An emergency siren went off as if the ship were crying out in pain.

An emergency siren began blaring, but was shut off almost immediately.

Smoke drifted on the air, and emergency sirens were still blaring stupidly in the background.

Some wear hearing protection because they've developed related sensitivity to any sound resembling emergency sirens or explosions.

Last week, there was a disappointing test of the emergency sirens at the Indian Point nuclear power plant here.

"Keep going," Yaelu said, even as she heard the emergency sirens wail over the base.

The sound that chilled him was a mammoth wail from the emergency siren at the plant.

He has repeatedly described its emergency sirens as being in deplorable shape.

This has happened with emergency sirens, as it has with car alarms.

The only way to deal with this situation is to reduce the number of times drivers hear emergency sirens.