless Emergency Alerts system can geofence and send cellphone push alerts in catastrophic scenarios, but that day-to-day…
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