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Campus emergency siren test to be conducted March 6, 2019

Last Updated on March 5, 2019 10:50 am

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University will test its campus siren warning system at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, March 6.

Examples of the tones that are used in an emergency or during tests can be heard online at https://emergency.appstate.edu/siren-warning-system.

Appalachian uses the hi/low tone for emergencies, discontinuous air horn for tests of the system and the alert tone for all-clear signal.

For more information about the university’s AppState ALERT voice/text/email notification system, visit https://emergency.appstate.edu.

Campus siren tests are normally conducted on the first Wednesday of each month. Scheduled dates for Appalachian’s upcoming tests are April 3 and May 1.

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