City to test its network of emergency warning sirens

SUBMITTED BY: Steve Davis, Lakewood Police Department Public Information Officer

LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Police Department will test the city’s outdoor siren warning system on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. The test will be from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Police will activate all 25 sirens in the system with a long wail, followed by a voice test message over the public address portion of the system. The test will then conclude with one long siren wail.

The annual test of the outdoor siren system is required to ensure that all 25 siren sites in Lakewood are functioning correctly.

The test will be conducted in conjunction with the testing of Denver’s siren system.