The Siren Board

Well, Jeb, Ian and I decided to take up another crazy project that started out in Norman, Oklahoma.... again. We showed up this morning and removed the last T-128 left in Norman that will be rebuilt/restored in a stupidly short amount of time. We'll be adding pics and updates in the next day or two.

EDIT: This siren is going to be headed to Hubbard, Tx see below for update/details

Here's some pictures from today













I'm feeling like its almost deja vu....

Forgive me if I missed this, but what's wrong with this unit?

BadgerSiren wrote:Forgive me if I missed this, but what's wrong with this unit?

Nothing is wrong with it, Norman put in a new whelen system about 2 years ago, this siren was part of their old system and is being overhauled and going to be put back into service elsewhere.

Do you know where it will be put back up at? Would it be another municipality in Oklahoma without a Tornado Siren?

A few months ago the City of Hubbard, Tx contacted me about some issues with their old Sterling M-5 that they used for their fire call as well as for tornado warnings. It had stopped working and they were looking to get it back up and running as well as they were interested in possibly obtaining a bigger siren that would cover the entire town. I made the trip down there to meet with them to look at their Sterling to see if could be fixed without major funds being dumped into it. After looking at the Sterling I found that some sort of wildlife had drug sticks, hunks of wire, and other junk into the rotors and it jammed the siren up causing the starter's heater coils to burn up. While the coils wern't a huge deal, the other problem I found was, I found that one main wires that supplies power to the siren from the starter had insulation that had completely rotted out and left the bare copper exposed to the element. This wire was inside the metal timer box, which was bolted to the metal tower the siren was mounted on. Needless to say that siren is no longer going to be used and was given to their historical group.

The Hubbard Volunteer Fire Department decided to purchase the last T-128 that was in Norman, and elected to have me completely overhaul the siren so it could be installed and go back into service. This siren will be installed on a Class II 50ft telephone pole and can be activated by either radio or a remote activation panel within the station. I will post some pictures later tonight of the overhaul and completed siren as well as some pictures of the install that will happen on friday.

This siren was removed yesterday (8-14-2013) from Norman and will be installed Friday (8-16-2013)... talk about a short turn around, but it can be done since I have the help of two siren masters!

It's kind of amazing that some towns don't have a dime for sirens, yet, Norman can toss out sirens with plenty of life left.

Not like they're tossing them out... Another town bought it.

At least the EMA in your area is smart and takes care of their sirens... if a siren breaks in Franklin county breaks or malfunctions, they just replace it instead of even trying to fixing it. And if a siren gets old, do they refurbish it? NO! They ̶s̶p̶e̶n̶d̶ WASTE thousands of dollars on a new one. To be honest, I think the Franklin County EMA is lazy.

They updated the old 3016s with newer Whelen controls..?

4J25 wrote:They updated the old 3016s with newer Whelen controls..?

Yep. Like the one in your video of the 3016 in downtown Columbus, and the one at the Grove City High School.
Edit: 3016 in Westerville, Ohio(with new Whelen controls): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3_KM4copA