26/3/08 Tornado Drill Siren Activation

[boeing63]

where is Franklin county located there

[misterwhelen4004]

lol........Hey allAmericanFE i would luv to plug in my ipod to this and play some snoopdogg or sumthin like that thyen every one hears it and theyre all like " WTF kind of tornado warning is this??!!" LOL ^_^

[newsthatisnttrue]

is this Franklin county Ohio?

[ww298kscope]

is this like located in like a town hall or police station?

[GoinGreenTube]

i'm about to save you 7:23 seconds of your life *wink*

[emrgrn]

st louis county blows this county to shame and it is a shame cause isnt -franklin county the area of columbus--oh well--

[TheThunderboltFreak]

@emrgrn i agree, i also live in saint louis county.

[trainguy2020]

ha ha ha ha ha 8.5 minutes of my life wasted 8.5 minutes of my life wasted mwa ha ha ha ha that's what you haters get mwa ha ha ha ha!

*rips you apart*

[brdane]

am i hearing eas tones through out this video?

[MATTYMO2014]

@brdane where in the video are you hearing the eas tones ?

[brdane]

@MATTYMO2014 i just think that i hear them

[NF1332]

why 

[king65462]

wat was the point 8.5 mins of my life i;ll never get bak

[SpeakerFreak95]

what sirens are being tested?

[liljay227]

@SpeakerFreak95 Whelen 3016

[Hagfan789]

8.5 minutes of my life wasted

[dylan9241]

how did you get to do that?

[bunzpaul1]

i don't hear the sirens

[CHICKENNUGGETS1011]

@Busdude97

I am ASSUMING it's called the Franklin County Center Office Of Emergency Management

[Busdude97]

@CHICKENNUGGETS1011 Oh. I was just wondereing becuase I was going to look up the office on google or google earth.

[Snoopydoga11]

Btw if you listen carefully you can hear the tornado sirens

[3434343434utubeguy]

imagine if someone broke into this place and started saying whatever they want to on the PA.

[StadiumAnnouncerFan]

@3434343434utubeguy

yeah that WOULD be weird and if someone said "hey, whats up" or something, that would go all throughout the city.

[jonvincent12]

@whelen4004 You think your so special. Oh, and thanks for saying "God burn america." on 9/11, you goddamn jackass. I want to kill you. I really do. I want to start a war with your country, and find you and your family, and kill you all. Just because you want to see someone else licking older pussy like you (oh wait, your 75 year old sister doesn't count) doesn't mean try and become a dick. You fucking terrorist, why don't you go blow up some more buildings so you can get your 72 gay virgins.

[PNSB101]

@AllAmericanFE I mean the 3016 can SCREAM

[PNSB101]

@AllAmericanFE Is that your dad? That's a cool job to have. I think It's the 3016 that Is the loudest.

[MrBunsX]

lol give me a few seconds on the PA for pretty much the city lol

[jonvincent12]

@whelen4004 I hope you get out of the third grade you fucking kid. And learn how to spell too jackass.You think you're so cool, well that job pays a lot, so go suck some more dick faggot.

[tboltrocks]

hey

[tboltrocks]

hey

[tboltrocks]

hey 

[green0900]

What is the Orange looking One

[KillerJoeFIN]

"dibadibadii... thats all folks" @ 7:47 :D

[foxcloak865]

i don't understand why dosen't he use the whelen E-2010 console for the public adress? and does he flip the switch on the console when the dtmf code plays to broadcast the signal live over the sirens?

[ledicarus]

At least there were there for it, and not out to lunch again.

[georgethe09]

they have thoose voice sirens?

[leakesonasucs]

electric dialtone in the beginning when he turns it on. and y does it do that

[Droideka133]

looks llonsome in there.

[lunarfoxie]

what ARE ghost sirens

[ELTIGREROCKS10NEW]

@lunarfoxie Sirens that aren't there and can't be removed from the system is what im assuming.

[zappatx]

@lunarfoxie My guess is they are set up as a loop test to verify the control portion of the system. I've built many systems using this test and verify procedure. I would have explained on the mike more about the test though.

[maxmorglu]

he makes the speech at 4:33

[pr53188]

Why was he talking into the microphone?

[nyctornado]

he was talking into the microphone to transmit his voice to the Whelen Sirens...Whelen Sirens are actually eletronic loudspeakers not mechanical air machines like the federal signal thunderbolt and A.C.A. P-50/T-135 sirens.

You could actually transmit a recording of rock music into a whelen or any sound....because whelen sirens are just loudspeakers and amplifiers.

