[BC] Disaster preparedness

[Bill Croghan]

	Well, I sit corrected.  I guess "air raid" sirens are still in use
in some of the bigger places.  Some years back the Sirens were all being
removed from where I lived at the time, (Either Colorado Springs or Tucson I
forget which)  The Emergency management guys said that they were only good
for a couple of blocks, couldn't be heard inside with Air conditioning and
TV's going and were poorly maintained.  A number were just abandoned in
place since they didn't have the money to take them down.
	When I was in High School in a little town of 10,000 outside
Buffalo, NY (Alden) the sirens were also used to alert the VFD.  Back in the
50-and early 60's things like pagers and Plectrons were not that common.
With all the vehicular electronic Sirens and car alarms I hear in Las Vegas,
I don't know if anyone would pay attention to "air raid" sirens.  We get
more attention from the Big electronic signs on the casinos at least if your
in the Tourist areas.

Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
Chief Engineer, 
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD
Lotus Broadcasting
Las Vegas, NV
Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
Phone 702-315-3030
Fax      702-876-6685







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>From: "Rich Wood
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>> In some of the mountain towns the sirens were used to call out the
>> volunteer fire department.
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>I don't know if they still do, but 10 years or so ago, up at Gillette, WY,
>they used the sirens to call out the fire crews. The sirens would go off as
>the call went out on their pagers. We had a pager in the studios at KIML,
>we'd get the location and announce it on the air, sponsored by the local
>State Farm insurance agent (who happened to be the owners brother). He paid
>a flat monthly rate. And you'd better duck if you missed a fire call on the
>air, cause the phones would light up, and fast!
>
>It was kind of a Pavlov's Dog thing... when the sirens went off, people
>turned on their radios!
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>Dennis Switzer
>KKTY AM/FM
>Douglas, WY
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