The Siren Board

I just returned from a couple of weeks in Kiwi Land and found a few sirens in various towns. I also heard a single blast from the Port Chalmers siren for a fire call, probably cut short because there was a cruise ship docked next to the fire station. It had a turbine-like wind-up sound right before the actual wind-up, just as in this video (not mine): http://youtu.be/BHW_fNXUZSc I was also in Australia but didn't see any sirens there.

On the South Island:

Port Chalmers (east of Dunedin, at fire station)


St. Leonards (also east of Dunedin, west of Port Chalmers, at fire station)


Akaroa (on a hilltop above the town)


Picton (I could only get a shot from right under it, behind the fire station)


Another shot of Picton


On the North Island:

Napier (on the roof of the public library)


Tauronga (street clearer in front of the main fire station)

The first photo is unavailable

By the way, I hunted around Tauronga for any of those large Tactical Tool sirens, but found none. However, they were installed somewhere in that area. I also looked around in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, while I was there for a few days, but found nothing.