H.O.R. sirens

[JasonC]

I think that H.O.R. stood for the initials of the founder. It was an American company and had nothing to do with H?rmann of Germany. The siren designs are completely different from any German manufacturer. That eBay ad shows a single-tone siren.

Some of the ad's I've seen have "Hear Our Roar" so I'm not sure if that where the name comes from, or its it's a play on the name itself.

[CosmicCharms5T]

HOR sirens are pretty good, they have a very smooth sound. The 5 and 7 1/2 HP sirens sound really good. Roslyn FD has a 5 or 7 1/2 HOR in service and West Hempstead has a 10 HP dual rotor HOR on the firehouse. There are pictures of it somewhere, it has 4 cowls where the other models had only 2 cowls. Different from Federal, all HOR sirens do not have any sheet metal base covering the siren motor. Only cowls covering the top rotor intakes.

[Niklas]

It was an American company and had nothing to do with H?rmann of Germany.

Thank you for correcting.
By the way, H?rmann was found in 1955 and it lasted another ten years until they started the production of sirens.

[Fletch]

According to the ad, New York City must have had these sirens for their air raid system in the 1950's.

[Daniel]

Thank you for correcting.
By the way, H?rmann was found in 1955 and it lasted another ten years until they started the production of sirens.

Bitte sch?n. If American/British style dual-tone sirens were ever used in Germany, I doubt that they would sound like an HOR.

[Rory Buszka]

I've got an old set of World Book encyclopedias from the late 1950s that show a H.O.R. Super Sirex in Chicago under the 'Civil Defense' entry. It almost looks like it has a swiveling base and a ring gear for rotation.

[Trey]

I've got an old set of World Book encyclopedias from the late 1950s that show a H.O.R. Super Sirex in Chicago under the 'Civil Defense' entry. It almost looks like it has a swiveling base and a ring gear for rotation.

I believe they do have a rotation mechanism. These are the same sirens in Gilbert, AZ correct?

[azman798]

Close lol, they are in Scottsdale, Arizona. Although one thing I cannot figure out is there is also a HOR siren as a display in the Tempe Historical Museum, I wonder where that one came from.

[LtKernelPanic]

I took pictures of the one at Navajo Elementary School when I was visiting a friend two years ago. He lives about 5 blocks from the school. Unfortunately it and another siren will be taken down soon from what I've heard. Pics can be found on my Flickr page here.
I should update the description since I know what the name of it is now but I'm feeling lazy.

[azman798]

Must of been monsoon season when you visited. Also there is a chance the sirens may not even be known about, I heard from a kid on youtube whos dad works for the EMA in tempe, he said that alot of records about the sirens were lost in the 80's during a move..