Severe Weather Week 2019

Outdoor Warning System Test

Sirens will activate on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 1 p.m.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson have declared the week of March 24 - 30, 2019 as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan.

Oakland County's Homeland Security Division will engage in various public education efforts during Severe Weather Awareness Week in an effort to help minimize the loss of life and destruction of property that can result from severe weather events.

As part of this initiative, a special test of the Early Weather Warning System will be conducted. The Outdoor Warning System sirens will be activated on Wednesday, March 27 at 1 p.m.

The purpose of the test is to raise the level of severe weather safety awareness and to offer schools and businesses an opportunity to review and test their internal disaster plans. Residents are asked to note the date and time of the test in order to help stop calls to 9-1-1 or to local Police and Fire Departments.

For more information, contact Lt. James Neufeld at the Farmington Hills Fire Department at 248-871-2800.