Hall County Siren #6 - Federal Signal Model 5A Attack Test

[camewrig]

thatone looks really old

[aco52672]

THAT'S a sound I miss hearing whenever the fire dept was called out! :(

[gatrwrks]

Do they use this siren for fire calls?

[whoisthisguy724]

@gatrwrks I do believe that alert is for weather warnings and attack is for fire calls

[LouisvilleTorn8o]

Sounds sorta like a 2001, but better, especially the wind-down. I guess this is the only Model 5 in Hall County?

[antiwhoknows]

@LouisvilleTorn8o There's one more in the county, which is in Grand Island. watch?v=GQwhBBts4TQ

[crystalscan2002]

thats good siren

[KetchupAndMustard55]

also what's the purpose of the growl right before going into attack?

[antiwhoknows]

@KetchupAndMustard55 That's just the first cycle of attack lol

[KetchupAndMustard55]

I could also hear a 1000T near by

[antiwhoknows]

@KetchupAndMustard55 1003, actually. I only have about a million videos of it :P

[97Siren]

It's a tornado whistle.

[MrSciencetificsasuke]

@97Siren tornado siren

[97Siren]

@MrSciencetificsasuke I know its a tornado siren. My grandma calls tornado sirens "tornado whistles"

[Tabby266]

@97Siren really, they work on the same concept as a whistle, really. Force air through a small gap really fast to create sound.

[whoisthisguy724]

@97Siren Everybody i know calls them "fire whistles"

[superbuff861]

@whoisthisguy724 in some regions of the U.S. they are fire dept. audible alert sirens, in other regions they are commonly tornado sirens, public warning sirens, etc.

[mohkfry]

Awesome video.

[aco52672]

Ah, the sound I grew up to hearing every day/every other day! I miss hearing that thing! It got blown over (tower and all) during Hurricane Hugo in 1989. :(

[amtrak3501]

do they use the attack signal as an "all clear" ? or they use it for warnings as well?

[antiwhoknows]

@amtrak3501 Not for all clear. We don't have all clear. They use attack for non-weather emergencies.

[shorttman1968]

@antiwhoknows how close, looks like 5-10 feet, or r you zoomed in.

[Ouranos94]

It's funny how much each windup makes the siren shake.

[Droideka133]

O_O , it could use the bearings though, it does have a slight hiccup .

[Blue10AEMia]

After listening to it, sounds like it could use a set of bearings. It's got pretty good hiccup in the wind down on every cycle.

[Blue10AEMia]

Damn that thing took off.

[dillonrockband]

Nice vid! You can see the trees blowing around. That thing moves some air.