Monthly statewide outdoor warning siren test to take place Feb. 2

The monthly test of Hawai‘i’s outdoor warning sirens is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 2 and will be conducted in coordination with a test of the Emergency Alert System.

All statewide outdoor warning sirens once again will sound a 1-minute steady tone during the usual, normal monthly test.

The test of the live audio broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, as normal, is conducted at roughly the same time each month in cooperation with the Hawai‘i broadcast industry.

There will be no exercise or drill accompanying the test.

The all-hazard Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety is one part of the Hawai‘i Statewide Alert and Warning System used to notify the public during emergencies. If you hear this siren tone in circumstances other than a test, follow emergency information and instructions provided by official government channels. These may be in the form of a local radio or television station broadcast and/or a cellular Wireless Emergency Alert.

Wireless Emergency Alerts deliver sound-and-text warnings to compatible mobile cellular phones. The Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert notifications are sent via the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, the nation’s alert and warning infrastructure, managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Emergency management and disaster preparedness information may be found in the “Get Ready” section of ready.hawaii.gov, as well as in the front section of telephone directories in most counties. For the latest information from the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, or to sign up for county alerts, visit ready.hawaii.gov.

The public may contact emergency management and county civil defense agencies to report siren operation issues through the following numbers:

• Hawaiʻi County: 808-935-0031
• City and County of Honolulu: 808-723-8960
• Maui County: 808-270-7285
• Kauaʻi County: 808-241-1800