The St. Mary’s County Department of Public Safety will conduct a full cycle test of the alert and warning sirens throughout southern Calvert and St. Mary’s County on Monday, Jan. 5, at noon. Seventeen of those sirens are in St. Mary’s County. The siren test will consist of a full three minute activation.  All citizens are asked to remember the scheduled testing and relay the information to friends, family and neighbors.

Beginning in 2009, the full cycle three minute test will be conducted the first Monday of each calendar quarter (January, April, July and October).  The change in the test schedule is to enhance siren operation and increase awareness of the Alert and Notification Siren System.  

Anyone who hears a full 3-minute siren at any time other than the scheduled full cycle test should tune in to a local Emergency Alert System radio station for emergency instructions.

Those stations are: 1560 AM, 102.9 FM, 97.7 FM, 1690 AM, 98.3 FM, 104.1 FM, 1460 AM, 96.7 FM, 1240 AM, 106.3 FM.

For additional information, contact the St. Mary’s County Department of Public Safety at (301) 475-4200 ext. 2124 or the St. Mary’s County Department of Emergency Communications non-emergency number at (301) 475-8016 during normal business hours.