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There are 121 Public Alert and Notification System (PANS) sirens that are located within the Station Seabrook 10 Mile Emergency Planning Zone. A majority are located in New Hampshire (94), twenty seven (27) of these sirens are located in Massachusetts within the communities of Amesbury, Merrimack, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury and West Newbury.

While these sirens are set up within the EPZ to notify the public of a Station Seabrook event, they can also be used to notify  you in the event of an Emergency (i.e. Weather, homeland security, etc.)

The last Siren Audible demonstration was conducted on Saturday, October 25th 2009 at 12:30pm

Next Siren Audible demonstration will be on Wednesday, November 18th 2009 at 12:30pm.

Please click this link (below) to launch a short recorded video of an actual PANS siren within our Seabrook EPZ which had been activated.

Video LINK

Should you hear a Siren sounding..
Occasionally a siren or sirens may sound accidentally.
If you hear a siren, tune immediately to your
Emergency Alert System station for information:
92.5 FM, 93.7 FM, 1450 AM and 1030 AM

The purpose of these sirens is to notify you of a situation where you need to tune into to the Emergency Alert Radio Stations listed.

Please do not call 911

It the sirens were sounded unintentionally, you would be notified via a regular news broadcast. EAS messages would only be used in the event of an actual emergency.
If you do not hear a message, you can call your local public officials (listed below). These are non-emergency numbers with representatives who will be able to tell you if there is an emergency associated with Seabrook Station.
 

Local Public Officials
Amesbury: . . . . . (978)388-8166
Merrimac: . . . . . .(978)346-8321
Newbury: . . . . . . (978)465-3737
Newburyport: . . . (978)465-4427
Salisbury: . . . . . .(978)465-3121
West Newbury: . .(978)363-1213

The US Coast Guard would "ALERT" Ocean and Merrimack River boaters on Marine Radio Channel 16 and 22

• Read up on THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) with  FCC Consumer Facts

Homeland Security Live Alert

Newburyport Office of Emergency Management   59 Low St.  Newburyport Ma 01950   ( 978) 465-4424

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