Union Bay Fire siren..

[JonnyD4667]

I wonder what siren this is! it sounds JUST like a 3T22

[Thewoog34]

This is a carter siren. There were lots of them in Canada and 911caddy even has a video of one up close.

[kurtdog119]

Judging by the sound of the siren winding down, I think it's an old Sterling siren, not the M10, M5 or Little Giant. Could be the STH-10 style Sterling siren. That's my opinion on what the siren is.

[911caddy]

@800kirby . Yes, they were. Responding to a call.

[CL137626]

3t22.... mabye. 

[VFVFCo68]

WWII air raid/flood siren in a box

[iwnproductions]

its likea hor siren with a brake

[iwnproductions]

it's not a 3t22 or a 2t22 to fast of a wind down

[KetchupAndMustard55]

sounds like a carter siren

[JamesSCrockett]

nice vid could you tell me what city and state thisa is thanks

[911caddy]

@JamesSCrockett . Union Bay, B.C. Vancouver Island, Canada.

[TheLakemillsfire]

can u try to get another recording of this siren it would be realy great

[VFVFCo68]

thats a cool lookin fire house!

[iwnproductions]

what kind of siren

[bnsf4]

Now THAT is one cool and old volintere fire station!

[avn2sh]

so why did this building make this sound?

to tell the firemen to get ready, right?

[911caddy]

You bet, The siren and pagers sound at the same time.. Or in some cases the siren has it's own set of tones to set it off from Fire Dispatch. It's an "alarm" to let the Fire Fighters know that there is an emergency call. They get the information on their pagers. The fire siren was the only way to summon fire fighters many years ago. Now it's used as a back up to the pagers.

[twotailedavenger]

@911caddy

This siren sounds like a 2T22. If it has a box next to the top intake, it's a 3T22.

The 3T22 can sound the High-Low signal, commonly known as the "Fire" signal.

Is this siren a 2 or 3T22 siren?

[KSE828]

@twotailedavenger It sounds nothing like a 2T22. It sorta looks like an ACA Screamer, but doesn't sound like one.

[sierralovesweylin]

@avn2sh rlly how stupid are you?

[Bonemeal2]

In my community, our volunteer F.D. used Sparks Withingtons (or Spartons). Both eventually died, and the only outdoor siren heard now is the Federal Signal 2001.

[waihoujim]

There are lots of town sirens in New Zealand, some towns have two at opposite ends of town. The firefighters have pagers as well. You can hear an example in this video, which is quite a sad video, just paste this into search, "Tribute to Hamiton Firefighters"

[rykember11]

@911caddy Do you still have the file? I really wanna see :)

[911caddy]

Nope, Long gone..It really wasn't any good, otherwise I would have put it on here for ya :)

[rykember11]

Why didn't ya stay to get the trucks responding? Sounds GREAT tho!

[burghill1979]

possibly a klaxon signal siren gens siren or a carter this siren sound's like the ones in london during the bommings of london and other cities in GB during world war two

[newgirl091]

Can u get more video of this sometime? It looks cool!

[911caddy]

Yeah, one day when it goes off and I'm driving by... I'd also like to stop by on their practice night and get a clip. It'll happen eventually. Be patient.

[tesladoctor257]

That's a 2T22

[Skiier1000]

thats a small station. where is this? and wht apparatus does it have inside?

[nzfire100]

im from NZ common site in my town when the siren goes up lol ppl running :)

[911caddy]

It's becoming uncommon in these parts.. A shame, as it's a nice bit of Fire Fighting history. Thanks for your comment!

[nzfire100]

in NZ (New Zealand) most volunteer fire brigades have these sirens so in New zealand its uncommon to see this happening

[superbuff861]

thats gotta be the coolest looking firehouse ive seen in a while.. im a volunteer in ny and i only wish our station2 looked like this- after all it only houses 2 trucks lol

[911caddy]

Hey,

I think it looked better before the funny little addition on the front. It houses their FR truck, a sweet looking ride.

Thanks for checking my vids all the way from NY!

[TheLakemillsfire]

can u get it in action next time please i will get our fire siren in action for u

[videogamer24385]

its a XT ive seen it before the sirens like in the forest but you cant get it it and the fire station is REALLY far up a mountain..

[Dizzles]

haha i was at a camp ground out in the outer banks in NC and i heard one of these things go of right next to the site and like i thought it was something to call for bad weather or w/e. it was at a volunteer fire station... but does anyone know how his alarm works? or can anyone explain to me or give me a link on the purpose of these sirens?

[911caddy]

Man, that is just bad luck! Especially if it goes off late at night.

Our old fire siren was tripped to go off anytime our fire pagers went off. The first person at the hall would turn it off. It worked well as back in the day when our dept was small and had little money.. The fire fighters relied on two similar fire sirens in our town to alert them to a fire call. Pagers were expensive back then.

Some departments still use them from a histroic point of view.

[911caddy]

And it occasionally happens that a pager may fail or it's forgotten inside ones house and the siren can still be heard out side. I'm guessing many of these sirens were surplus air raid sirens from WW2.

Hope this helps with your query.

