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Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:59 pm
by Austen_lyon123
Mecklenburg County, Lincoln County And Gaston County In North Carolina have a lot of 2001-SRN's for the McGuire Nuclear Power Plant. They also go off for Tornado warnings.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:17 pm
by SirensOfNewYork
The only sirens in my town are inactive fire sirens. Nearby are the fire sirens in Long Island, and the Shabbat sirens in Brooklyn.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:43 am
by WPS4004Man
Franklin County sirens, as far as I know, have only ever been activated for tornado warnings. They will theoretically activate for other emergencies at the EMA’s discretion, with live voice too. As far as other sirens in my area go, there are a few at Columbus State for campus emergencies (never used afaik) and there is a random ATI/eClass speaker atop an office building near Polaris (again, unknown if used and for what). Dublin has a system of Thor guards for lightning detection as well.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:15 am
by Snowpix
Sarnia, Ontario - A whole load of ATI HPSS-32s sound every Monday at 12:30PM for a test. They're in place to warn of a chemical leak/explosion at one of the many chemical and oil plants in the area. They also warn of potential tornadoes and severe weather. A Federal Signal Modulator 3012 and one of the very few Thunderbolt 1003s in Canada join the ATIs for the weekly test.
There's a few fire sirens dotted around as well, unknown if they actually sound or not.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:16 am
by 1000chb385
Im in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. Our 12 FS 2001’s are used for tornado warnings.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:26 pm
by championsiren
The Whelen 2800's and 2900's are fire call sirens, along with 3 STH-10's, a Model 2, a Model 2T, and a Sterling M-5. There is an old STH down at Susquehanna HC that was a fire siren, but was "too loud." There are 3 EOWS 612's that are dam release sirens, along with an OA-2 and a 4004. There are I-Forces in APG, they are used as giant voice sirens and replaced BN44E's and T-bolts. Then there are the Peach Bottom NPP T-128 AC/DCs.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 12:03 am
by TrainsAndSirens1
My county (Spartanburg County) has a system of many types of old and new sirens.

Alert: Tornado Warning
Attack: Hazard materials, attack warning, other emergencies

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:22 pm
by SirensOfNewYork
There are the Indian Point HPSS32 and HPSS16R sirens that belong to Indian Point. In a nearby town, a Whelen siren sounds Air Horn and Fast Wail multiple times a day for god knows what reason. It's not mounted on a fire station. I have a video of the ambiance of the Air Horn. I believe there are 2.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:48 pm
by thun_derbolt1000t
My town does a 1 minute alert for testing and 3 minutes for a tornado warning.

Re: What do sirens in your area warn of?

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:17 am
by siren_face2000
Both Brown County (Aberdeen, SD) and Walworth County (Mobridge, SD) has mostly FS 2001 SRN B's, and Mobridge has a downtown siren that used to go off for 10 PM curfews during most summers I was there, but it's now used to call volunteer firefighters to the fire department. I'll have to record a video of it or do an audio recording of it. I know that Brown County has at least 2 EOWS sirens. Don't remember what model though. There's one or two in and around Wylie Park, and there's also one near the Ramkota hotel.