Livonia, MI Fire Dept #5 Dual Tone Whelen WPS-3016 Tornado Siren Test 4-5-2008

[sirenlover100]

who knew that a Whelen could sound like an EOWS in attack

[deathbatsevy]

yeah, i just found my new ringtone

[briggsjos]

Now if they only just bring back the Thunderbolts....

[EngulfedSix]

alright i really dont know alot about tornado sirens,im more into firefighting.but what are the whelen sirens called that look like this but only have 3 lines on the back?(if that makes any sence)

[Siren1000T1]

@EngulfedSix As for rotational type of Whelens, they only have 4 horns that connects together into a big rectangular horn. Those would be called WPS-4000 series or Vortexes. If you have pictures of the siren your wondering about, you can send them to me and I can help you identify it.

[EngulfedSix]

@Siren1000T1 thanks!ill try to go get pictures today,message me your email adderess and ill get them to you

[94Princesi]

I love this siren cause its Rocks

[whoisthisguy724]

Wow. Never knew Whelens could be dual-toned

[0verload]

I'm surprised at how good this siren actually sounds. Pretty Impressive for a Whelen.

[dualactionsurgilator]

Great sounding siren

[roombafan56001]

I heard a voice warning come out of the 3016's in Sterling Heights today... since when do we do those?

[roombafan56001]

I swear the 3016's in Sterling Heights Used to be different, and now they're just 1 tone. . .

[sirenfan97]

Don't the newer 3016's have shorter horns in the back.

[Siren1000T1]

@sirenfan97 No they were all made the same.

[WhelenWS3016]

@Siren1000T1 Other than the bar in the middle. Ours don't have the bar in the middle.

[sirenfan97]

How come the one at Emerson middle school has a long wind-down and this one cuts-off?

[Siren1000T1]

@sirenfan97 The factory must have screwed up on the timer setting for this one.

[PNSB101]

@Siren1000T1 I got a question. What do you think Is te oudest siren? Or are they all loud?

[Siren1000T1]

@PNSB101 As far as we know, the world's loudest siren that was ever built is the Chrysler 180 HP V8 Hemi siren which produces 138dB at 100 feet. They were only made from 1952 to 1957. Now the world's loudest siren currently made is the Tempest 135.

[bohrokthunder]

uh there is a cord thingy but i dont see where it connects

[Badchoicesmade]

@bohrokthunder The cord at the bottom right is a lamp i think.

[bohrokthunder]

@Badchoicesmade omg i didnt know that sorry

[timeslip325]

i wish i could find a video of a Whelen like this one with the dual tone, but in the steady (alert?) tone.

[Siren1000T1]

@timeslip325 Go into my playlist and click on "My Whelen 3016" section, scroll down near the bottom and you will see one.

[timeslip325]

@Siren1000T1 - ah. i never went thru your playlists before, just your uploads. thanks for pointing that out for me.

[mametchi1234]

i love whelen 3016!!!!!!!!!

[poppinoncrackvideos]

This is a whelen 3016 with a dual-toned sound-card?

[Siren1000T1]

@poppinoncrackvideos You would be correct.

[czk310]

Sweet, i live in south bend,indiana....less than a 2 hour drive to WSS....I am so gettin one when i get my own house.

[broncosbill]

Do they still make this siren if yes where do you get 1 it would be a neat new years eve noise maker and to shut my annoying neighbor up when he blasts his stereo

[Siren1000T1]

The sad is they quit making 3016s in 1990. If you want a Dual Tone 3016 your gonna have to call West Shore Services and explain to them what you desire from them.

[KroganWrex]

i can imagine a ww2 russian soldier yelling

"BOMBERS!!! Get to cover comrades!" lol

[MrJezzter]

wow SPOOKEY BUTti LOVE IT

[Trainsirenguy]

That sounds like EOWS 612 :D

[WNxDarkFire2]

Wow.... I hated Whelens to DEATH until I stumbled on this video. Why don't all their sirens have dual tone sound cards? The single tone ones that you normally hear sound like ass.

