CITY OF SOMERVILLE RECEIVES NEW DISASTER SIREN

  

The city of Somerville received and has installed a siren in the community that will, by using four different tones, will let the public know of eminent dangers in the area.

The community donated nearly $20,000 for the purchase, and the tones, in which there would be a different tone for different events, may be used to indicate such things as tornadoes or chemical spills, but would not be the only way citizens would be notified.

The Burleson County Emergency Management System as well as law enforcement would also be spreading the word of events such as evacuations.

City Administrator martin Mangum says that the people who donated to purchase the siren did it because they cared about the community and were willing to donate to the purchase.