Federal siren demo PA-5

[sammy1234452]

were do you get it

[PaShion5]

for sale???

[starmedic]

Omg..this was on the first ambulance I worked in...a 1979 Pontiac! Memories!

[fireworkfreak100]

omg thats thats a very old thing bro ;)

[EMPTYCANS]

Awesome!

[nicm2395]

LOL skip back and fourth to random toimes in this vid... sounds like the screwed up siren on GTA IV

[flames971]

Hi,

can you please sell me one of your sirens

to Germany?

[Donkey9900]

In my town (Massillon Ohio) according to the little scrapbook the FD put together, they 1st used these on the rescue squad here sometime in 1962 when they purchased a new Chevy Metro van for the squad (called the "disaster unit" since it's inception in the late 40's, & some of the police still to this day refer to the squad as the "DU.")

[CTFD13]

@Donkey9900 they still staffing the squad? im from north canton. never seen the squad at all.

[Donkey9900]

@CTFD13 Yes they are, at most if not all stations. I know station 1 (main) & station 4 (south side) do for sure, as 4 makes a lot of runs up my street.

[bcschmerker]

Nicely done on this demo of an early Federal siren amp. The current e-Q2B, a 100Wx2 DSP model, uses similar modes and adds both siren-brake and air-horn modes. Now, if only they'd develop a pedestal speaker with a bi-polar rear section to give the e-Q2B a dispersion pattern consistent with the old C-Siren, whose size the BP-200EF approaches....

[tsbiccochi]

The wail on it kinda sounds like the attack tone on a federal signal public warning siren...

[301whitehall]

If only EQ's sounded like this...

[fireworkfreak100]

hey man where can i buy one like that in Europe? thnx?

[FarmingtonNHFire]

I almost think this sounds like an electromechanical siren better than the E-Q

[pitbullbitedog]

goddeezam dat shit's louder n' hell

[veggiepowered]

that is SWEET i have 5 or 6 of those in my attic from 20 years ago i need to get up their and get them

[fireman616wfd]

@veggiepowered haha really? would you sell me one or two of them, i would love to put those in a fire truck.

[nyfdRIP]

@veggiepowered how much u want for one



[veggiepowered]

i have about 5 of those old sirens in my attic

[growingup15]

How can i get one.

[ne219]

Are you interested in selling this siren ?

[SP99]

I'm not looking to sell it at this time. Thanks

[trainlova12]

FS probably took this design and made it into the EQ2B except this sounds a heck of a lot better

[superbuff861]

sounds alot like the eq2b- probably a little better

[captain3648]

Thanks for the demo. Great vintage siren!

[onthatone]

Like how the wind down cuts off at the end

[thumbtak1234]

you could do a powercall with that

[crownvix]

Is this available for sale? if so i would like to buy it!

[SIGNALSTAT]

sounds like the federal q .funny thing is now that sound is just starting to make a come back most of the new electronic sirens have this sound.very popular now.cool.

[Fiinniinnii]

GREAT SIREN DEMO

[ihfan29]

this is kinda like an electric q

[usmc1231JR33]

sounds like a q

[xJengie]

Lol, I seriously hear this siren in our fire trucks all the time.

[lowrider5140]

wow this almost sounds exactly like the eq2b.. lol

[NC403Firefighter]

I was thinking that too....that yelp is almost a copy of the EQ2b's

[thumbtak1234]

actually,the eq2bs yelp is the copy

[Wa3ypx]

WOW How long ago was that? I just remember the term being used genericly for any electronic siren

[Wa3ypx]

Which company manufactured the "penitrator" electronic siren. That would be from the 60's. Does any one remember the Motorola electronic sirens that sounded like a duck when used in the manual position?

[narutofightindreamer]

That's some history there!!

[bclanham]

Would you be willing to take internal pictures? I got a copy of the manual, but it leaves a few details out. I'm trying to figure out the specs of one of the transformers in it.

[Gman027]

i would use this today if i had one!!! anyone know where to buy?

