{"id":5092,"date":"2021-04-12T13:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:31:14","slug":"news-release-hawaii-emergency-management-agency-to-conduct-new-siren-testing-in-the-city-and-county-of-honolulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/news-release-hawaii-emergency-management-agency-to-conduct-new-siren-testing-in-the-city-and-county-of-honolulu\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS RELEASE: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to Conduct New Siren Testing in the City and County of Honolulu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0April 12, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>HONOLULU<\/strong> &nbsp;\u2014 The Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), together with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, will conduct siren testing at the following locations and times on Friday, April 16, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Woodlawn-Upper M\u0101noa .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nu`uanu Valley.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodlawn-Upper M\u0101noa will be tested first, followed by Nu`uanu Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents nearby may hear the siren sound for 30-second to three-minute intervals during the identified timeframe. Testing will include short blasts known as \u201cburps.\u201d During the tests, Emergency Management officials and technicians will be checking the functionality of the siren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>These sirens are part of the State of Hawai`i\u2019s ongoing Outdoor Warning Siren Modernization Program. Sirens are being upgraded and new sirens installed at various locations under this program statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety is one part of Hawai`i\u2019s Statewide Alert &amp; Warning System used to notify the public during pending emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you hear this siren tone in circumstances other than a test, follow emergency information and instructions provided by official government channels. This may be in the form of a local radio, television station broadcast, and\/or cellular Wireless Emergency Alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency management and disaster preparedness information is located at the front section of telephone directories in all counties. The public may contact emergency management and county civil defense agencies to report siren operation issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">City and County of Honolulu (808) 723-8960.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"># # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Douglas Carroll<br>Public Information Officer<br>douglas.m.carroll@hawaii.gov<br>808-285-1516<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hollie Reina<br>Public Relations Specialist<br>hollie.reina@hawaii.gov<br>808-620-5423<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest information from the <strong>Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA)<\/strong> please go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">https:\/\/www.ready.hawaii.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0April 12, 2021 &nbsp;HONOLULU &nbsp;\u2014 The Hawai`i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), together with the City and County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, will conduct siren testing at the following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"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":"1842,4207,4068,3728,2116,3723","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[352,351],"tags":[234,131,128],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2016-2021","category-news-release","tag-city-and-county-of-honolulu","tag-hawaii-emergency-management-agency","tag-siren-testing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","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\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15501,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/15501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}