IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — The twister sirens have been by accident activated in Ionia County Saturday afternoon, dispatchers say, as tools was being moved after a pipe burst Friday on the dispatch middle.
As deliberate, the sirens have been examined at midday Saturday — however simply earlier than 4 p.m., they have been mistakenly sounded as soon as extra, based on Ionia County Central Dispatch. Authorities emphasised that there was no emergency.
The error occurred within the midst of some “turmoil within the dispatch center,” dispatch defined. Simply earlier than 7 p.m. Friday, a pipe burst within the attic of the newly transformed middle. Employees members shut the water down, labored to guard tools and continued responding to 911 calls.
In a single day, a cleanup firm eliminated some water and moist insulation, however Ionia County Central Dispatch stated extra repairs have been wanted. On Saturday, work was underway to maneuver tools briefly into the coaching and convention room, in order that dispatchers might hold responding to calls as repairs continued in the primary middle.
That’s when the sirens have been by accident activated.
“With all the activity, the button to set off the sirens was tripped,” Ionia County Central Dispatch wrote in a launch. “We do want to apologize for the sounding of the siren when it was not needed.”
Operations will proceed, the Ionia County Central Dispatch director emphasised.
