Coconino, SFD to test sirens in canyon July 261 min read

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Christopher Fox Graham
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The Sedona Fire District and Coconino County Emergency Management will test the emergency siren system in Oak Creek Canyon at approximately 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 26.

This system is designed to notify Oak Creek Canyon and Uptown residents of severe emergencies that require evacuation.

 

The sirens will be used when the National Weather Service issues a Flash Flood Warning for Oak Creek Canyon. If the sirens sound, anyone in the canyon is asked to stop what they are doing, immediately get to high ground and tune their radio to KAFF 930 AM or 92.9 FM for specific directions.

Area residents are also encouraged to register their phone numbers in the CodeRED emergency notification system at www.coconino.az.gov/emergency. It is important to register all phone numbers to be contacted in an emergency.

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For additional information call (928) 679-8311 or go to www.coconino.az.gov/emergency

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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Christopher Fox Graham
Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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