The Murphysboro Emergency Managment Agency maintains an outdoor warning siren network to protect the citizens of the Murphysboro Area. The City currently has 11 outdoor warning sirens. It has five Federal 2001 Sirens with battery backup, four Federal Thunderbolt 1003 sirens, and two Federal SD-10 sirens. Of the sirens currently online five have battery backup and one additional siren is connected to generator power. With activation of the sirens in the City of Murphysboro, sirens are also activated at the Illinois Youth Center, Murphysboro and at the Southern Illinois Airport, bringing the total number of sirens on the network to 13. In Feburary of 2012, the city added three additional sirens. The improvements include the addition of a 2001 siren on Harry Ray Drive, a 2001 siren on Watson Road at IL Rt 13, and a Thunderbolt at the Jackson Square Shopping Center. As part of the upgrade, the two sirens which were previously out of service were repaired.