The radios and the sirens always work." Mitigation measures Over the summer, the Oyster Bay Fire Department limited the number of alarms that sound between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Siren sounds have blared from mobile phones across the country in a test of the national emergency alert system. At around ...

Parents say noise levels at Coleman Elementary School in Glen Rock can reach 109 decibels, about the volume of a jackhammer. They want relief.