Another firehouse siren goes silent, but not without a fight & a website

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Interesting story.

http://www.statter911.com/2014/01/20/another-firehouse-siren-goes-silent-without-fight-website/

[gamewell45 258]

Since it's apparently it's an all-volunteer department; having the siren left in service would benefit the members and community due to having a redundant system in place, so if the pagers should fail, having the siren as a backup is much more desirable as opposed to using a phone net as a back-up. Hope they get the issue resolved one way or another.

[sympathomedic 383]

I am going to brazenly assume I am not the only psycho on this site that loves the sound of these mechanical sirens. I actually have THREE of them at home.

Sites worth checking out are www.airraidsirens.com and www.victorysiren.com This second site is about the sirens powered by a V-6 hemi engine that developes so much sound power that it makes dry grass start to burn from the vibration when they run the siren. There are only about 6 left in the world.

[Fireman488 57]

Check out this NFPA section regarding redundancy of notification.

Horns & pagers.pdf

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The best combination is a siren & airhorn together.