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Thunderbolts in PA?

Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:35 pm

Do you siren buffs in PA know of any Thunderbolts near you?
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:01 pm

The ones that immediately come to mind are White Valley and Murrysville Vfds in Westmoreland County both are 1003's and used for fire calls.


Monroeville 5 in Allegheny county still has a 1003 up but it hasn't sounded in years. Glassport 1 in Allegheny also uses a 1000T.


I'm sure there are others i'm forgetting about.
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Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:34 pm

I don't live in PA, but here are some thunderbolt photos:
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:24 am

A couple of thoses T-bolts are mounted really low to the ground! :o
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:51 pm

We have one in Cambria County in the Township of Jackson thats used for fire calls:
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Here's its blower.v
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Btw if I could, I'd go to Dubois and get their thunderbolt, but I'm not sure if it's there anymore.
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:57 pm

Can you film it in action and post it on youtube if it's tested :?:
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:01 pm

carexpertandy wrote:I don't live in PA, but here are some thunderbolt photos:

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As for these Thunderbolts the one at the bottem one still works but the one in the top pic has been disconnected sadly.
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thunderbolt1000 wrote:Can you film it in action and post it on youtube if it's tested :?:
Not really cause Cambria County doesn't have test dates, but Somerset County does, and their test date is the first Saturday of the month at 12:30PM.
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Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:53 pm

I had heard that the Pink 1003 in Parkesburg has a burnt out chopper motor. There were going to either fix the chopper motor, or replace it all together. I think they were really going to try very hard to get the 1003 going once again and might of by now. I know Limerick and I believe also Peach Bottom test monthly but I'm not sure on the dates. I do both plants use 1000s with I think at least one 1000T in Peach Bottom's system.
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:04 am

3t22 wrote:I had heard that the Pink 1003 in Parkesburg has a burnt out chopper motor. There were going to either fix the chopper motor, or replace it all together. I think they were really going to try very hard to get the 1003 going once again and might of by now. I know Limerick and I believe also Peach Bottom test monthly but I'm not sure on the dates. I do both plants use 1000s with I think at least one 1000T in Peach Bottom's system.
BTW, do you know what will replace that 1003 if it does get replaced?
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