Hello all! Thanks to Kurt (fire_freak_57) on giving me access to much better vintage aerial imagery from the ODOT Aerial Imagery Archive. With the help of this imagery, I have been able to make some sense of some of the original sirens that were installed in Wilmington in 1978 and after. There are ...

Hello all! Thanks to Kurt (fire_freak_57) on giving me access to much better vintage aerial imagery from the ODOT Aerial Imagery Archive. With the help of this imagery, I have been able to make some sense of some of the original sirens that were installed in Wilmington in 1978 and after. There are a...

I have a map based on what was included in the old emergency operations plan's master list for the old siren system. Many sirens were moved around or replaced. The transition to radio activation and the Whelen system began around 1991 with the installation of WPS-4000-4's and the 3000s that had bee...

The one near campus isn't there?? If anyone knows of old T-Bolt or other siren locations I'm still interested in putting a map together of the Franklin County CD system prior to the Whelens being installed in the early '80s. I have about 25 locations mostly westside and northside. I have a map base...

Thanks for that Josh, I can't believe I didn't know that, been in the hobby 9 years and still don't know some of the most basic things. :lol: You’re welcome! Haha! :lol: Well, you learn something new everyday I guess! I don’t know everything about sirens, but I have learned a lot from this site and...

Hi all, Just curious what AR and AF timers stand for, I have a feeling the F in AF stands for fire, as it’s the main feature of it. Thanks. You are correct! AR stands for “Air Raid” as it has both the Alert (Steady) and Attack (Wail) functions. AF stands for “Air Raid and Fire” and has the Alert an...

Hi everyone, newbie here. I could have sworn that before the pandemic Franklin County did voice testing on the first Wednesday of the month. I remember reading that it was discontinued temporarily due to the pandemic, either on their website, Twitter, or Facebook. But I'm reading here that voice te...

Went up to Trotwood after seeing this post, and I can confirm its still there! It seems to still be hooked up to power, but it definitely looks inactive https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/718184362192928828/817554093975011418/DSCN9408.JPG https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/71818436219292882...

I’m so sorry to bump this thread, because I absolutely hate doing that, but I found some information that may interest some of y’all. So I was on Facebook last night reading a post about warning sirens by the National Weather Service in Wilmington, when some people were talking about how they miss t...

Did Franklin County test 3 times today? Or am I on something. Could've sworn I heard the two analogs in Canal go off more than twice. Are the sirens in Canal part of Franklin, or are they part of Fairfield?? Canal Winchester's sirens are right on the edge of Franklin County. Next suburb over in Pic...