Blue Valley Public Safety (kcmo)

[jkvernon]

This would be West Shore Services' lot...

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&F ... &encType=1

Hope the link works. Notice, literally hundreds of sirens, all over the place.

[Hacksaw]

Wow! Thanks!

Looking at that album earlier I figured WS has 30+ Tbolts.

[carexpertandy]

What model 2001 is that sitting there? I can tell it's an AC, DC, or SRN because the rotator box is a rectangle.

I'm pretty sure it's an SRN-B.

Anyways, that cluster of Thunderbolts is just unbelievable!

It's not, SRNBs have cubed rotator boxes.

[Trey]

Wow! Thanks!

Looking at that album earlier I figured WS has 30+ Tbolts.

Its alot of Thunderbolts...thats for sure!

Last time I talked to Jeff back in summer 08,' he told me that they had about 80 Thunderbolts.

[Charlie Davidson]

What is the contact info for these people? I want to give them a call and get some quotes to get our county a siren system.

I'm really serious about getting the while county a siren system. I know its not gonna be cheap, but remember I won't be paying for this.

Anyone with this info, reply, PM or email me.

Thanks!

[JasonC]

What is the contact info for these people? I want to give them a call and get some quotes to get our county a siren system.

I'm really serious about getting the while county a siren system. I know its not gonna be cheap, but remember I won't be paying for this.

Anyone with this info, reply, PM or email me.

Thanks!

It doesn't quite work like that. Your county's government have to first decide it wants a siren siren system. Then they have to submit a RFP (Request For Proposal) in which dealers receive. The dealers than have to come out on site, make many landscape measurements, map the system, demos, ect. This alone is many thousands of dollars, and doesn't guarantee anybody anything. Only then, if the officials are satisfied with the system, they then have to get the money (which also isn't easy to do, and takes a long time). While this may be more feasible for more populated areas of tornado alley, it's just not going to fly for a rural county in Tennessee; there are more pressing issues than a multi-million dollar siren system for a threat that doesn't come often. Even if you send an e-mail to BVPS, they aren't goign to be able to do anything anyway, like I said, the government has to make the first step (on large systems), not the dealer.

With that said, if you want a siren system, your best bet is to talk to the incorporated towns in your county, and see if they would want one. You will have much better luck going that route, not through the county.

[EL1998P71]

http://www.westshoreservices.com/wss_ou ... arning.htm

I wonder how old/new the aerial image is, cause if it's newer, it looks like they cleaned up the yard. Cause along the trailers were all 2001's, and all the old sirens were near the train cars.

[Jpressman8]

What is the contact info for these people? I want to give them a call and get some quotes to get our county a siren system.

I'm really serious about getting the while county a siren system. I know its not gonna be cheap, but remember I won't be paying for this.

Anyone with this info, reply, PM or email me.

Thanks!

It doesn't quite work like that. Your county's government have to first decide it wants a siren siren system. Then they have to submit a RFP (Request For Proposal) in which dealers receive. The dealers than have to come out on site, make many landscape measurements, map the system, demos, ect. This alone is many thousands of dollars, and doesn't guarantee anybody anything. Only then, if the officials are satisfied with the system, they then have to get the money (which also isn't easy to do, and takes a long time). While this may be more feasible for more populated areas of tornado alley, it's just not going to fly for a rural county in Tennessee; there are more pressing issues than a multi-million dollar siren system for a threat that doesn't come often. Even if you send an e-mail to BVPS, they aren't goign to be able to do anything anyway, like I said, the government has to make the first step (on large systems), not the dealer.

With that said, if you want a siren system, your best bet is to talk to the incorporated towns in your county, and see if they would want one. You will have much better luck going that route, not through the county.

Yes. It has been 10years ago yesterday since the F4 tornado that hit here in Cincinnati,and the county is still dealing with envoirnmental impact studies, mapping and red tape. And that is just to get old sirens replaced. Getting a new system could take years.

[EOWS 612]

Blue Valley Public Safety





(Photo credit Adam Pollak)

Off-topic: I have some guesses at where some of those came from have gone. The gray SD-10 in the first photo came from Pleasant Hill and was replaced by a 2001-DC. The gray STH-10 in the first photo came from Camp Branch and was replaced with a Eclipse 8. The 2001-DC on the pole that's facing down in the second photo came from KCMO, it was taken down because it kept breaking down. One of the yellow Thunderbolt 1000s on the poles in the second photo was taken from BVPS and put at Fort Osage High School last year.

soccerdude7330,
Holler's right, they charge a ridicolus amount of money for a used siren. I asked them about one the EOWS 612 and the price they said was $5,000. Oh well, I'll talk to Lawson, MO about buying there old Model 2.

[Charlie Davidson]

What is the contact info for these people? I want to give them a call and get some quotes to get our county a siren system.

I'm really serious about getting the while county a siren system. I know its not gonna be cheap, but remember I won't be paying for this.

Anyone with this info, reply, PM or email me.

Thanks!

It doesn't quite work like that. Your county's government have to first decide it wants a siren siren system. Then they have to submit a RFP (Request For Proposal) in which dealers receive. The dealers than have to come out on site, make many landscape measurements, map the system, demos, ect. This alone is many thousands of dollars, and doesn't guarantee anybody anything. Only then, if the officials are satisfied with the system, they then have to get the money (which also isn't easy to do, and takes a long time). While this may be more feasible for more populated areas of tornado alley, it's just not going to fly for a rural county in Tennessee; there are more pressing issues than a multi-million dollar siren system for a threat that doesn't come often. Even if you send an e-mail to BVPS, they aren't goign to be able to do anything anyway, like I said, the government has to make the first step (on large systems), not the dealer.

With that said, if you want a siren system, your best bet is to talk to the incorporated towns in your county, and see if they would want one. You will have much better luck going that route, not through the county.

Well I talked with some people today that is with the Dickson County Chamber of Commerce, a fellow board member told me I need to write up something persuasive in order to get a grant to install a county-wide system of sirens. I've had many members tell me that I should recommend Sentry for our siren system, because we started out with them, why not finish with them. Besides they have very affordable siren systems that work well and have great coverage (heck, I heard our 16V1T-B from my house today..5 miles away!).

Anyways, I'm going to be talking this over with some people around Dickson. Everyone that I've talked to around Dickson that is a resident is all for this move, because we desperately need a warning system, as we've had many tornadoes rip through Dickson, for example, the 2008 Charlotte, TN tornado, and today's Slayden tornado.

I'm going to give Sentry a call Monday and get a quote on a county-wide system so that I will have something to look at and show the board how much grant money we will need.