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BY THERESA MONSOUR mation regarding the situation.
Pioneer Press If you would like additional
information . regarding the
The 1,148 phones within a Emergency'Preparedness Net-
4,150-foot radius of the Eagan work, please go to the city of
Police Department will be ring- Eagan Web site at
Ing at 1 p.m. today with a test www.cityofeagan.com.
recording from the police. "Again,this is only a test and
The message is a trial run of will not be repeated on a regu-
the� department's new emer- lar basis. Thank you for your
gency phoning system.The test participation."
doesn't require anything of the Next month,the Eagan police
call recipients, and there
sno will e
need to call the police depart- Hills Resources working
gmerly Koch
Refinery) on a partnership to
ment. off Eagan's system.
The emergency phone sys- piggyback
tem,purchased from Qwest,can Flint Hills will use it to notify
call 2,000 phones and deliver a citizens in case of an emer-
30-second prerecorded message gency
within one minute,according to The area around the Rose-
Eagan police.Authorities antici- mount facility includes mu
ltiple
pate using the system during cities,but the emergency phone
emergencies such as hazardous system will be able to deliver
materials spills and to help find messages regardless of jurisdic
lost children. tional boundaries,Eagan police.
Today's message will be: said.
"This is the Eagan Police
16, some l cosnt Hills then will defray
according t Eagan
Department calling on Dec.
2003, with a test of the Emer- police.
gency Preparedness Network.
This is only a test. If this were Theresa Monsour can be reached
an. actual activation, you would at tmonsour@pioneerpress.com
have been given specific infor- or 651-228-5457.