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Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:09 pm
by CycloneFan125
Allenorgan42099 wrote:It's not as common in the midwest as it is on the east coast. They aren't too common around where i live.
At least 1 in every 10 sirens you see in my area in the Midwest are roof mounted. The two sirens in the village of Pewaukee are both roof mounted. North Lake and Merton both nearby have roof mounted Model 5/7's. And Waukesha Memorial has an inactive rooftmounted EOWS 115, and the Avalon Square in downtown has a roofmounted inactive Allertronic. Brookfield even has a roof mounted
at city hall and an inactive :TBolt: in Elm Grove.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:26 pm
by Brendan Ahern
Older systems seem to have been roof mounted more than new. Case in point, Chicago. The old system was pretty much entirely roof mounted. They had 88 sirens and I believe all were on roofs. Some on fire stations, some on schools, factories, etc. The new system has 122 sirens and only 1 is roof mounted. In my area I know of 1 newer siren that is roof mounted and that is the E-Class I just posted. It doesn't seem like it's preferred anymore. Seems like it's a necessary evil in some cases. Or what a city wants.
Waukesha had 4 roof mounts when I lived there. Avalon Manor and the hospital were abandoned in place and are still there. The allertronic on the courthouse is gone and the EOWS 115 on New Tribes Mission is also gone.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:30 pm
by gman 1
It could also be an ease of maintenance thing too.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:09 pm
by Allenorgan42099
Yes, I think roof-mounts are more compn in older sirens. I've heard pole-mounting is easier to install, but it seems roof mounts would be. I guess a pole is just a better support. I kind of like roof mounts myself.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:24 pm
by Brendan W
Allenorgan42099 wrote:Just curious, why was this thread created? Roof-mounted sirens are pretty common. Pole-mounting may be slightly more common, but I'd say roof-mounting is next most common.
Because I wanted to.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:37 pm
by freebrickproductions
We have a total of four roof-mounted sirens here in Madison County, AL. Three of them are on buildings at UAH and one of them is on a building at Oakwood University. I have photos of the ones on UAH.
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:39 pm
by lkreykes
Battle Creek SD-10 atop the Post Foods factory.
Battle Creek Thunderbolt 1000T
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 4:43 am
by Busgeek71
Here is a WPS-4004 on top of the Scottish Rite in McAlester, OK:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9352881 ... 312!8i6656
Hard to see, but here's a disconnected 2T22 in Owasso, OK. There's another on top of the high school, but no streetview of it and no photo due to where it is on the roof. I don't live in Owasso anymore so I can't climb the football bleachers to snap a pic.:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2731181 ... 56!6m1!1e1
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:28 am
by SoundMaster 391
Re: Rooftop mounted sirens
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:26 pm
by CrazyCalvinWilliams
Youtube links are broken or something
at city hall and an inactive :TBolt: in Elm Grove.