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- National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) director Sarah Stuart-Black told Morning Report that New Zealand does not have a national tsunami siren system. While NEMA is the authoritative voice for communicating if there is a tsunami risk that affects the country, Stuart-Black says sirens that can issue tsunami warnings are triggered locally.
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From time to time, visitors staying in coastal communities hear a siren sound (especially during hours of darkness) and become concerned that it’s alerting them to a tsunami warning. Most commonly, the sound they’ve heard is the siren that summons members of the local volunteer fire brigade.
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Jan 21, 2020 · When there is a tsunami warning, the siren will sound intermittently and the strobe light will flicker throughout. Listen here to a sample of the siren for a tsunami. The public alert siren in Napier is five minutes long (10 second on, 20 seconds off - 10 times).
To achieve consistent siren signals for tsunami warning in New Zealand. The standard siren signal for tsunami warnings is a multiple tone signal that rises repeatedly with time.