The Kenai Peninsula Borough, in cooperation with FEMA and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, has completed installation of a new all hazard warning siren system in Anchor Point, Homer, Seward, Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia.

The new sirens are intended primarily for coastal tsunami warning for communities in Resurrection Bay and Kachemak Bay. However, the sirens have the ability to provide warnings for other hazards depending upon the alert need (see examples below).

Each siren tone will be followed by a pre-recorded voice message identifying the emergency and advising residents to tune to local radio for further information. 911 Dispatch centers in Seward, Homer and Soldotna also have the ability to broadcast a live voice message or type in a current message that would be translated to voice for broadcast over the sirens.

The sirens are tested the first Wednesday of each month at approximately 1 p.m., and the siren at the Seward Fire Department is activated daily at noon.

Listen to examples of voice messages or the siren tones: