FARGO (WDAY) - The city of Fargo plans to test their outdoor warning system throughout next week. As part of the annual maintenance process, tone testing on individual emergency warning sirens may be heard during the daytime hours Monday, May 15 through Friday, May 19, while crews work on the system. The City of Fargo regularly tests sirens on the first Wednesday of the month
(Fargo, ND) During North Dakota Severe Weather Awareness Week, there will be a full-system test of the outdoor siren warning system in Cass County on Wednesday, April 27 at 11:15 a.m. Residents are encouraged to conduct a tornado drill at this time to practice their tornado sheltering plans. What to do when you hear the sirens (when a test is not scheduled): Seek shelter
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March 4, 2021
FARGO (KVRR) – Cass Fargo Emergency Management has apologized for mistakenly sending a mass notification at around midnight Wednesday.
Officials say the message was sent to 55,766 contacts and was delivered to 7,655 contacts before employees realized the error.
“At 11:54 p.m., an employee inadvertently sent the monthly test to residents rather than in the test environment. Cass Fargo Emergency Management apologizes for this error and is evaluating processes to ensure this does not reoccur.”
The monthly test is required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Area residents can subscribe to the alerts to receive information during both emergency and non-emergency situations.
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People confused as shelter in place alert in Fargo is sent to people across metro
The Fargo Police Department intended the alert to only cover a three block radius in South Fargo, but the alert sent out by Red River Dispatch reached far more people outside of that area.
January 25, 2021
FARGO, N.D. After a man barricaded himself inside his vehicle early Saturday morning in South Fargo, a shelter in place alert went out to people throughout the Cass and Clay counties.
The Fargo Police Department intended the alert to only cover a three block radius in South Fargo, but the alert sent out by Red River Dispatch reached far more people outside of that area.