FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: March 31, 2008

CONTACT: Kankakee Emergency Operation Center

Starting April 1, 2008 all agencies in Kankakee County will be sounding their tornado sirens at 10:00am to bring them in compliance with Illinois State law. The law advises that the testing of disaster warning devices including outdoor warning sirens shall be held only on the first Tuesday of each month at ten o'clock in the morning.

In addition to the existing sirens, Exelon Nuclear has formally given permission for Kankakee County to use the Exelon owned sirens, located in Kankakee County, for the purposes related to weather and other type emergencies.

These sirens are located in Western Kankakee County around the towns of Essex and Reddick.