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Indiana Investigation leads to new weather sirens
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:29 am
by scooterbugs25
Great Video of several sirens! Great News story as well.
Click on the little camera above the sentry siren to watch the video.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=5859482&nav=9Tai
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:57 am
by ThunderboltFreak
Good video, you can see a T-bolt in action plus two screenshots where the workers are working on a T-bolt blower.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:44 am
by hobbeekid
Luv that thunderbolt windup,whew gotta slight chill......
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:07 am
by Justin
Hey, nice to see the ol' Federal Signal family in there. Fun for the whole family!
And Sentry gets an honourable mention too!
Congrats Indiana!
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:51 pm
by jerrylovessirens
Anybody in Indiana?? Looks like a landmine for the older sirens in the coming months.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:46 pm
by SirenMadness
I didn't get tired of watching that video before, and I don't get tired of watching it again!
You gotta love that big ASC sticker on that T-128!
Great find, nonetheless.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:55 pm
by Justin
Potential gold mine for us too!
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:31 pm
by Gil
Whoah nice Thunderbolt windup!!!
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 5:52 pm
by Hacksaw
Nice story. This is the second time I've seen a news video like this with an SD-10 in it while mentioning the outdated siren problem.
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 6:15 pm
by Matt Hackler
It's sad that It took a major investigation to get them to update their systems. But atleast there will finally be good coverage throught the Indianapolis Metro area. Right now Hamilton County has the best system in the state. 50+ Fed. Sig. 2001's, and 3 Model 2's. But soon Indianapolis and Marion County will have the best system in the state, and one of the best in the nation. It will be one of the most advanced as far as activation goes atleast. I activated the sirens for a test in October, 28 out of 140 failed. 1 2001 (hit by a car), both SD-10's, and a slew of T-bolts and Model 5's. The T-128's are a first in Central Indiana. Most new sirens installed are 2001's.
Here is a map of the 9-County region siren systems. When I get home I'll upload the individual county maps becuase you can see them better that way. It took me 3 months to identify all of the sirens. I've e-mailed about 20 of the communities, used windows live local, the WTHR investigation, the Marion County EMA, and for some just driving ito dentify all of the makes and models. I've still got about 20 unidentified sirens, mostly VFD and outlying sirens.
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=4220867
More to come later,
Matt