The program is in Breslau, Elmira and St. Jacobs. The sirens can be used for gas leaks, transportation accidents and chemical releases. Because of the nature and rapid movement of severe weather systems along with the fact that we have now moved to a region-wide alerting system, the Townships Siren Program will be changing with respect to the notifications received when Environment Canada issues a Tornado Warning.
The Townships Sirens in Breslau, Elmira and St. Jacobs will not be used to notify residents of a Tornado Warning, if you wish to receive notification as to why the Sirens are going off you will need to register and subscribe for an email and/or text notification through the AlertWR System.
Once you have received the initial AlertWR notification you can then receive the most up to date information including when the Tornado Warning is Terminated through the following methods:
- Signing up for Environment Canada Weather Alerts on their Twitter account at @ECALERTON82 (this option will also notify you of when a warning is issued within our township)
- Downloading the Environment Canada WeatherCAN mobile weather app and sign up for the notifications (this option will also notify you of when a warning is issued within your existing location assigned in the app)
- Or by visiting Environment Canada’s Alerts Webpage for Active Alerts in the Waterloo-Wellington area
It is important to know that you may also receive an Alert Ready Message from Canada’s Emergency Alerting System that delivers life-saving alerts to Canadians through television radio and LTE-connected and compatible wireless devices.
