Government officials today will test new outdoor siren warning systems in Kalaeloa from noon to 2 p.m. People in the area are advised that the intermittent siren sounds will be a test.

State Civil Defense and the city Department of Emergency Management is evaluating equipment from three prospective vendors: Federal Signal Corp., American Signal Corp. and Acoustic Technology Inc. Siren systems will be judged on sound quality, ease of programming and maintenance, the city said.

VOTE TONIGHT ON MEMORIAL PARK

Families with niches or cemetery plots at Honolulu Memorial Park are asked to attend a meeting tonight at McKinley High School to vote on changes to bylaws and new officers.

The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at the school.

Registration starts at 5:30 p.m., and those wishing to vote must bring proof of their plot or niche ownership.

The Nu'uanu cemetery, with its landmark pagoda, has been embroiled in controversy since 2001, when its owners — the Richards brothers — filed for bankruptcy in Circuit Court.

At the time, they said it would cost more than $1 million to repair the pagoda. Niche and plot owners at the park said the cemetery was mismanaged.

Memorial Park manager Robert Sherlock said he is taking care of groundskeeping concerns and running the office.

Sherlock said it is unclear what the bylaw changes to be voted on entail. An official with the memorial park association, the nonprofit attached to the cemetery, could not be reached.

HALAWA FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN ARSON

Police have launched an arson investigation into a fire early Tuesday morning that destroyed a home in Halawa Heights.

Fire Department inspectors concluded that the fire's rapid spread and the damage it caused to a home on Lalawai Drive were consistent with an accelerant being used, police said.

Investigators will interview witnesses and the property owner, and may reclassify the case as arson if the findings warrant, police said.