Staff will perform preventive maintenance on public warning siren system in the Oak Ridge area throughout the week of November 11th.

During that week, according to a news release, people in the area may occasionally hear sound from individual sirens in the vicinity Y-12 National Security Complex.

Sirens are strategically placed to notify the public in the unlikely event of an on-site emergency that impacts beyond the site boundary.

In the event of an actual emergency on the Oak Ridge Reservation, the sirens will simultaneously sound the standard three-minute tone. For more information on what to do in an emergency, please visit the Y-12 website at www.y12.doe.gov/about/emergency-public-information.

This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Maintenance on the Oak Ridge public warning sirens begins on November 11th