{"id":1842,"date":"2017-03-13T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T01:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:06:55","slug":"1842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/1842\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS RELEASE: Siren Testing On Oahu Of New Sirens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HONOLULU \u2014 <\/strong>The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Hawaii-EMA), together with the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management will conduct testing of four new sirens on Oahu. Testing will occur on the following dates during the specified times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wednesday, March 15, 2017 between 8 a.m. \u2013 11 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Makapu\u2019u Makai Pier, Waimanalo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday, March 23, 2017 between 8 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunset Beach, Haleiwa <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Haupoa Street &amp; Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Castle High School, Kaneohe <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new sirens are part of the Statewide Siren Modernization Project. Nearby residents may hear the siren sound six to eight times for 30-60 second intervals during the identified timeframe. Testing will include short blasts known as \u201cburps.\u201d During the tests, emergency management technicians will check that the new sirens are functioning properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions regarding the test should be directed to the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management at 808-723-8960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media Contacts: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary Zanakis<br> Public Information Officer<br> Hawaii Emergency Management Agency<br> Office: 808-733-4300 x522<br> Cell: 808-620-5422<br> mary.k.zanakis@hawaii.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arlina Agbayani<br> Public Relations Assistant<br> Hawaii Emergency Management Agency<br> 3949 Diamond Head Road<br> Honolulu, Hawaii 96816<br> Office: 808-733-4300 x529<br> Cell: 808-620-5423<br> Email: arlina.a.agbayani@hawaii.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Hawaii-EMA), together with the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management will conduct testing of four new sirens on Oahu. Testing will occur on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"3235,3723,3728,2116,3885,3679","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[352,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-2021","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15360,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1842\/revisions\/15360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}