EMERGENCY SIGNALS
CONFUSION CAUSED BY FIRE ALARM ‘‘There is still considerable confusion about emergency signals in Geraldine,” said the chairman of the Geraldine Emergency Precautions Services (Mr D. C. McKechnie) yesterday. “The fire alarm in the early morning led many people to believe that there was an emergency try-out.” The emergency signal in Geraldine would be given by bells, and not by the siren, he said. The signal for an emergency period, and the ending of an emergency period, would be the simultaneous ringing of the church, fire and school bells. The warning for a blackout would be given by the siren sounding tensecond blasts with five second intervals, and the “all clear” signal for a blackout would be a two-minute blast on the siren. If an emergency and blackout signal were given at the same time, both the bells and siren would be sounded. •In the event of an emergency or tryout, all persons, other than those who had to report for specific duties, should remain at their homes, and the telephone should not be used except on the most urgent business.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22200, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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