999 Frontline Norfolk Fire & Rescue Service (pt 2)

Extracts from 999 Frontline. First broadcast on Anglia TV 2005 currently re-running on various satelite channels

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[GooGyAV]

4. most modern cars are very well sound insulated. If a car fails to respond to a particular siren then a change of tone may alert them. (if all else fails there is always a bull horn)

Sirens can be operated by both the driver and OiC) using either a foot switch. The road horn on the featured appliance also doubles as the siren changer.

Hope this answers your question

[GooGyAV]

3. It is not uncommon to have two appliances en route. varying the siren tone can warn of a second appliance (matching sirens can and have been mistaken for a single appliance causing vehicles to pull out into the path of the second appliance).

[thebarrettgod]

why do you have different sirens and how to u change them?

[GooGyAV]

sirens vary for several reasons...

1. The 'wail' siren is allegedly more distinguishable on open roads and allows for better judgement of direction that the appliance is approaching from.

2. The 'yelp' siren is more suited to built up areas where the echo from buildings renders the 'direction sensing' obsolete.

[statenislandboi]

oh damn i was looking at this video like huh.... this is not Norfolk, Virginia fire department lol. i forgot there was a norfolk in canada.

[GooGyAV]

your geography has let you down again... Norfolk (the original one) is in England

[joelwhitaker]

this is england.....United Kingdom......not canada

[joelwhitaker]

This is Norfolk in England!... not Canada!

[thebarrettgod]

yes it does ,thanks i hope to be in the firebrigade when im older.

[tidewaterfd19]

Same here..