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Indian Point To Test Its Siren System
The company said this is only a test and not a signal to evacuate.
BUCHANAN, NY — There will be a regular quarterly test of the emergency notification sirens at Indian Point.
The test of the system will be between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 24.
As part of the test, sirens will sound at full volume for about four minutes in Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam counties.
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Indian Point officials said this is only a test, and the public is not required to respond during the siren sounding.
The sirens are not a signal to evacuate. A spokesperson said, in an actual emergency, the sirens would sound to alert the public to tune in to a local Emergency Alert System radio or television station for information and direction.
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The stations are listed in the emergency planning booklet mailed to households and businesses in the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone around Indian Point. The booklet is available electronically here.
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