[Dizzles]

ye it does help haha thats some neat info. idk i was just about to walk out and like go throw rocks at it and tell it to shut up haha. but it was a pretty interesting horn. my small town of dobson uses pagers... tho when i was in FL i heard it for bad weather like t-storms, hurricane making landfall, tornados. but ye. thanks for the info =]

[rockinfireman95]

these sirens were originally made in the 50s or 40s because back then we didnt have fire pagers so we had these since everyone lived around the firehouses they were members of so when it went off they would know there was a call and get to the station a.s.a.p. my station still has one but now there rarely used now there mainly just used as bad weather sirens

[cheetawolf]

sounds like a xT22 to me.

[sabethafiredept]

Do you have a video of the trucks responding from this station?

[911caddy]

We covered this a while back on page one of the comments. Sorry, it was really lame at the time. The FR truck has since been replaced. It is quite a cool looking squad now!! Someday, I hope to get clip.

[sabethafiredept]

Ok, thanks! look forward to future videos!

[Audinos]

You can see the siren on the roof with a small cover over it. It is probably a WWII Gents or Carter model, because many of these were shipped to Canada during and after the war. It might also be a Canadian copy of one of these.

[911caddy]

No clue, I was just driving by man.

[iwnproductions]

can u get us the ful blast of it

[911caddy]

I don't know when. But, one day I'll get a clip of this beauty screamin'!!

[911caddy]

Union Bay is on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada. About mid island..

[80fireman]

sounds like an xT22 or a sterling in the alert mode. any chance u have a picture?

[stupullen]

boy, that reminds me of the good ol' days.

Not so great in the middle of the night though.

[zozey1231]

XT22

[911caddy]

Thanks!

[mr7confused]

can someone explain why firestations had these really loud sirens? i cant figure out why

[911caddy]

Well Mr confused. These large electo-mechanical sirens were mounted in areas around a community to alert volunteer fire fighters that there was a fire. prior to pagers this is how it was done. Like many things in the fire service the stay on as a bit of fire service history. If a FF'er forgot to wear his fire pager there is always a siren back up so he would not miss a call!

I hope this helps.

[sta540rulz]

do they have enough members for a full crew/ truck? jw cause a company round here has like 5 guys a truckand they only have 5 trucks no joke

[911caddy]

This particular day they had a decent turn out of members but it was late in the day. During the day like most small communities.. The members leave their communities to go to work in larger centers. The call volume just does not support career fire fighters. Especially as most Dept responses/calls are for medical aid and not true fire emergencies.

Most Departments have mutual aid agreements in the event of a large fire response and lack of manpower. They can call on neighbouring Fire Dept's.

[CdnFireChef]

Too bad you didnt get the engine leaving the hall

[hownowicecow49]

911caddy the fire sieren goes off every tuesday and 7:45 pm i live in union bay too my dad is a fireman, kevin they have a website and everything for the fire hall =)

[911caddy]

Thanks for the info! Maybe I'll get a decent clip of this cool old siren one day soon.

[idigghx]

They would kill us if the siren went off for every ambulance call.. Not to mention, the fact that it costs $5.50 to blow it in the first place.. That'd be like $4820 a year just in siren activations.

[911caddy]

Thankfully, these guys don't do many calls.. So it won't cost them anywhere near the 4,820 price tag. I'm guessing around 50 calls a year. It's worth every penny to hear that beast scream :)

And they are basic First Responder trained. CPR, AED,O2 etc.. The BLS Ambulance responds from about 15 miles away to this tiny sea side community.

[idigghx]

I'm not saying anything wrong, just wasting time.. as a rural/wilderness folk, I do the same thing. That little bit of time that such first aid/quick response/etc squads are there before transport units makes a lot of difference. Even if it just improves patient morale, and makes them feel safe and taken care of.

[theone2225]

you get charged to use the fire whistle? our 2 whistles get set off by the county everytime we get a fire call. Every town in the area has at least 1. Nobody is charged to use it though.

[idigghx]

What was the call?

[911caddy]

Medical aid.

[DigitalEagleInc]

XT22 siren?

[911caddy]

No clue.. It does has a great sound/tone.. Double rotors. It runs surprisingly well considering it spends it's life so close to the ocean.. It's only about 250 from the beach. The salt air is so hard on open electical devices.

[80fireman]

wat da hell's an XT22 siren?

[videogamer24385]

2t22/3t22 cant find out unless ya see the boxes or does a HI-LOW

[videogamer24385]

its undecided between a 3t22 or a 2t22

[JRCollinsfan]

There is no way in hell that thing is a Xt22 siren. It is either a Federal Dual head, MARS, HOR, Darley, Sterling, B&M, or Denver Siren

[cauberallies]

So tell me. Which Federal dual head, MARS, HOR, Sterling, B&M, or Denver siren has a 10/12 port ratio dual tone then?

[JRCollinsfan]

Hmm, belive it was discussed on the Siren board awhile back. Im going with HOR there. Im pretty shure there was an HOR vertical siren that looked like a Federal 5 that had been crushed. I'll Email you a pic of one in a minuiet but i have to get that 4 rotor Gents vid posted.

[cauberallies]

Maybe it's a 2t22 without its horns or intakes, or a european style dual head turned vertical, or something like that but with a homemade housing?

[911caddy]

10-4, eh.

Union bay is located on the East coast of Vancouver Island. British Columbia, Canada.

[Audinos]

Is this in Canada?