[ass23ful]

lol id laguh if someone rickrolled the city through the whelen sirens :D

[maxmorglu]

@pr53188 he talks through the microphone, so that everybody can know that it is just a test. - his voice is heard through the sirens themselves

[planetchinchilla]

very interesting,I didn't know that's how they tested them cool!

[sixflagsridesop]

lol the Siren Room at Six Flags looks nothing like this but we have Whellen Sirens

[dragracer222]

does the other person talking go to GC?

if so he has the same lunch period as me lol

[S0CKit2Me]

Great video, very informative thank you. One thing I don't understand is why after the voice the dtmf tones can be heard outdoors as well as on the control panel indoors. It seems, by what videos I have seen on here that this only occurs with Whelens. Love the sounds though :)

[tocaracer06]

so at the end where the operator enters in a dtmf code into the control panel, is that a report back to determine what sirens need repair or what is the print outs?

[PGMEagle]

Tnat's quite intresting

[jkfgh12345]

go to my page and listen to the siren test done in my town... the voices are almost perfectly clear. but our town does air horns not wail

[hellsmaw84]

i like those devices

[tybo09]

Voice sirens are TERRIBLE.

You can never understand them and they're flat-out freaky if you can.

All-Hazards radios are the way to go.

Sirens are nice, but too many people around here rely on them and they're not properly maintained. Then, if something happens, and the siren doesn't go off, some people don't have a clue.

[OfficerNelson]

Can't wear an all-hazard radio outside. That's the point of sirens, especially voice sirens.

[tybo09]

True.

My NWR is small enough that I can clip it to my belt, but most people use the good ol' Midland and it's not exactly man portable.

The voice sirens aren't useful, though. Well, not the ones around here, anyway. In a semi-urban environment or a hilly area, there are too many echos.

In a flat area, I imagine the voice sirens would be useful.

[OfficerNelson]

I've got a Midland, but there isn't a damn station around here to tune into! I used it back in Tennessee, but now it just sits in a box somewhere. Fits in my car, but even so...

[tybo09]

Wow...

That messes with me on so many levels. With all of the "Homeland Security" money floating around and all of the useless crap they're spending our tax dollars on, you'd think they'd have every area in the country blanketed with at least one, maybe two NWR stations.

Wow. I have something new to write my senators about now.

[OfficerNelson]

It's a very urban area, and there's a bunch of radio stations, so there might be a good bit of interference that shortens the signal.

[thecompanycar]

Franklin County actually stopped using the voice feature for their sirens for tornado warnings because they ran into so many problems with it. It is a wasted feature, and it's part of the reason that Delaware County to the north, (where I live) isn't even going with Whelen or any electronic siren.

Weather radios and tornado sirens should never be relied on by themselves. They're intended to supplement each other. They both have the same limitations.

[dylan9241]

you are from Second life!!!

[OfficerNelson]

No way!

[i8246i]

And if you remember, the national EMS did not activate on 9/11...

All in all having sirens and personal emergency radios are a good precaution..but you're still reliant on the people with the money and authority to build/operate these services to

1: build the proper transmission equipment

2: keep it running error-free

3: Actually ACTIVATE the emergency systems when a real emergency happens!

[JSB1983]

I see why it doesn't work!

It is all about how you talk into the microphone you don't shout at like this person is doing. You either come up to the mic and talk closer to it or bring the mic closer to you. That should solve the intelligibility problem that we hear in the vid. Notice the EOM operator didn't take to account to the feedback the person in the video is giving him. How terrible!

[thecompanycar]

It doesn't make a difference. It's all live voice vs. digital prerecorded voice. Dublin, Ohio has a similar system with Whelens and there's is the same way. Live voice overall just sucks.

[i8246i]

Long live air-blown sirens.

[JSB1983]

I am shocked to see 6 negative feedbacks on my comment. I wonder why?

I suppose my suggestion to move closer to the mic was not well received. Has no one used a PA system on a phone system or made a speech into a real mic?

[Tommy3stars]

it would be cool...if he did the test then ran to the door to see if they could be heard from that location ...

[alarm741]

If you Would Kill for it you Would not Get to do it.Would You?

[Toledo2T22]

I would kill for his job.

[poppinoncrackvideos]

hell yeah!

[gamesfuns101]

That is the most BORINg video EVAR. Why do you like it so much?

[poppinoncrackvideos]

you the one whos annoying >__> pwnt

[bait28]

then why did you bother watching it dumbass

[jonvincent12]

@Toledo2T22 Who wouldn't?

[crissmind263]

I have realitives that live in texas who hear the sirens during tornado warnings just like i do in philadelphia

i hear the sirens tested on wednesdays at 4:00 PM Eastern Standered Time

[kaisertwig]

Franklin County, Ohio is Columbus. The Village of Franklin is a suburb of Dayton, located in Montgomery County, Ohio. Just a clarification for those asking.

