Predictions...

[bobcat418]

What do you think will happen in the future with early warning systems? Will it favor us siren fans or will we just be like "You have got to be kidding me ". Tell me what you think will happen to sirens, texts, phone calls, etc that warn us of incoming danger. Will we just receive messages in or brains, or will it be much like it is today . Thanks

[bobcat418]

if stuff gets really advanced I read in one of my Popular Mechanics or Popular Science magazines that sometime in the near future phones might be microchips in our brains :wtf:

[theroofable]

Many fire departments will continue to use them for calls. Island towns in NJ will continue to use them for floods. I don't live in an area where they are used for "storms" but I cant really imagine that they are as effective as people hope. However, if they warn 1 person, that would be worth it to me.

[sirendude2012]

The technology used in sirens, in theory, should advance in the future. I've come up with quite a few improvements myself to make the siren we know and love more efficient, better at getting attention, and louder. The main thing I'm afraid of is Mechanical sirens being phased out eventually, it will undoubtedly happen, perhaps not in our lifetime. That's why every siren I design in my personal time is mechanical.

[DJ2226]

^I agree with you. New sirens installed in countries like Germany and Finland are electronic now. There is a country over there that had installed a system of 2001s over there, can't recall which one it was.
Even if the idea of having mech. sirens dies off, sirens in general I think are here to stay for quite a while.

[Daniel]

Out here in Oregon, there are only a handful of communities that have any sirens at all, apart from the coastal areas. Some small towns still use one for fire calls, but most people consider them outdated and unnecessary. Oregon abolished civil defense in the early 1960's and the large systems, such as in Portland, were completely removed.

[CDV777-1]

Oregon abolished civil defense in the early 1960's

I think only Portland abolished it. It wasn't abolished in the entire state.
I have a Lane County Community Fallout Shelter Plan that's dated 1968.

[gaterboy]

The model 5 at the Buckhead ridge VFD in Glades County, FL doesn't go off anymore due to the use of cellphones. I think they did away with using the model 5 for that reason.

[Daniel]

Oregon abolished civil defense in the early 1960's

I think only Portland abolished it. It wasn't abolished in the entire state.
I have a Lane County Community Fallout Shelter Plan that's dated 1968.

Actually, you are correct. The organization's name was changed from the Department of Civil Defense to the Department of Emergency Services in 1967, with the intention of stressing natural disaster response over military conflict. After two more name changes and having been twice reassigned to different state agencies, it was placed under the Oregon Military Department in 2007 and renamed the Office of Emergency Management. The siren programs, however, were abandoned a long time ago. Today, county and city agencies operate the existing siren systems for tsunami warning and dam break (Ashland and Heppner). The rest of the state relies on reverse 911, small-town fire sirens which may or may not be operational, and good luck.