Rosemount Receives Updated Emergency Warning Sirens

Rosemount residents may hear a siren wailing on a perfectly sunny, still afternoon this first week of January, but there’s no reason to worry; the city is just making some updates to its emergency sirens.

“Over the last three years we’ve changed over eight sirens, and we changed five last fall,” said . “County staff and cities have been working on this project for quite some time."

"The in cooperation with Dakota County and the Dakota Communications Center is undertaking federally required upgrades to the city's outdoor warning siren equipment," according to a press release from the city. "The project is being jointly funded through a Federal Department of Homeland Security Urban Area Security Initiative grant secured by Dakota County and by the City of Rosemount." 

Outdoor warning siren upgrade work for the City of Rosemount is expected to be completed by this Friday, the city said.  

Sirens are set off by their radios and the frequencies are being adjusted as part of this project. The new sirens will work on radio frequency out of the Dakota Communications Center.

"[In addition,]... A feature of the new sirens [are that] they have battery backup in case there's a power failure," Mayor Bill Droste said at the Oct. 4 council meeting.

"Regular monthly siren tests of Rosemount’s sirens will continue to occur on the first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. Residents and visitors who hear sirens sounding at other times can tune to their local radio or television stations for information concerning serve weather or other emergency notifications," the city said.