JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Emergency Management is planning to test the county’s outdoor warning sirens next Thursday, the agency announced yesterday.

Each siren, a total of six, will be tested with short one-minute wails.

Sirens are located at Fire Station 7 in Adam’s Canyon, on School Bus Barn on Gregory Lane, Fire Station 1 in Jackson, Fire Station 6 in Teton Pines, Fire Station 2 in Wilson, and on Tram Tower 1 in Teton Village.

If it is a real emergency, sirens will sound for a three-minute wail.

The sirens are used to alert the community to seek further information about different types of hazards, including tornados, hazardous materials spills, dam failure, wildlife evacuation and more.

Outdoor warning sirens are not designed to warn people who are indoors, and audible ranges assume a listener is outdoors.

If you hear an outdoor warning siren, tune to local EAS radio stations, cable television (channels 8 and 5,08 on Charter Cable; channels 29 and 36 over-the-air)  NOAA Weather Radio, local news sources, and/or your cell phone for a Nixle or Wireless Emergency Alert message advising what is happening, where it is happening, and what the recommended actions are.

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