The Siren Board

I took a scenic drive around the area today and found a few sirens. Nothing fancy. The Oregon ones are from last month.

Othello, WA: Sentry 20V-something-T



The tiny village of Beverly


The equally tiny village of Schwana a quarter mile south.


Mattawa


Desert Aire, just south of Mattawa


Also, two very tall Whelens north of Richland near Hanford, which I didn't photograph.

In Weston, Oregon, at the fire station


And at the south end of Weston, a new discovery:




In Union, Oregon:


And a half mile north, one I hadn't noticed before - an M5 low tone:

Good hunt man!

I waited, but unfortunately Othello does not do a noon test.

I am willing to bet one of those villages do. I admit though I am a little surprised Othello doesn't because the sentry is a fairly new siren.

Exquisite hunt! Especially the low-tone Sterling!

There are very few places out here which have noon tests. The only ones I know of, though there may be more, are Waitsburg, WA, and in eastern Oregon, Arlington, Condon, and John Day.
Many towns still use sirens for fire calls, but many more don't use their sirens at all.

Didn't you also record canyon city doing a noon blast? Or did they remove that screamer?

Canyon City has a Screamer and a Model 2 near the high school, about halfway between downtown Canyon City and John Day, which are about two miles apart. The Screamer was on the hill above the downtown area, but was moved to the water tank on the opposite hill about a mile away, meaning that in the main part of town, one can barely hear either siren. That Screamer is on Youtube, and another video of the John Day HOR siren has the Model 2 in the background.