Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:10 pm
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Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
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Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 8:29 pm
That 5 looks toasted and buttered. I'm just glad the man wasn't hurt.
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:06 pm
I was visiting my father-in-law at his art gallery in Provincetown last week, and wondered what had happened to the model 5 on Town Hall.
Well, now I know!
Well, now I know!
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:25 pm
About 10 years ago, I did report a San Jose CA CD/OES SD-10 that was leaning towards a creek & some kind of public facility shed. They removed & scrapped it, it had not been used since 1989. Being on a metal pole, it would do some damage if it fell over.
Yes, that guy in Provincetown could have been killed by that Model 5.
Yes, that guy in Provincetown could have been killed by that Model 5.
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:57 am
In the photo it looks like only the housing is there. Where are the guts?
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:51 am
My goodness. That was a bad thing to happen. It would have got his adrenaline going. The Gentlemen was very very lucky to miss being hit by the siren.
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 4:37 pm
I was thinking the same thing. It would take a pretty strong gale to blow an actual Model 5 off a roof.Daniel wrote:In the photo it looks like only the housing is there. Where are the guts?
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:00 am
Wow... I wonder who serviced it last and how long go......
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:54 pm
The article says it was a WWII siren, then a FD siren, so it was turned off years ago, when other sirens replaced it. The FD serviced it.EWS Rules wrote:Wow... I wonder who serviced it last and how long go......
Re: Model 5 falls off roof, narrowly misses bystander
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:44 pm
I'm surprised more haven't fallen. I can't count how many sirens I've seen on poles or platforms that the mounts have rusted away. Last year a nearby fire station had it's model 2 cover blown off during a storm but it was repaired.