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Understanding Outdoor Warning Sirens: What You Need To Know:
Bloomingdale Office of Emergency Management wants to remind residents
about the purpose of outdoor warning sirens and how to respond when they
are activated.
Outdoor warning sirens are designed to alert people who are outdoors of
imminent danger, such as severe flooding, tornadoes, or other life-
threatening emergencies. These sirens serve as an early warning system,
giving people the opportunity to seek higher ground or shelter and stay
informed through official emergency channels.
What Do the Sirens Mean?
Outdoor warning sirens typically use two distinct tones to communicate
different types of emergencies:
• Warning Tone: A long, steady wail lasting 3 minutes that indicates an
emergency. When you hear this tone, immediately check for official
emergency updates
• Wavering Tone: A fluctuating, high-low wail is used to indicate that your
Fire Department has been dispatched to an incident
• One Short Tone: A single high-low wail that indicates testing of your
local sirens Monday through Friday at 5:00pm
How to Respond to a Siren Activation
• Stay Informed: Tune in to local weather radio, TV, Bloomingdale’s
official social media platforms or Bloomingdale’s emergency
notification (RAVE) for updates and instructions
• Hearing a warning tone is a signal to move indoors, seek shelter and
tune into to your local weather radio, TV, social media or
Bloomingdale’s emergency notification system (RAVE) for further
BLOOMINGDALE
SIREN WARNING SYSTEM
instructions. Make sure everyone in your household knows the safest
place to be during an emergency
• Know the Testing Schedule: In Bloomingdale, sirens are tested
regularly. These tests confirm that the system is working and are not an
indication of an emergency
What Outdoor Sirens Are NOT For:
• Sirens are not intended to be heard indoors; follow NOAA (National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) weather radios, mobile
alerts, and other notification systems for indoor warnings.
• Sirens do not signal an "all-clear”. Once activated, people should
continue monitoring local emergency updates for further instructions.
In addition to understanding sirens, residents are encouraged to have
multiple ways to receive emergency alerts, including your town
emergency notification systems (RAVE), weather apps, NOAA weather
radios, local news broadcasts and Bloomingdale’s official social media
platforms. Having a family emergency plan and knowing where to go
during severe weather can save lives.
Bloomingdale Emergency Notification System:
THERE ARE SEVERAL "OPT-IN" LISTS
TO CHOOSE FROM. CLICK ON ANY
OPT-IN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
NOTIFICATIONS FOR:
SIGN UP:
Navigate to the Borough’s website
at www.bloomingdalenj.net. At
the bottom of the home page,
click on “Rave Alert Sign Up” and
follow the directions to sign up.
Copy the following in your browser and
sign in. You will need to login with the
registration email that is associated with
your user information. If you do not know
your password, you can use the 'forgot
password' option to reset the password.
https://www.getrave.com/elogin.do
Click on “My Account” to update your
information. Then click on “Opt In Lists” to
opt in to any of the "opt-ins".
www.bloomingdalenj.net
For More Information Contact
Deputy OEM Coordinator Dawn Hudson at
dhudson@bloomingdalenj.net
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR
BLOOMINGDALE'S
EMERGENCY
NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
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YOUR
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