The Beaver Valley Power Station continually works with the local Emergency Management Agencies to maintain a complex Alert and Notification System (ANS) within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone around the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station. The ANS is used to notify the public in the event of an emergency at the Beaver Valley Power Station. The ANS is comprised of outdoor warning sirens, county emergency alert systems, the national Emergency Alert System, and the national Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). The capabilities, use, and maintenance of the ANS system are reviewed and approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  

 

Over the past several years, all the ANS outdoor warning sirens were upgraded to larger, more powerful sirens. These larger sirens can produce the required sound coverage for the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone with fewer sirens. In 2020, an acoustical evaluation of the system was performed to thoroughly test the system performance and determine if the more powerful sirens rendered any of the existing sirens redundant. The acoustical evaluation results indicated that 66 sirens are needed to produce the required sound coverage for the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone. The acoustical evaluation results indicated that 52 sirens were in areas that were covered by the sound of nearby sirens.

 

The ANS design report was revised to identify the 66 key sirens and remove the 52 sirens no longer required to provide appropriate coverage. FEMA reviewed and approved the report in 2020. The new ANS report requirements were implemented on Jan 1, 2021. At that time, the 52 redundant sirens were turned off. These sirens will be removed from their polls, over time. 

 

Key Points:

  • New, more powerful sirens were installed as the outdoor warning piece of the ANS.
  • An acoustical evaluation determined that many sirens were no longer required.
  • The sirens that were no longer required have been turned off and will no longer sound during testing or actual events.
  • As part of the ANS, each county has an electronic emergency alerting system that will notify you of an event at the Beaver Valley Power Station, as well as many other types of emergencies.  We encourage all residents to sign up for those systems. 
  • IPAWS was added to the ANS to notify the public of an emergency.
  • Sirens function as an outdoor warning piece of the ANS and are not meant to be heard indoors.

 

The following list provides the siren number and location of each siren that is no longer required.

Siren

Sub-Area

Siren Location

2

P-1

Private property off Vance Road, Industry Boro

3

P-4

Frankfort Road, Rt. 18 (LR #115), North of Holt Rd., Raccoon Township.

4

P-3

Engle Rd (LR #04013), Rear of Snider Elementary School, Industry Boro

7

P-9

Pleasant Drive (LR #04043), South of Rt. 18, Potter Twp.

10

P-3

Barclay Hill Road (LR #04033) North of Vista Glen Drive, Industry Boro

11

P-1

Rt. 18 (LR #115), South of Green Garden Road, Raccoon Township

12

P-4

Patterson Rd (LR #04079), North of Green Garden Rd, Raccoon Twp

13

P-4

Clearview Road (LR #04050), North of Davis Road, Raccoon Township

16

P-6

Mill Street off Rt. 168 at Hookstown V.F.D., Hookstown Boro

21

P-5

Rt. 30 (LR #538) near Hanover Township Line; Greene Township

25

P-1

Midland Heights V.F.D. #2, Midland Boro

27

P-2

fairview Midland Road, North of Eastwood Dr (LR #04108), Ohioville Boro

33

Outside 10-mile

Darlington Road (Rt. 588) Near Center Street, Chippewa Township

36

P-8

Tuscarawas Road (LR #278), Near Pinkerton Drive, Brighton Township

40

P-9

Center V.F.D. #3, Monaca Rd (LR #04019) near Linda Lane, Center Twp

45

P-9

DLCo property, Raccoon Substation, Center Township

46

P-8

Dutch Ridge Road (LR #04010), East of Wildwood Drive, Brighton Township

51

P-9

Brodhead Road (Rt. 51) East of Maplewood, Center Township

54

P-10

Forge Road off Brodhead Road (Rt. 51), Hopewell township

56

P-11

Independence V.F.D. Rt. 51 (LR #445) and T-514, Independence Township

57

P-12

Rt. 168 (LR #278) north of Frankfort Springs, Hanover Township

73

P-11

Bocktown Road, Rt. 151 (LR #445) West of T-345, Independence Township

74

P-11

Route 30 (LR #538) at Harshaville Substation, Hanover Township

100

P-3

Route 68 (LR #243) near Barclay Hill Road (LR #04033) Industry Boro

101

P-7

Off Tuscarawas Road (LR #278) at Barclay Substation, Brighton Township

103

P-6

Route 168 (LR #278) and Route 30 (LR #538) intersection, Greene Township

105

P-3

Kelly Road (LR #04080) south of Middle Road, Industry Boro

106

P-9

Brodhead Rd at Rte 18 intersection near Beaver Valley Mall, Center Twp

107

P-9

Center Grange Rd (LR #04074) at Biskup Ln (T-485) intersection, Center Twp

122

P-3

Todd Road (T-500) off Sebring Road (LR #04041), Brighton Township

125

P-5

Upper Service Road (T-307), Greene Township

127

P-4

Hold Road (LR #04048), Raccoon Township

130

P-10

Swimming Pool at 4th and Erie, West Aliquippa, Aliquippa Boro

132

P-9

Taylor Avenue, Booster Station, Monaca Boro

145

P-9

Old Brodhead Road near Clover, Center Township

146

P-4

Shivler Rd (LR #04077) north of Frankfort Rd (Route 18), Raccoon Township

147

P-8

Route 51 (LR #204) near Bradys Run Park, Patterson Township

161

P-5

Old Mill Creek RD., Green TWP.

163

P-9

RT. 18, 1 Mile South RT. 60, Potter TWP

164

P-10

Temple RD., 1/2 Mile South Joe Rod., Hopewell TWP

501

O-2

May Road off Route 427 and Boyd Road near Cemetary, Liverpool Township

503

O-1

Elizabeth Street (route 39) near Harvey, City of East Liverpool

505

O-2

Ada Street, Liverpool West V.F.D., Lacroft, Liverpool Township

506

O-2

Lang Street off St. Clair Avenue (Rt. 428), City of East Liverpool

512

O-3

Annasley Road north of Y&O Railroad, St. Clair Township

513

O-2

Thompson Park Boulevard off Parkway, City of East Liverpool

515

O-2

Jackson Street and Rural Lane, city of East Liverpool

516

O-3

Church @ McKinney’s Furniture, ST. Clair TWP

601

Outside 10-mile

Rockeyside Rd (66/1) between Rt. 2 and Ferndale Rd (66/2), Clay District

605

W-1

Route 16 and Lawrenceville V.F.D., Grant District

606

W-1

Sixth Street (Rt. 1) off Rt. 2, Grant District

612

Outside 10-mile

Ridge Road (Route 20), New Cumberland Clay District