List of international air raid sirens?

[OwenLester]

Title says it all. If anyone can give me a list of international sirens, or basically every siren thats not from america, please reply below. I’ve mainly found a fascination with German and Swiss sirens.

[Eclipse DDS]

Title says it all. If anyone can give me a list of international sirens, or basically every siren thats not from america, please reply below. I’ve mainly found a fascination with German and Swiss sirens.

I'll give you a start on Britain's contribution to the siren market:

- Gents of Leicester (Sometimes written as "GENT") produced various models of sirens and alarms, most notably the Type 1474 which was the stereotypical World War II air raid siren.

- Carters and Co (Alternatively referred to as Carters of Burnley and Carter Nelson) produced apparently a large number of different siren models for industrial signalling and Civil Defence purposes.

- Castle Castings Ltd produced Civil Defence and industrial signalling sirens too, commonly seen in the hands of collectors.

- Secomak Ltd sold a few different models of sirens, which are commonly seen in use today as industrial signalling alarms. They may have been also used for Civil Defence purposes but I'm unsure.

- Klaxon Signalling Ltd sells modern equivalents to most of Secomak's siren models.

- General Electric Company (G.E.C.) sirens are a bit of an elusive topic, notably found in Australia. However, the tags seem to point towards the sirens being manufactured in England. There is only one unit spotted in England, however whether it is or isn't a G.E.C. is debatable.

These are all the British manufacturers that I know of, I'd recommend reading about them on the ARS wiki when it's finished.
As usual sorry if any information is incorrect, I am simply speaking from my memory.

[OwenLester]

Title says it all. If anyone can give me a list of international sirens, or basically every siren thats not from america, please reply below. I’ve mainly found a fascination with German and Swiss sirens.

I'll give you a start on Britain's contribution to the siren market:

- Gents of Leicester (Sometimes written as "GENT") produced various models of sirens and alarms, most notably the Type 1474 which was the stereotypical World War II air raid siren.

- Carters and Co (Alternatively referred to as Carters of Burnley and Carter Nelson) produced apparently a large number of different siren models for industrial signalling and Civil Defence purposes.

- Castle Castings Ltd produced Civil Defence and industrial signalling sirens too, commonly seen in the hands of collectors.

- Secomak Ltd sold a few different models of sirens, which are commonly seen in use today as industrial signalling alarms. They may have been also used for Civil Defence purposes but I'm unsure.

- Klaxon Signalling Ltd sells modern equivalents to most of Secomak's siren models.

- General Electric Company (G.E.C.) sirens are a bit of an elusive topic, notably found in Australia. However, the tags seem to point towards the sirens being manufactured in England. There is only one unit spotted in England, however whether it is or isn't a G.E.C. is debatable.

These are all the British manufacturers that I know of, I'd recommend reading about them on the ARS wiki when it's finished.
As usual sorry if any information is incorrect, I am simply speaking from my memory.

No worries mate! Thanks for the list! My main interest is swiss and german sirens, buuut british sirens were number 3 on my list, so tysm!

[Dorianelevator]

Title says it all. If anyone can give me a list of international sirens, or basically every siren thats not from america, please reply below. I’ve mainly found a fascination with German and Swiss sirens.

well, here goes all the french siren manufacturers currently known :

CICCA -- one of the first siren brands ever making sirens right after WWI (as early as 1914 !), they kept making sirens for a very long time before disappearing at a unknown date (presumably the 80s), they did make a few weird sirens, but not many, they are also apparently the maker of the infamous "CPL" siren, but this is unconfirmed, CPL is not known to exist and its likely CICCA behind it. we only have the model number of one of their sirens, that being the PCT-1481, tho not much else is known, they did make the infamous "R3P" siren which has been nicknamed such due to that writing on the motor, which turns out isnt a model number but rather some code from the motor manufacturer.

CEN -- at first, they made electric motors, but eventually found a niche market for sirens in the 1960s and turned into one of the most well known siren companies, they made a lot of weird sirens such as the CEN "gearbox" series, which had a litteral gearbox to speed up the motor (yes, it real), or even 10 port sirens not even fitting in the standard, they ended up being bought by KM Europ (see later) in the 1990s. they also sparked Moteurs FOX (see later) which is now one of the biggest french siren makers. CEN does not have many models known, but these ones are known to exist : NP00S1, NP2, NP2S, NP3, NP3S.

