Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

[carexpertandy]

It's gonna be rather hard for the new system because of ANS changing many of the locations, and also for the old system since we're not totally sure on every siren that's been removed or just simply deactivated.

[Oldiesmann]

Here are a few new ones that I know of:
Blue Rock between Hamilton and Spring Grove (south side of the street) in Northside (replaces the Tbolt on the nearby fire station)
Ashtree near Hamilton (at the base of the cell tower) in Northside (new location)
Northwest corner of Hamilton and Springdale in Springfield Township (replaces nearby Tbolt)
Colerain and North Bend in front of the water tower (replaces Tbolt on tower)
Galbraith just east of Winton in Finneytown (south side of the road; new location)

That's all I can think of at the moment, but I know there are more.

[carexpertandy]

The T-128 at Galbraith & Winton is actually the replacement for the Thunderbolt 1000T on Whitaker Elementary 1/2 mile down Winton Rd.

[Oldiesmann]

I was thinking it was to fill in the gap left when the old Brentwood fire station was torn down years ago, but I guess it's also a replacement for the Whitaker TBolt. (For those who don't know/remember, there used to be a fire station and township offices about where the Chipotle is now. It was torn down after the new complex was built at Winton and Compton).

[carexpertandy]

Yeah, I remember that fire station. There used to be a dual-toned P-15 on top, and the T-128 at St. Bartholomew Church up the street replaced it. They installed it up there since there was a rather big gap between there and Greenhills. That fire station was only 0.7 mile north of Whitaker. BTW, there's also a Buffalo Wings & Rings behind that Chipotle, two yummy places!

[Oldiesmann]

Ah. I forgot about that T-128 at St. Bart's.

Also, to AllAmericanFE, here are two other new ones I just remembered:

Greenhills - Enfield Street where it curves from N/S to E/W (replaces the TBolt on the community building just south of the shopping center)
Springdale - Kemper Commons Circle just past the driveway (replaces the TBolt on Macy's at Tri-County Mall)

[Urbanexplorer]

It's gonna be rather hard for the new system because of ANS changing many of the locations, and also for the old system since we're not totally sure on every siren that's been removed or just simply deactivated.

I still have a map that Tom Reimar gave me around 2006 or so, even the official coverage maps back then didn't have the siren names on them.

It should be fairly obvious which sirens are located where from the coverage data (those circles around the siren locations), but I guess that only applies to the few sirens from the old system still in service.

[Oldiesmann]

Most of the old sirens, at least in Cincinnati, are still active. The plan has always been to keep the old system going until the new system is ready, but ANS is taking their sweet time with the replacements, so both systems are still active at the moment. (For the record, this was all supposed to be done by March 1st of last year).

[carexpertandy]

As we heard, ANS only comes here once they have a lot of work to do. If they're really gonna be maintaining the system now, just think about how long a siren that needs a repair will have to wait.

[OhioSirenHunter]

Here's some pamphlets I got from the Clermont County EMA today. I thought it would be cool to share.