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Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 2:29 am
by TrainsAndSirens1
Hello members! I was out of school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I went to Cleveland to photograph a few sirens. As I was told by a firemen and other people, the sirens in the county are actually tested monthly, at the first Saturday of each month at 12:00 PM in 3 minute of attack signal.

Here's the pics:

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^Federal 2T22 (probably was converted from a 3T22 to a 2T22) located in Boiling Springs at Boiling Springs Fire Department.

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^Federal Sign and Signal 2T22 located near Shelby at Shanghai Volunteer Fire Department. I did not expect this siren to be a 2T22 at all. I thought it was the STH-10 before I went to this location, there was no Google Maps street view images. On satellite view, it looks like the STH-10.

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^Federal 2T22 located in Patterson Springs at Cleveland County EMS Station #6 near Cleveland County Fire Station #3.

As I'm returning from siren hunting, I unexpectedly spot this Sentry 10V (please note that this siren is not in Cleveland County or NC, it's in SC):

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^Sentry 10V (I know I just said that) located near Blacksburg, SC at Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department.

That's all!

Re: Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:03 am
by Fearguy1234
Very nice pictures, close and detailed. Here in NC, we have mainly just fire department sirens, but I never knew they actually had a testing date.

Re: Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:12 am
by TrainsAndSirens1
Fearguy1234 wrote:We have mainly just fire department sirens.
Same here. Most sirens in the counties near me are at fire departments. Most sirens are only used for tornado warnings and other emergencies. It's pretty strange why most sirens are at fire departments.

Re: Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:23 am
by Badger 12
Those are some great pictures! What you did with the first siren was amazing I loved the color, I love taking pictures of sirens, so this was of great inspiration to me. Great pictures!

Re: Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:10 pm
by Mark N
Wow! I didn't think think Shelby took that much care of their sirens! They look really good, excluding the second one of course. Love the red on the Boiling Springs 2T22B!

Re: Tornado Siren Hunt in Cleveland County, NC 1/19/15

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:02 pm
by thunderchief
Nice pics. If you return in a couple of years, you should be able to post about the famous "Pink" 2T22 at Boiling Springs.