PTR -- not much is known about them, they made a few odd sirens and seemed to take the siren code very likely, almost like they tried to stand out, no one knows when PTR arrived; what it stands for and when it went away, we do know they made a few sirens, of which we only know the model number of one, the SC112, which was a small hornless siren.

KM Europ (KMSécur) -- by far one of the most popular siren companies, they bought out CEN in the 1990s and sold their sirens for a while, just painted in red with unpainted metal horns, they eventually discontinued most of their sirens including the gearbox line of sirens, and kept a few sirens, such as the NP3(S) sirens, they changed the NP to KM for the model names as well. i dont really know much about them, exept Finsécur bought them and renamed the company to KMSécur, but they still sell the modernised CEN sirens.

Moteurs FOX -- just like KM Europ, this is one of the most popular siren companies, a person at CEN founded Moteurs FOX to make their own motors and sirens, which is what they did, and made two lines : Monica and Pakita, the Monica line had more harmonic tones, and people suggest it may well be gearbox sirens (see CEN portion), but they absolutely flopped, while Pakita raised in popularity. the Monica line ended up being killed while the Pakita line continued to suceed, and to this day they still exist and make sirens, although, their sirens are the lowest quality pieces of rubbish ever, which would explain why i often call it Junkita alongside a friend of mine. honestly if a town has to get a brand new siren, i recommend they get a KM Europ siren instead.

Chollet -- basically no info is known about them, exept they partnered with CICCA and made some of the early WWI sirens.

thats basically all companies i know, hope this helps.

[OwenLester]

Title says it all. If anyone can give me a list of international sirens, or basically every siren thats not from america, please reply below. I’ve mainly found a fascination with German and Swiss sirens.

well, here goes all the french siren manufacturers currently known :

CICCA -- one of the first siren brands ever making sirens right after WWI (as early as 1914 !), they kept making sirens for a very long time before disappearing at a unknown date (presumably the 80s), they did make a few weird sirens, but not many, they are also apparently the maker of the infamous "CPL" siren, but this is unconfirmed, CPL is not known to exist and its likely CICCA behind it. we only have the model number of one of their sirens, that being the PCT-1481, tho not much else is known, they did make the infamous "R3P" siren which has been nicknamed such due to that writing on the motor, which turns out isnt a model number but rather some code from the motor manufacturer.

CEN -- at first, they made electric motors, but eventually found a niche market for sirens in the 1960s and turned into one of the most well known siren companies, they made a lot of weird sirens such as the CEN "gearbox" series, which had a litteral gearbox to speed up the motor (yes, it real), or even 10 port sirens not even fitting in the standard, they ended up being bought by KM Europ (see later) in the 1990s. they also sparked Moteurs FOX (see later) which is now one of the biggest french siren makers. CEN does not have many models known, but these ones are known to exist : NP00S1, NP2, NP2S, NP3, NP3S.

PTR -- not much is known about them, they made a few odd sirens and seemed to take the siren code very likely, almost like they tried to stand out, no one knows when PTR arrived; what it stands for and when it went away, we do know they made a few sirens, of which we only know the model number of one, the SC112, which was a small hornless siren.

KM Europ (KMSécur) -- by far one of the most popular siren companies, they bought out CEN in the 1990s and sold their sirens for a while, just painted in red with unpainted metal horns, they eventually discontinued most of their sirens including the gearbox line of sirens, and kept a few sirens, such as the NP3(S) sirens, they changed the NP to KM for the model names as well. i dont really know much about them, exept Finsécur bought them and renamed the company to KMSécur, but they still sell the modernised CEN sirens.

Moteurs FOX -- just like KM Europ, this is one of the most popular siren companies, a person at CEN founded Moteurs FOX to make their own motors and sirens, which is what they did, and made two lines : Monica and Pakita, the Monica line had more harmonic tones, and people suggest it may well be gearbox sirens (see CEN portion), but they absolutely flopped, while Pakita raised in popularity. the Monica line ended up being killed while the Pakita line continued to suceed, and to this day they still exist and make sirens, although, their sirens are the lowest quality pieces of rubbish ever, which would explain why i often call it Junkita alongside a friend of mine. honestly if a town has to get a brand new siren, i recommend they get a KM Europ siren instead.

Chollet -- basically no info is known about them, exept they partnered with CICCA and made some of the early WWI sirens.

thats basically all companies i know, hope this helps.

Thanks a bunchies pal!