The Summit Hill Fire Department has reactivated a device which many communities have eliminated: a fire siren. The “fire ...

The department also uses phones and pagers to alert firefighters, but neither of those methods is “110%” reliable, the chief said, so he wants the redundancy of a siren.

The Highland Fire Department resumed testing their tornado sirens in April after a tornado tore through town in March, but whether it had been prior to that storm is doubtful.

The fire department explained the sirens sounded as part of routine maintenance and upgrades, but due to an oversight, public notice was not given in advance.

Three new weather sirens have been installed in Miller County to provide better coverage for rural areas during dangerous ...