On Monday, February 3rd, a new emergency siren was installed on the grounds of the museum. Funded by Albany County and a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, the siren is solar powered and can be tested silently. It will be programed with a variety of tones to alert to different types of emergencies, including wild fire and flood emergencies that frequently threaten the area. The siren will be one more way for emergency officials to notify our area of threats.
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Thanks to all involved with this successful installation.
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- The contractors arrive at the museum
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- The longest of the three trucks carried the post.
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- The long truck backed in to the parking lot.
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- The pole and other pieces were transferred to a smaller, heavier truck to get them through the snow.
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- The pole was lifted off truck 1
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- . . . then placed on truck 2.
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- Other pieces were tied down on Truck 2
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- Truck 2 then had to fight through the snow to the installation site.
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- They had done this before.
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- Fighting through the snow on the south side of the buildings
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- They made it to the installation site.
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- Once Truck 2 had blazed the trail, Truck 3 was able to get to the site.
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- All the elements of the siren were attached while the pole was on the truck.
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- Meanwhile, an auger attacked the job of drilling a hole in the ground.
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- Fighting the rocks, the auger finally made the hole deep enough.
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- Ground wires were wrapped around the pole.
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- The ground wires were secured on the bottom of the pole.
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- Time to lift the pole into place.
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- The pole reached the hole . . .
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- . . . then was twisted to be oriented correctly.
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- Job well done on a very cold day.
