Burns, TN Vol. Fire Dept. Federal Model 7 Siren

3rd Wednesday of the month noon test of the sirens in Dickson County, TN. This particular siren is a Federal Signal Model 7 (7.5hp) Tornado Siren located behind the Burns Volunteer Fire Department. Listen closely before the siren starts up and you will be able to hear the Sentry 16V1T-B at the Industrial Park going off in Alert mode.

This siren apears to be a 70's model, and still runs strong (and very loud) to this day. It is currently used for Fire and Medical calls, as well as tornado warnings.

Big thanks to the guys at the station for the info and tour of the other parts of this monster!

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[lildil39485]

i thought the sentry was dicksons only siren

[soccerdude7330]

@lildil39485 In the city limits, yes. Dickson County (the actual county not the city) has a total of 3 sirens (excluding mine). Two Model 5/7's and a Sentry 16V1T-B. Soon they are supposed to be installing even more sirens.

[ExplicitBrain]

Did you really need minute an twenty seconds of silence in the beginning? Jesus Christ, learn to edit.

[soccerdude7330]

I did edit the video..

I edited the video so that you could hear the radio in the FD when the EMA first came on to turn on the city's sirens. Then after that a siren in the distance comes on, then this one starts up. Originally the video was about 10 minutes long.

[tvtimetravel]

I looks more like a Model 5. What's the difference between that and the Model 7?

[soccerdude7330]

Model 5 has a 5 horsepower motor and the Model 7 has a 7.5 horsepower motor

[TroySundt]

HAHAHA! I never thought I'd see a rotational model 7!!!!!!!!!

[rhynosk8te]

he also dose fire alarm stuff

[Thunderbolt505T]

crazy to think that the siren is generating enough vibrations to move that shroud, surely enough they're pretty heavy by themselves without the motor.

[AngusTheCow95]

1080p, bueno

[coolio2865]

Skip to 1:22 seconds to hear it go off.

[vacexpert2020]

cisco IL has one that is very rusty and has HORIBBLE!!! bearings and is in route for replacment

location;

on top of old grain elavator

[netmavin0]

@kentfirealarms same tone for each type of call/warning actually.... this is the sound of my upbringing haha

[unknowsniper14]

maby it spins bec its happy :)

[kentfirealarms]

Does this siren use a diffrent tone for tornado warnings, fire calls, and medical calls?

[25Yankeesfan]

@crazywarriorman o ok i think there are a few of those sirens in my town

[crazywarriorman]

@25Yankeesfan Nope! It's an omni-directional siren which means it projects sound in all directions 100% of the time. A uni-directional siren, for example Charlies Thunderbolt 1000T, rotates so it can project the sound.