The Siren Board

So today I had the opportunity to set off the tornado sirens in Archer City. I met with the city manager at the building next to our EMS building. We have three Whelen vortex sirens, one Thunderbolt 1003 on top of our EMS building and a 3t22 on the south side of the town. At noon, I hit the Whelen first and two out of three activated. The one just down the street failed. Then I started to activate the older ones. I hit the alert button on the control panel and red light came on, but no sound. I walked back over to the EMS station to check the control panel on the siren itself. All switches were in the automatic position. I flipped the switches to test mode and it roared to life. The blower being in that little room was loud. Apparently when some electrical workers were rewiring some cable they accidentally disconnected a wire from the one building to the other. Next time I will post a video of it. I had camera issues today.

By the way, if someone can give me pointers how to keep every pic I send from being sideways it would be appreciated

Glad that the original two sirens are still in service. I noticed the Whelens awhile ago.

The 3t22 on the Southside of town didn't work either. They are rewiring that unit.