{"id":1903,"date":"2017-03-05T12:51:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T17:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2017-03-05T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T17:51:05","slug":"wake-county-civil-defense-siren-snapshot-september-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wake-county-civil-defense-siren-snapshot-september-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake County Civil Defense Siren Snapshot &#8211; September 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found a neat snapshot of the county Civil Defense siren system, from September 1972. Source is an unidentified newspaper article dated September 9, 1982. Likely the Fuquay-Varina\u00a0<em>Independent<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The story is about the Fuquay-Varina Rural Fire Department having recently purchased and installed a new ten-horsepower emergency warning siren.<\/p>\n<p>It was purchased with the aid of the Fuquay-Varina Civil Defense Office, and matching funds from the federal government, which paid half of the $3,000 cost. And had three emergency signals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fire Signal &#8211; Series of rapidly alternating high and low-pitch tones. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ne4IMxs-hMk\">Hear example<\/a>\u00a0(either exact or similar) found on YouTube.\u00a0<br \/>This alerted the volunteer firefighters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Alert Warning &#8211; Steady three to five-minute sustained, double-tone blast. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v9r1-xjdQpE\">Hear example<\/a> found on YouTube. <br \/>Designed for alerting the public to a &#8220;possible threat to the general safety of the community.&#8221; This was a signal for residents to tune into local radio or television stations, for information on such situations from a tornado sighting to &#8220;strategic warning of an anticipating enemy attack.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Attack Warning &#8211; High- and low-note combination, changing from low to high volume, creating an wavering effect, for three to five minutes. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oYeql9xE19k\">Hear example<\/a>\u00a0found on YouTube.<br \/>Used only for &#8220;warning of an actual enemy attack.&#8221;\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article also includes a number of nifty historical points about the county-wide siren system in September 1972:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raleigh has five sirens.<\/li>\n<li>Cary has one siren.<\/li>\n<li>Garner has one siren.<\/li>\n<li>Holly Springs has one siren being installed.<\/li>\n<li>Wendell has one siren.<\/li>\n<li>Zebulon has one siren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All have three-signal capabilities, like the new Fuquay-Varina siren. Nearby towns with similar sirens include Angier and other towns in Harnett County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All of the county sirens, and all three of their signals, can be activated &#8220;by radio beam&#8221; from the Raleigh\/Wake County Emergency Communications Center (ECC). Following a siren activation, &#8220;county fire radio net&#8221; announcements are made to the appropriate fire department.<\/p>\n<p>The ECC is in &#8220;constant contact&#8221; with the National Warning Center &#8220;via hotline,&#8221; and is monitored on a 24-hour basis. 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