Indiana Administrative Code
Title 290 - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Article 2 - SEVERE WEATHER WARNING SIRENS
Rule 1 - Severe Weather Warning Siren Planning
Section 1-3 - Scope
Universal Citation: 290 IN Admin Code 1-3
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 36-8-21.5-9
Affected: IC 36-8-21.5-11; IC 36-8-21.5-13
Sec. 3.
(a) This article provides guidance to counties concerning the development of a county siren coverage report and a county siren coverage plan, the primary documents as outlined in IC 36-8-21.5-11 and IC 36-8-21.5-13, which focus on a county's acquisition, installation, testing, and maintenance of outdoor severe weather warning sirens. Counties complying with this article shall integrate the following factors into the siren coverage report and siren coverage plan:
(1) Identification of areas
within the county where outdoor alerting systems will be most
effective.
(2) Identification of
those populations within a county in need of alerting by methods other than
outdoor alerting systems.
(3)
Measurements on the surrounding ambient noise levels as well as the terrain at
potential PAS locations.
(4)
Determination of weather conditions to include typical and extreme
conditions.
(5) Evaluation of the
types of outdoor public alert system devices and other alternatives.
(6) Estimation of the potential costs for the
planned installation, testing, and maintenance of severe weather warning
sirens.
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