Reliable, audible warning systems are becoming more critical during wildfires of increasing speed and ferocity.
after installation began in spring and as the five-year anniversary of the wildfire that wiped out much of the community approaches this November. There will eventually be 21 sirens erected throughout town that will emit one minute of loud, Hi-Lo warning sounds followed by evacuation instructions.
In Paradise, the Camp Fire broke out in the early morning of Nov. 8, 2018 amid dry, gusty weather. It tore through the town of 28,000 people, incinerating roughly 19,000 homes, businesses and other buildings. An investigation determined Pacific Gas & Electric's aging equipment started the blaze and the utility pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Paradise's siren system can be controlled manually, over the internet or by satellite. The towers' power is hard-wired underground, but each siren also has a solar panel that can store two weeks worth of power.University of California forest expert Yana Valachovic said the redundancy in emergency services is needed to address different scenarios.
As part of rebuilding Paradise, crews have removed thousands of trees, cleared defensible space around homes to slow down fires, buried power cables underground and widened evacuation routes to handle more traffic, Bolin said.Like Paradise, communities across California are coming up with systems to notify people in case of an emergency, from sirens to police patrol cars and other emergency vehicles to cellphone notification systems.
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