[Oldiesmann]

Franklin is actually in Warren County.

[LouisEdmiston]

I'm going to try to do that with Aurora Co

[firealarmfreak529]

i used to live there, will u try and get a video of it?

[turfshredder]

why are there electronic numbers throughout the video?(the fast beeps)

[firealarmfreak529]

as far as i no, their the dtmf tones that control the sirens, such as telling them what direction to rotate

[bait28]

it's dtmf which is a code when transmitted the siren radio decodes that as a command and set off that command

[HystoricalMicrobe]

Do you live in Franklin county Ohio?

I have relatives that lives in Ohio, but i dont remember the city they live in, I thihnk about an hour from Cincannatie or w.e

[falconrunnereggs]

that's cool I always wondered who was the voice behind the sirens

[Heyde1979]

is this in Franklin County Ohio

[AllAmericanFE]

yes

[Heyde1979]

ok cool thanks for the info

[dwronan12]

What are ghost sirens I mean what does he mean by them

[AllAmericanFE]

There are 2 grey sirens on the computer map that he cannot remove. They do not exist in the system. The activation equipment tries to activate the ghost sirens but they do not exist.

[firealarmfreak529]

Than why are they on the map? Are they going to be installed or something?

[MilesBennetDyson4]

@AllAmericanFE Why do i hear the sond of phones being dialed in the beginning of the vid?

[MendotaTech]

@MilesBennetDyson4 that is DTMF.. You know how a call center knows what you dial like, For english press 1, for spanish press 2? Thats almost the same thing for the sirens, except it is more direct. one set of numbers dials the siren to go off, another tells it to rotate and let the operator know when to speak

[toboe399]

@MilesBennetDyson4 That's known as a radio code. It's a signal the receiver at the siren site recognizes as Test, Alert, Attack, or Hi-Lo, etc

[Nicktendious]

@AllAmericanFE Then how come he can't delete them?! It seems ridiculous that they are just permanently stuck on there!

[fredcarter00]

what is that box called to the right? but i know it's made by whelen. .p.s. it is the one that he used for the microphone

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

why is there a microphone there? what's that microphone do?

[tornadofreak1994]

you are stupid. you wonder how the voice comes over the sirens?!!?!?!? THRU THE MICROPHONE

[1050HzSineWaveTone]

well i didnt know whether it was for the sirens or what until art baker turned the microphone on and said 'Testing Frankiln County Sirens Testing'. i had a very slow internet connection at the time when i was watching this and I posted a question too soon.

And I always thought the voice that came over the sirens was a computer generated voice simalur to that of national weather service's when announcing weather advisories...not an actual human being talking thru the microphone.

[tornadofreak1994]

i can understand that

[AntiGayness]

What DTMF tone string is sent anyways?

[AllAmericanFE]

I am not sure.

[WilmothWarningsignal]

@AntiGayness 721####1D. I used audacity to identify the DTMF tones.

[heinwinkle]

what did art due to the thunderbolt controls at the very end?

[AllAmericanFE]

He just used the control station for the thunderbolts which is the bigger control box

[e57michel]

what is the humming noise in the background?

this is a very interesting video how to activate some american sirens in a town! there are several activation-codes for each siren. and the activation runs by radio! on which frequency? (Mhz)

[AllAmericanFE]

I believe the humming noise is all the equipment and computer running but I am not sure.

[bait28]

the EMA building is not autherized to give out frequencys for people will build thier own sender and activate the sirens

[e57michel]

that is ok!

[heinwinkle]

Wich box controls the thunderbolts?

[AllAmericanFE]

The first one (The bigger looking one)

[NLind]

What make and model are those boxes? I like the looks of 'em, the leftmost one looks like a calculator on steroids and the rightmost one looks somewhat like a drum machine or other piece of electronic music equipment.

[ssammonds]

The "calculator on steroids" controls the Thunderbolts & the "drum machine" controls the Whelens. LONG LIVE TBOLTS.

[foxcloak866]

so how long do the sirens stay activated when they are

[AllAmericanFE]

3 Minutes On 5 Minutes off for an actual Tornado Warning. For the drill its 3 Minutes on followed by the voice in all 4 major directions (North South East West) which takes roughly 5-10 minutes to do.

[KCspur92]

HMM... I'm guessing it's not a very actiony job... but hey, it pretty cool that you have the license to use the civil defense controls!!! I would LOVE to do that!!!

[davidtherockstar568]

lol thats like my dad's em office siren control. only ours are all siratone.

[videogamer24385]

Thats my favorite siren of all. make a vid of it plzzzzzzzzz!

