ARCHIVED: Mystery Sirens (2008-3/2021)

[Stormsetter4]

Not sure, it's obviously a street siren. Most of the FD's in St. Louis had those.

[Ziginox]

The housing makes it look almost like something Darley or GCS would make, almost halfway in between the two companies' Model 2/3/5 housings.

[EOWS1212man]

Any ideas? This has one has been stumping me for years on end. It is a bit smaller than a model 2 and I have only heard it once. It was high pitched, around the pitch of a 2001-SRNB, with a slow wind up and a rapid wind down. The housing resembles a mini HOR SiroDrone, which would be my best guess on this thing. The fire department has had it since they were founded, in the late 40's as the following photos suggest.

[Mark N]

Any ideas? This has one has been stumping me for years on end. It is a bit smaller than a model 2 and I have only heard it once. It was high pitched, around the pitch of a 2001-SRNB, with a slow wind up and a rapid wind down. The housing resembles a mini HOR SiroDrone, which would be my best guess on this thing. The fire department has had it since they were founded, in the late 40's as the following photos suggest.

It is in fact an HOR Siro-Drone, as they have made small models such as that one. Also note the "hand made" look to it. From my observation, they have a lot of ports, like a Model A or something of the like. Take, for example, the one in Morrisville, NY:

Credit to Adam P.
By the way, where is it, if I may ask?

[EOWS1212man]

Any ideas? This has one has been stumping me for years on end. It is a bit smaller than a model 2 and I have only heard it once. It was high pitched, around the pitch of a 2001-SRNB, with a slow wind up and a rapid wind down. The housing resembles a mini HOR SiroDrone, which would be my best guess on this thing. The fire department has had it since they were founded, in the late 40's as the following photos suggest.

It is in fact an HOR Siro-Drone, as they have made small models such as that one. Also note the "hand made" look to it. From my observation, they have a lot of ports, like a Model A or something of the like. Take, for example, the one in Morrisville, NY:

Credit to Adam P.
By the way, where is it, if I may ask?

I saw the Morrisville siren no more than a month ago. And yeah, definitely the same siren. I counted 10 ports on both of the sirens which is common on most SiroDrones are. They also both have the finger guards over the ports. As I said, when it went off, it was quite high pitched (topped off at around the same pitch as a 2001 SRNB). Slow wind up, fast wind down. It was not loud at all.
Not the typical "OH *insert bad word of choice here*, WE'RE GETTING BOMBED!!!" sound you would expect to get from a HOR siren. It sounds like something that you would expect to hear on a fire truck.


Now gather around children, story time!

This siren is on Lysander FD Sta. 1 (now Northwest Fire Dist. Sta. 4) Onondaga County (only two stations before the consolidation with my fire department, I explain below. Lysander 2 has a single tone Sterling 2v8. Believe it or not, We actually have a couple 2v8s in Onondaga County!)This will make it the only HOR in the county! It is on a timer, goes off every day at high noon. The fire company I volunteer with recently merged with this department.

The funny thing is, before the consolidation, my FD hasn't used an outdoor signaling device in over 12 years (had a type b diaphone, still on top of the former Fire Station (now police) in a tower. The police supposedly say it still works, I will believe it when I see it, or hear it is more like it.)

Back to topic, and just like that, now we have 2 rare sirens to call our own! HOR's of any kind and 2v8s are rare in this neck of the woods. Good stuff!

[EOWS1212man]

(Double post, my bad.)

[freebrickproductions]

Here's another one, might be a Model 3/5/7 in a custom housing:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=eutaw+al ... 8,,2,-6.96
Here's a better picture of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joewatts/3 ... otostream/

No, that's a specific siren model, but I can't recall what it is right now. Perhaps Ian could help.

Here's a closer look at the suspected Model 5 in Eutaw, AL, tanks to the newly updated streetview:
http://goo.gl/maps/ZnOOc

[Brendan W]

It looks a tad bit like a Model 3 to me due to that relatively small motor.

[Xaptus]

Looks like it a bit beaten up on top.

How old is it?

[freebrickproductions]

Can someone help me identify this siren in Woodville, AL?

Mystery Siren by freebrickproductions, on Flickr