[poppinoncrackvideos]

@WNxDarkFire2 they all do, you just need to move a jumper.

[cauberallies]

Dual tone Whelens are, by far, the best sounding electronic siren out there. I'd rather have these than 2001s even.

[superjoe87]

What's the siren going off in the background and where is it. Sounds like a 2001 to me.

[Siren1000T1]

It would be a 2001 DC coming from Farmington and 7 mile Rd about 2 miles west of this siren.

[timeslip325]

ooh. so creepy! hehe.

[BBallking63]

every siren has been takin down that gets annoing

[flippy941]

not mine! ^^

[NJFire1906]

i hate federal signal 2001-130's! i like electronic sirens!

[VMFA115Starloric]

Sounds like a thunderbolt, kinda

[EASYASPIE090]

more like a very low pitch EOWS 612

[Dianne724]

wow, sounds scary. So this is in Michigan? I live here! :D

[Siren1000T1]

Yep. Livonia, Michigan Wayne County.

[whelenvortexr4]

I wish the Replacement was another Whelen

[usselliot76]

Balls that thing gets my attention in Westland

[amtrak3501]

how much did it cost when you bought it?

[Siren1000T1]

Total was $300.

[JPa311979]

Is the Whelen WPS-3016 still being made?

[Siren1000T1]

Nope. They stopped in 1990 then the 4000 Series replaced em.

[Semitruckman101]

it looks like 3 whelen sirens stack on each other

[superjoe87]

Yeah. Either my memory's just bad or the pain medicine they give since I've been i,n the hospilal for an infection in abdomen is making me loopy

[superjoe87]

I just remembered that right after I posted that comment. Sorry if I sounded stupid.

[superjoe87]

My god, that siren absolutely SCARES me when it does attack. Great video.

[youngestpilotinGa]

thats horrable <i mean the part about the 2001, its like an epidemic olny people THINK the 2001 is a GOOD siren

[crazywarriorman]

Where is it now?

[Siren1000T1]

Its in a junk yard at West Shore Services in Allendale, MI.

[crazywarriorman]

Oh no! Thats terrible!

[superjoe87]

I thought you said it was in your garage. Or was that the Emerson Middle School whelen.

[crazywarriorman]

They took it down, what happened to it?

[ProwerTronics]

This sounds better than other whelens actually xD

[sevenpointsixtwox54]

I meant to say are the Westland sirens going to be replaced by 2001-130s?

[Siren1000T1]

Westland will be eventually cause its part of Wayne County.

[crazywarriorman]

What happened to this whelen?

[sevenpointsixtwox54]

Are the Westland Sirens going to FS 2001-130s? Btw i like your 3016 siren.

[crazywarriorman]

Oh cool.

[crazywarriorman]

Did the whelens ever do a fast wail in your town?

[Antipwnsurmum]

2001s should be LOUDER than the whelens. Seeing as they must be 2001-130s. But yeah, Dearborn's EMA must be stupid to have them decommisioned before replacements are installed. Fort Worth, Texas did it right and kept their tbolts in service until the whelens were up, running and fully comissioned.

[Antipwnsurmum]

Having thought about it, why do these fail? i wouldn't think all 16 drivers would just suddenly blow, unless it got hit by lightning, but maybe it's the control panels that were failing? It's a shame they break so easily because they are great sirens and especially the dual-tone. Shame you didn't manage to get the control panels for your 3016..

[Siren1000T1]

I can't really tell if this siren really did fail or if the EMA director just decommissioned a lot of them due to the fact that the new siren update was in progress.

[Antipwnsurmum]

Must have just been decomissioned, especially if they 'all started to fail near replacement time' must mean they got decommisioned early. Bad mistake if something like a tornado came through

[Antipwnsurmum]

Ooh i'm wrong about your 3016, you do have the controls! you lucky git :P

[mikeMX3000]

Wow. Contrary to most Whelen sirens I've heard, this one actually sounds pretty good. Like it a lot.

