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Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:58 pm
by danwisbey85
Hi all,
Talk about luck!
Federal Signal STH-10 Fire Call...Central Avenue in Colonie, NY.
Federal Signal Modulator Fire Call...Latham, NY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL-UIk6u8Co
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2lipU1Oldw
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:15 pm
by EOWS1212man
Good catch!
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:38 pm
by danwisbey85
Thanks!
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:30 pm
by EOWS1212man
I remember staying at that motel behind the fire station and hearing the mod. Nothing like it at 4AM!
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:17 pm
by Mark N
Nice videos! As they say, NY is STH-10 land.
Is the MOD in the video this one by chance?
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:49 pm
by danwisbey85
No, it is located on a pole at the back of the Fire Station in Latham, NY.
Right behind the Travelodge Hotel.
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:21 pm
by justie1220
what a coincidence i just got two videos of an STH-10 at the Onadoga fire department a STH-10A i think on 208V to be exact. im here in New York at a work camp and while i was working they got called out and the siren went off. since i cant upload from my phone because my phone is difficult ill be uploading them via my laptop but nice recordings Dan! :thup:
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:00 am
by EOWS1212man
justie1220 wrote:
what a coincidence i just got two videos of an STH-10 at the Onadoga fire department a STH-10A i think on 208V to be exact. im here in New York at a work camp and while i was working they got called out and the siren went off. since i cant upload from my phone because my phone is difficult ill be uploading them via my laptop but nice recordings Dan! :thup:
Welcome to NY! Glad you got treated to an STH-10! As Mark said, It's STH-10 country up here, and Model 2/5's are pretty arguable too.
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:46 am
by Mark N
EOWS1212man wrote:justie1220 wrote:
what a coincidence i just got two videos of an STH-10 at the Onadoga fire department a STH-10A i think on 208V to be exact. im here in New York at a work camp and while i was working they got called out and the siren went off. since i cant upload from my phone because my phone is difficult ill be uploading them via my laptop but nice recordings Dan! :thup:
Welcome to NY! Glad you got treated to an STH-10! As Mark said, It's STH-10 country up here, and Model 2/5's are pretty arguable too.
Most other places you find a Thunderbolt, even a dual toned siren, and it's nothing. Here, you find a Thunderbolt (outside of Long Island) and its the hot topic here.
By the way Justie, are you talking about this STH-10?
Re: Right place, right time (8.6.2014)
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:53 pm
by EOWS1212man
Yeah, most likely. That's O' Nation FD. The other FD's with "Onondaga" in the name around here is South Onondaga which I believe has a 2 and Onondaga Hill which doesn't use a siren anymore. (They used to have a 5/5T at their old station.) Thunderbolts upstate are very scarce. Syracuse had a HUGE network of them (1000's) which have all since disappeared except for 1, which is at Lyncourt FD (in service as a fire whistle). The locations/details of old local civil defense systems have always peaked my interest, I long to find out more about them. As I said, SU had the T-Bolts, nearby city of Auburn in Cayuga County had SD-10's, there is one left there in service at Sennett FD Station 2 for fire calls, Fulton up north a bit had Model 5/5T's, there is still 1 or 2 still standing, for fire calls (even though Fulton FD is paid). It seems that we like to "recycle" sirens up here. When they get done serving for one purpose, they go elsewhere for another, which I love to see rather than getting a whole new siren or not using one at all. I just hate it when cities/towns throw out perfectly functional sirens.