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“The sirens will broadcast sound in a 360-degree pattern from three towers located around campus,” said Tom Johnson, chief of WCU’s police department. People who are outdoors should hear the sirens clearly; those who are indoors may hear a more muted sound, depending on the level of noise from nearby computers, radios, phones and other equipment, Johnson said.
In addition to the whooping sounds, police are planning to test a spoken message on the university’s radio station, WWCU-FM (Power 90.5), which is programmed to accept messages directly from police headquarters during an emergency.
“We want people to get used to the routine siren test on the fourth Tuesday of every month so they’ll be attuned to the sound of sirens at other times to signal a true emergency,” Johnson said.
During the monthly tests, people should log into WCU’s emergency notification Web site, CatTracker, at www.wcu-campus.info and leave their contact information so that they can be notified quickly in the event of a real emergency.
For a preview of the sirens’ sounds, go to http://police.wcu.edu/9962.asp. For more information, call Tom Johnson at (828) 227-7301.