[Channel97News]

this is in pa rite?

[AllAmericanFE]

No Ohio

[rjjgoose]

hey AllamericanFE are all of the siren brodcasting art bakers voice?

[AllAmericanFE]

yes

[rjjgoose]

Allamerican FE why don't you ask him and then tell me?

[Siren1000T]

How were you allowed in his office including the building? Did you like have some kind of invitation from him to expect you to be there?

[AllAmericanFE]

Kinda.

[rjjgoose]

hey AllAmericanFE were dose art baker live?

[AllAmericanFE]

I dont know.

[Hookline43]

Dual Toned Multi Frequencies

[deathsuckssogetajob]

the numbers before the siren is activated what are they??

[AllAmericanFE]

not sure what you are asking.

[riddler716]

Do they have a place for Bolingbrook or Chicago? I would like to visit there one day? If you have a phone number for those places please tell me. Please reply.

[AllAmericanFE]

I dont know. This is in ohio.

[mr7confused]

yes they do. they have one for every county, like my county has one and we dont even have sirens. just look up your county's EMA (emergency management)

[foxcloak866]

wow his voice sounds the same when he`s not speaking over the sirens you couldn`t tell

if he was

[smithpak1]

I wonder who does it when he's sick.

[paulshinn]

The blue/purple looking skinny box on the top shelf to the right is a Symetrics 528E microphone audio processor.

[foxcloak866]

wait it`s art baker right? is the guy`s name

[AllAmericanFE]

yes

[allthings123]

who's that?

[Hookline43]

Art Baker

[foxcloak866]

what`s the guy`s name who does the voice

[Siren1000T]

Dude I never seen a siren control center like that at all. What is that job called that you activate the sirens, talk through it, and those kinds of things???? I would like to learn more about that. :D

[AllAmericanFE]

The job is Warning Manager at the Emergency Management Agency. This job may have a different title at other EMA's

[Siren1000T]

Oh so the siren control person or the people who work for the outdoor warning sirens would be called "Emergency Management Agency"?

[AllAmericanFE]

Yes

[kylex102]

i would love a job like this! =D

[videogamer24385]

what was that loud dtmf at the end

[coyoteunknown]

How boring yet so exciting at the same time. To think with the push of a few buttons a message can be broadcasted through over a hundred sirens to tens of thousands of people.

[videogamer24385]

cool! he doesnt sound like the guy that said testing franklin county sierns testing form the other videos . is it the same guy

[AllAmericanFE]

Yes it is.

[videogamer24385]

cool! he doesnt sound like the guy that said testing franklin county sierns testing form the other videos . is it the same guy

[engine173351]

The way this guy times his operations makes it almost like an art to activate sirens.

[videogamer24385]

lucky! that must have been awsome

[buickregal82]

this was wednesday about 10 am i didn't hear the sirens up here cuz i was sleeping i remember them talking about the drill at 9:50 my question is how do they set the chime off is it done automaticly or done by a person using a remote like they would use if there was a problem cool vid tho how was u able to get with ema?

[AllAmericanFE]

I am good friends with the guy that sets them off. Your chime I have no idea how its set off. Ours you have to push a button to get them to go off

[videogamer24385]

nice friend lol

[Busdude97]

@AllAmericanFE Cool friend! Does he have a youtube account?

[buickregal82]

this was wednesday about 10 in the morning i was sleeping so i didn't hear the sirens go off up here but i remember them talking about having the drill at 9:50 my question who sets off the chime is it done by a person using a remote or done automaticly cuz i know when there is a problem they set them off like they are doing here

[wwemet24]

WHO WAS THAT GUY?????????????

[AllAmericanFE]

Hes the guy in charge of the sirens

[videogamer24385]

my dream job

[FBHSswimmer2006]

very interesting. and a very cool vid dude.

[jayhawk29]

What is the button he pushes in the begining? Is the control on the left for the older whelens, and the one on the right for the newer ones? What controls the Thunderbolts?

[AllAmericanFE]

The button he pushes at the beginning is the "Send" button which sends the command. The older controller on the left controls the Thunderbolts and the one he pushes send controls everything else. The Thunderbolts are being replaced fast. As soon as the 2 that are being replaced are we will only have 3 left

[thecompanycar]

The button he pushes at the beginning is the "Send" button which sends out the dtmf signal that activates all the sirens. The Thunderbolts are controlled with the same equipment as the Whelens because they have a Whelen RTU at each thunderbolt site that's tied into the RCM-1.

[jayhawk29]

The video dosn't seem to want to work for me.

[AllAmericanFE]

I have tried it and it works fine.

[AllAmericanFE]

I have tried it and it works fine.

[gixzo]

ha .