Now that most

of the county's manufactured home parks are covered, Fayette County emergency

officials want to put a severe weather alert siren near the Fayette Pavilion.

The best choice

for a location is on property on Ellis Road where the county is building

a new water tank, said Capt. Pete Nelms of the Fayette County Department

of Fire and Emergency Services.

The siren,

which broadcasts an audible signal in a 360-degree format, has a range

of about 5,000 feet, Nelms told the county's Water Committee as he asked

permission to put the siren at the Ellis Road location.

The committee

unanimously agreed to recommend allowing the siren there to the county

board of commissioners.

"Our main

focus is targeting the people at the Pavilion," Nelms said.

Committee chairman

Chuck Watkins asked Nelms to look into using a metal pole as opposed to

the wooden "telephone" pole currently used for mounting the

sirens.