How do you get weather alert sirens installed in a city?

[ernone]

Anyone have any knowledge of how to get tornado / weather sirens installed in a city?  I have looked on the web for collin county emergency services and can't figure out how to petition to get a system installed in the lavon / nevada area.  Anyone else have any desire to have that service available in our community?

[The Admin]

That sounds like a good topic to bring up at a city council meeting :-)

[The Admin]

In the mean time, I'd suggest a weather radio supplemented with text alerts to a cell phone.

[LavonVoice]

I have been searching for grants to fund this type of equipment.  I have been really busy lately and have not been able to devote much time to it, but I hope to get back on track soon.
I too believe that this would be a BIG benefit to the area.

[The Admin]

Assuming that your not affiliated with the city, if you do find any type of grants for this, definitely present your findings to the City Council. However, I do typically think it is the local city that sounds the sirens. Seeing that we don't have any staffing 24 hours a day yet, I'm not sure how that would work. I'm not sure if the Collin County Sherrif's departments would take on that responsibility.

I have been searching for grants to fund this type of equipment.  I have been really busy lately and have not been able to devote much time to it, but I hope to get back on track soon.
I too believe that this would be a BIG benefit to the area.

[LavonVoice]

I'm not with the City, but I am affiliated with the VFD that covers the area.
Sounding the sirens would be a logistics issue that would have to be worked out, but that would be a small issue
compared to finding the funding.