[TJE4210]

You would be lucky to find one on ebay

[TractorBoy79]

I'd trade my pa-15 for one if I could find one

[TrueAmerican32]

Like an electronic Federal Q

I like it

[FirefighterEmt4Life]

sounds just like the Eq2b!! love it!

[msas12]

that sound so funny....

[80fireman]

reminds me on a federal eq2b

[lowrider5140]

yeahhhp.. that sounds liek the one too me. :D

[lowrider5140]

No. It isnt a motor type siren. Electric. Speaker. It sounds pretty close to this one.

[lowrider5140]

I know there is another siren out there thats newer and like this. Our Halls NEW trucks have them but i dont know the make or model.. anyone know?

[JDogg795]

Are you thinking of the Federal "Q" siren?

[Rofocowboy84]

FedSig eQ2b. The Yelp was most likely based of this siren.

[narutodude446]

What other electronic sirens do you have other then this one and the sp models?

[rykember11]

The yelp sounds alot like the EQ2b.

[Pimpala03]

Let me know when you get ready to sell it!

[DRNEGOLICIS]

that drives a rotary siren or a speeker?

[stupullen]

it is a speaker/hailer type system made in the 60s, the sound has been in california on CROWN fire engines since I was a kid.

[truckyfireman]

Federal is making a new EQ2B!!! its hot

[pearldrumsarecool]

hope its better

[911caddy]

Do tell.. What are the details???

[legsbluetrain]

It sound like it draws a lot of current to when it first comes on.

[travis404]

for sale?

[b719]

I doubt he'd sell it

[nmtoc]

This is the first version of the 'Director' model. It was in production around 1961-1962, so it's very rare. And yes, this unit sounds very much like a mechanical siren.

The final version of the Director is the PA15A series 1E (introduced in the early 1970s), and the 1E sounds more like a synthesizer than a siren. As Federal electronic sirens underwent many internal design changes over the years, they sounded more and more like synthesizers than sirens.

[Firemedic712]

I want it! Thats awesome!

[911caddy]

Not Q2b..The eQ2b. The electronic version of the Q siren.. I just sold one after using it for some time. It sounds very much like this siren? Odd..

[911caddy]

After listening to this siren again, The yelp sounds just like the eQ2b yelp. Horrible. Maybe Federal just copied their old technology when putting together the eQ2b???

[HITMANHITMAN2000]

im quite sure federal copied this for the q2b...great idea....retro shit....i love it....amazing how history repeats itself...

[911caddy]

Fantastic sound!! We have an electronic siren in our 1962 Ford cab over caled a Fyr Fyter. It actually has a more unique growl and longer wind down. I guess they were trying to mimic electromechanical sirens at first when they started to change to (lower amp draw) electronic sirens.

[doranduh]

This has one of the most realistic mechanical wail tone's I've ever heard!^^ I love it! ever think of selling it?

[wkat950]

I wonder how an electronic siren can make a wind-down sound such as the PA5. I'm also astonished by the quasi-mechanical sound of the wail and the electronic yelp. This is an intersting model.

[fmartinjr]

classic.better than eq.that with dual speakers would sound delicious in a town or high rise business district.

[Transaxel2]

That's COOL!

[chrisv4096]

That sounds amazing! I love the long wail on that siren, it gives me chills.

[fire904]

You know what this reminds me of is the spanish sirens like the fire truck vids from Chile and those places. It kinda sounds like them if you listen carefully in the Bomberos vids.

[Sirens9]

It sounds like the sound my citys trucks sound like, but newer version.

[b719]

Ha most likely.

[HITMANHITMAN2000]

i see where the eq2b got its game from...they sound alike

[enigma800]

That rocks!

[LiberalNoob]

I love it!

[pearldrumsarecool]

Sounds simular to somewhat like a eq2b

[LiberalNoob]

I thick all they did was dug out the blue print for this model and put it back into production.

[mrderekevan]

awesome!

[joshjames76]

I want one!

[b719]

Oh yeah!!!! Very nice.

[imstreets]

Nice the eco gives it the right touch. were was it filmed.