The sirens in St. Louis were not activated ahead of a tornado last week. Sabrina Franza wanted to know about tornado siren activation protocols in Chicago and the suburbs.

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The City of St. Louis is re-testing tornado sirens Tuesday afternoon after a failure to sound them during a deadly tornado Friday. With that, there is also an opportunity to share what the public m… ...

The Highland Fire Department is still compiling maintenance reports on allegedly faulty tornado sirens during a March storm after some residents said they didn’t hear sirens at all.

Sarah Russell, former commissioner of the City Emergency Management Agency for St. Louis, failed to sound the sirens for a tornado that killed 5 people last Friday, according to reports.

The Highland Fire Department resumed testing their tornado sirens in April after a tornado tore through town in March, but whether it had been prior to that storm is doubtful.