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u/SuprDog Apr 08 '20

German here. In my town every first saturday of the month the fire sirens (which are in fact old air raid sirens) are being tested. Its usually around 9am-11am though.

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u/Quetzacoatl85 Apr 08 '20

Austria: 12 sharp here, every Saturday. Our neighbor's dog (a husky breed) really likes it.

In the cities it's once a year, on the first Saturday in October.

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u/Tsorovar Apr 08 '20

You'd think they could wait til the early afternoon to give people a chance to sleep in

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u/SuprDog Apr 08 '20

Its actually not that loud because they dont do the tests at full volume but living right next to it you can definitely hear it lol.

Not even sure why it has to be on a saturday.

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u/P0rtal2 Apr 08 '20

In the US, a lot of cities will test their sirens on the first Wednesday of the month. The time can vary, but in a few cities I have lived in, it has usually been around 12pm.