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July 11, 2025
Outdoor warning siren test successful, more testing to follow
By Jessica Nohealapa’ahi
The Bandera Prophet
Bandera completed a test of the city’s outdoor warning siren yesterday, July 10, and notified citizens that more tests will follow. Calling the test run largely successful, the city said it will now focus on additional siren locations, analyzing sound coverage and exploring additional warning methods.
“We understand the importance of ensuring everyone in our city can hear these critical warnings. Therefore, this marks the beginning of our next phase: continued testing. Our goal is to identify how to make our siren system most effective for all city residents,” the city released in a public statement.
The siren is located on the historic water tower, located behind the O.S.T. Yesterday’s test lasted less than a minute, but provided important information for officials to move forward.
“Ultimately, the information gathered during these tests will be used to implement comprehensive plans for emergency use, ensuring that our outdoor warning system provides reliable and effective alerts when they are needed most,” the city said.
“We understand the importance of ensuring everyone in our city can hear these critical warnings. Therefore, this marks the beginning of our next phase: continued testing. Our goal is to identify how to make our siren system most effective for all city residents,” the city released in a public statement.
The siren is located on the historic water tower, located behind the O.S.T. Yesterday’s test lasted less than a minute, but provided important information for officials to move forward.
“Ultimately, the information gathered during these tests will be used to implement comprehensive plans for emergency use, ensuring that our outdoor warning system provides reliable and effective alerts when they are needed most,” the city said.