What’s with those Wednesday sirens?

EVANSTON — Why does that siren go off every Wednesday just before noon? The Herald received that inquiry multiple times, so we asked Josh Rasnake, manager at the Uinta County Emergency Management Office.

“We need to use the siren every Wednesday to test that it still works at all locations,” said Rasnake. “When the dispatcher at the sheriff’s dispatch office pushes the button, that turns all of the sirens on. I travel to each of them to make sure they are working. If you are near a siren and it does not go off at the scheduled time or if it goes off at another unscheduled time, please call my office at 307-783-0327 or dispatch at 307-783-1000.”