Federal Signal Q2 Siren's Previous Family of Warning Devices

[Thewoog34]

Hey Zaff, ever heard of the Super Chief siren? MUCH better than the Q and costs a lot less!

[87carguy]

The Federal Beacon Ray Model 17 was introduced in 1948 and received a patent in 1952. It was the original rotating warning light with sealed beams for a brighter light.

[rampagedm]

i just got my hands on a C5GB siren. have yet to crank it up

[TractorWorld]

Q2s rock

[HFD97FIRE2]

Federal qs are amazing

[Rick1885]

I hate apples YouTube player that I'm forced to use with iPhone. It won't load This video.

[DanielsSFD]

How does he move that?

[Henry455]

This is a very good video display and I congratulate Jerry on how he has put this together but I believe he got confused with his siren descriptions.The siren second from the left is a Model 66G not a model 77. It has a 61/2" rotor.The third siren from the left is a C5G with a 71/2" rotor. The 4th siren is a 77G doubletone, not a 78. A 78 is a 77 with a Solaray light on the front. Very beautiful presentation.

[zaffdoc]

@Henry455 >>>-----> Henry, You are correct on some of your observations. The video was a spontaneous event, not scripted and I made a couple of mistakes. There is left to Right, the Q2, 66G, C5GA, 77G and another Q2 . I do not know where I got 78, out my head I guess, there is NO 78 on the Display

Thanks for viewing and pointing out my mistakes, Too much trouble to redo LOL Jerry

[Henry455]

@zaffdoc As I said before, very impressive display and one you should be proud of. I cannot imagine the time, effort and expense that was put into it. Really like the "control panel" Check you PM's, I would like to give you something.

[shurguardlock]

Great display of a bit of history. FYI the rear red lense on the sirens is the same as the tail light on a 1954 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight. Thanks for the vid.

[SIGNALSTAT]

Now that is so cool.

[larrywanders]

Uhh Jerry? If you happen to have an extra Q (maybe a couple of lights too), Doc needs them on his car so he can slide through traffic and not have to stop for those pesky traffic lights. Just hate when his videos have to stop because of a traffic light. :)))

[zaffdoc]

@larrywanders Thanks for your concern Larry. When I ride with Jerry he has a good set of sirens and horn to get us there pronto.

[04smallmj]

"it's not a real fire truck unless it has a Q on it." And that's coming from a "real" firefighter? The type of siren is one of the least important aspects of a fire truck.

Firefighting is about saving lives and putting out fires, not about how to make a "real" fire truck.

[zaffdoc]

@04smallmj Unless you get there fast and safe where seconds may make the differfence between life and death or a small insignificant fire may have time to take someones home or business down to the ground -- Every advantage that firefighters can obtain to this goal is pretty darn important. The Federal Q would not have been around for almost 50 years if it were not an effect way to improve the response time of a fire engine.

[alleywanda]

GREAT job on this display. Jerry's knowledge on these matters are amazing!

He did a exceptional job building this.

Wanda J

[sprstar44m]

I will give you 1 million dollars cash for your item. ~habib

[EnjoyFirefighting]

cool sirens, but the european hi-lo signal wasn't very typical european. Very typical electronic hi-lo in Europe are Hella RTK 6-SL, Pintsch Bamag TOPas or Hänsch DBS. Other very often used sirens are the air-pressured hi-lo and also wail/yelp in many variations, (air)horn and sometimes also Rumbler

[Gary198101]

Jerry and Doc, its really nice to see the history being saved. Thanks for all you have done. The American La France Century Series trucks have been a life long favorite for me as it was the first truck I drove when I started out. Great videos thanks for making them.

[wegilleland]

Way to go, Jerry. All you need is your train horn as an introduction and ending.

Lonnie

[thecatyoukai]

It isn't a fire truck without a Q! Such true words :D

We even have a Q on our dodge ram brush truck XD

[Cutelilbabygurl03]

@thecatyoukai Palm Beach Gardens has Q's on every truck they have. Even the Chief Vehicles