Richardson, TX to conduct 3-Minute test of siren system

[Jared H]

So evidently, once a year Richardson conducts a full test of their system to ensure it'll support a system-wide full test (city's words not mine)...well, this year's full test is set for this Wednesday. Hopefully I can catch the one at berkner high school.

[r4tbolts]

Looks like it will be a 3 minute test of Alert or Attack but not both. Would be cool to see them do both Alert and the Attack for a full three minute cycle. Most everywhere I have been in Michigan for the past few years is a minute or less of Alert on test day.

[Travis]

Richardson uses alert for tornado warnings, or at least they did when I worked there. They also run the UTD siren system with the T-128's. UTD has a couple DSA's and at least one Modulator. My office was close to a Modulator and you couldn't hear it at all, but could easily hear the 128 almost a mile away, even inside. For whatever reason Richardson has one older 2001 series siren in the system.

Here's a video of a UTD DSA.
https://youtu.be/-PS6PsaHOLA

[uncommonsense]

For whatever reason Richardson has one older 2001 series siren in the system.

Where? I've never seen a 2001 in Richardson. How interesting.

[Jared H]

For whatever reason Richardson has one older 2001 series siren in the system.

Where? I've never seen a 2001 in Richardson. How interesting.

They have two, one at Breckinridge Park (?) and one at the water plant down the road from a T128

[murrfarms]

They have two, one at Breckinridge Park (?) and one at the water plant down the road from a T128

Both of those 2001s have since been replaced with T-128s. The old 2001 at the water plant was replaced a good while ago now, but the one at Breckinridge Park seems to have been a fairly recent replacement within the last year. I'm not sure about there being a 2001 down the road from the T-128 at the water plant site, though maybe they relocated the old 2001 elsewhere to expand their siren coverage after they installed the replacement T-128 that's near the entrance to the site? I looked around some on satellite to see if I could find anything else near the T-128 at the water plant but I didn't notice anything that resembles a 2001.

Breckinridge Park siren:

https://goo.gl/maps/YWzEPm4izKC2
(click image for full resolution)

Water plant siren:

https://goo.gl/maps/LK9SsqV2tXq
(click image for full resolution)

[siren fan]

Are those lights some sort of VisuAlert setup like the Whelens in Garland?

[Travis]

Are those lights some sort of VisuAlert setup like the Whelens in Garland?

Yes. One of the most pointless accessories one could buy for their siren.

[siren fan]

Lol supposedly the selling point is so the hearing impaired would know there is an emergency.

[Jared H]

Test was a success. Set my phone up outside and expected only 1.5 min of T-128, since I assumed dallas would do a full test...they didn't. Instead, I got the full Richardson test and the dallas growls. I'll put up my recording later today.