“I guess some people are already upset,” Wertz said, explaining those feelings were due to the siren’s loud alarms ... sound only about 20 times. Sirens will blow if there is a fire ...

Can they sound the alarm loud enough to serve 8,000 fire and medical service calls a year? Residents in 10 hill communities, from part of Shepard Canyon to Grass Valley, more than six miles west ...

There was a loud noise late Sunday ... hearing the mysterious sound, but few knew that the cause was a natural gas leak, something confirmed Monday by the Irmo Fire District.