March 18, 2009
Campus sirens fail to activate during morning, evening tests
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -Emergency sirens on the Purdue University campus failed to activate during tests Wednesday (March 18) by the Tippecanoe County Emergency Management Agency.
The agency activated sirens countywide at about 10:10 a.m. Wednesday for the annual severe weather awareness drill, and Purdue's sirens did not sound. A second test was conducted at approximately 7:20 p.m., and only one of Purdue's five sirens worked. Purdue officials were able to manually activate all five sirens. The county emergency management agency is working to correct the problem.
Writer: Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu
Source: Ron Wright, 765-494-0446, rdwright@purdue.edu
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