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International Paper Emergency Alert System Unintentionally Activated Late Wednesday Night
December 16, 2021
An emergency alert system at International Paper was unintentionally activated in test mode just before 11 p.m. Wednesday, causing concern among many Cantonment area residents.
A spokesperson for International Paper said it was not immediately clear why the test was done that late, but there was no emergency. The system is normally tested at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and as needed for employee training, but not late at night.
Additional tests for employee evacuation drills are planned for Thursday and Friday at 9 a.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
In September, IP began using a new, louder alert system that has both a warning siren and voice capability.
NorthEscambia.com file photo.
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2 Responses to “International Paper Emergency Alert System Unintentionally Activated Late Wednesday Night”
I bet no one in the plant evacuated. It’s impossible to hear it in most of the plant due to noise created by machinery.
Could IP make a verbal announcement that a test is about to commence? Why blare an unintended alarm throughout our community if there is no true emergency? A little advance notice (say, reverse 911??) would go a long way in helping neighbors understand a test from a real emergency, especially when wind carries the voice away from the residents who then hear only part of the alarm, take cover indoors, only to learn latee it was ‘unintended’.