Make Up A System!

[TheNCBoltFoamer]

Not sure if this is the right place to do this at all or if it's even that good of an idea, but I figured I'd give it a shot!

Over on The Fire Panel Forums, they have a section/topic devoted to making up buildings and their fire alarm systems. So I figured, why not try and do something similar here! "Making up a system" could be anything, i.e. a made up county and it's siren system, a NPP's made up system, or maybe just a singular siren with some sort of interesting configuration.

I guess I'll go first,

Camp Briggs was a large camping reservation located in rural North Carolina, it hosted campsites, courses for boating, fishing, camping, and all sorts of things. Being in the Blue Ridge Mountains and being surrounded by lots of bodies of water, the campsite eventually deemed it necessary to install warning sirens to warn of fires and floods. The reservations owner approached Federal Signal for a siren that had a loud distinctive tone, and they delivered. Subsequently, 3 Federal Signal Thunderbolt 2000 sirens were chosen and installed around the reservation. They chose the 2000 because of their gas blowers, and that was chosen because of the richness of natural gas around the area. The entire system was originally tied into the camp's landline phone system, and was activated via an early Federal AR timer. The camp operated 2 signals, alert and fast wail. Alert was used for severe weather and or flooding, while fast wail was used for fires. The system remained pretty much entirely untouched, aside from the replacement of the early AR timer to an AF timer. Unfortunately, in 2007, the old bell system was entirely ripped out, and was replaced with a radio controlled system, consisting of ASC Compulerts. The sirens still remained unchanged.

In 2020, the camp began to get attention for the rarity of their sirens. They were the only active Thunderbolt 2000s left working, let alone in the wild. In conjunction with Camp Briggs, an enthusiast started a fund to give all 3 of the sirens a complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration. The fund ultimately reached around $15,000, more than enough to allow the sirens to operate in tip-top condition. They were sent to the enthusiasts house who had started the restoration fund, and he was in charge of mechanically and cosmetically restoring each siren. The decision was made to paint them in the classic yellow and black "Bumblebolt" scheme, and they were given extra lightning bolt decals as an added visual bonus. Mechanically, each siren had a complete overhaul, giving every part a thorough inspection. The old Onan engines were replaced with Honda GX200 small engines, with propane/natural gas carburetors. They weren't converted to electric, due to the natural gas infrastructure already being in place. Finally, the sirens were installed later that same year, and have stood since.