On the first Wednesday of each month, at noon, there's a regular siren test across the country, except in Olomouc. The siren goes off for 140 sends and is followed by an announcement in Czech that it was only a test.
In Olomouc, the tests take place ten minutes later, at 12:10 pm, so that it doesn't conflict with the astronomical clock.
They started up following the 2002 floods. However, the Czech Fire and Rescue Service cancelled this month's test so as to not create any unnecessary panic given the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This isn't the first time the test has been cancelled. It was cancelled during the floods in 2009 and 2013, in 2010 when the U.S. and Russian presidents met together in Prague, and in 2020 during the four worst months of Covid lockdown.
Here's a video I found out on YouTube so you can hear what the various warning sirens sound like over here in Czechland.
There's a fire alarm signal for voluntary firefighters to report to the station. There's a general warning siren for people to seek refuge in a brick building and two Seall all air accesses due to a possible radiation or chemical hazard.
There used to be a flood wave signal that was in used until November 2001. That's when the laws pertaining to siren signals were changed and it was replaced by the general warning siren.
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