[Antipwnsurmum]

OMG, i love dual-tone whelens now.

[Antipwnsurmum]

Because this one could be a high-chopper 1000T lol, it honestly does sound like it.

[Antipwnsurmum]

Sorry for all the messages. I knew it reminded me of a federal sig, it's EXACTLY the same as a siratone *faints*

[fireenginebuff]

I agree with you too. That is awesome.

[jamesoncalebbrandon]

whelen federal signal and aca ROCK

[crazywarriorman]

WOOOOO great vid dan! Ill try to get a recording of our dual toners sometime!

[sizzlin321]

where is a town where there is an sth 10??????

[Siren1000T1]

Detroit has a refinery plant with a STH-10 along with ether a Model 5/7 next to the boarder line of Melvindale, MI.

[sizzlin321]

Where else????

[Siren1000T1]

I remember seeing one in person at Houghton Lake, MI but that is a four hour drive from Livonia.

[sizzlin321]

any more places??? List them all

[Toledo2T22]

Many in Toledo Ohio

[sizzlin321]

IM SO MAD THAT THEY REPLACED PLYMOUTHS THUNDERBOLTS!!!! WITH THOSE SHITTY 2001 130s

[LouisEdmiston]

Ugh, I hate those sirens, that sux

[nronan15]

did or dose whelen make electro mhacanical sirens. ( sorry for the spelling) i love this tone on the whelens. I also like the air horn.

[gump8246]

this siren ROCKS!

[sizzlin321]

Sounds like a 612 0r a 1212

[keoghjacob]

I am sorry.... We have a 3016 to stay in our town.

[biggulp2000]

at least you bought it

[HickoryThornwood]

ive seen quite a few vids where they say that the 3016s are being taken down, why is that? they look fine

[crazywarriorman]

If dan says it is than itll make you crap your pants

[zozey1231]

Yay a 2-tone Whelen!

But it's too high-pitched :(

[sizzlin321]

sounds like a 612

[crazywarriorman]

i think its because there replacing all the good old ones like the thunderbolt and stuff like that

[Dabednego]

I'm a young sirenphile, so I have no idea why there's so much hate against Whelens. Can anyone explain this to me? Personally, I prefer electromechanical sirens, but this has a pretty nice tone.

[crazywarriorman]

hehe thx i see three of these in a day

[r0natello]

Whelen should bring back the dual tone for their WPS and Vortex sirens, only set the tones to match a T-bolt set on tap 5 or maybe 4. This one is like a T-bolt set on tap 6 or maybe 7 (depending on input voltage, etc.)

[crazywarriorman]

I love these and the good ol thunderbolts, its when they die down that really chills me everywhere you go in my town theres sirens we must have some 2001's cause they talked and when i heard them i almost crapped my pants cause sirens dont talk!!!

[musicistabest]

sounds like an Eows 612

[biggulp2000]

Amem to that

[juterman]

that sounds pretty cool.

[goblue1122]

That's a shame!!! The one near me here in GA is a Whelen 2910 - not as cool sounding as this one. As a matter of fact, one of my neighbors actually posted a video with our siren malfunctioning one morning (he didn't even know that it was a siren!!!!!) It's under "UFO, weird unidentified sound, Marietta, GA" in YOUTUBE - check it out!!!

[TSMaster5150]

I don't understand why they would replace a dual tone siren with a single tone siren...

[Siren1000T1]

Well since the Michigan's economy is like hell, 2001-130s are the cheapest siren they can think of. Its also proving to us siren lovers that we are in a very depressing life! :(

[Leafblower29]

Dear god I hope they don't go to ATI sirens our whelens where i live suck so much they don't even work most of the time and when they do, you can barely hear them.

[CoolBalla15]

Awesome video. I'm surprised that this Whelen 3016 is dual-toned.

[Siren1000T1]

Yeah me too.