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Fort Oglethorpe, GA Model 3 in Attack

Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:05 am

Today, I was able to make it up to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia and see their Model 3 in 6 cycles of attack. This siren is an older Federal Signal Model 3, which was originally used as a fire siren but now serves as a severe weather siren. The sirens are tested on the first Saturday of the month at noon by the EMA, however this siren is manually activated using a Federal Signal pull station, and requires all of the firefighters to be at the station. I have never encountered an activation setup like the one used here, the pull station has a pin that can be inserted into three different holes, each of which sounds the siren for a different amount of time, with the first one sounding three cycles of attack, the second six cycles, and the third nine cycles. This siren sounds quite healthy and has a wind down that lasts around three minutes. Here is the video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLBOICU2t8

EDIT: This is actually a Federal Model 3, I have re-edited the video and changed the post/description. Thank you all for pointing that out!
Last edited by bobcat418 on Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Fort Oglethorpe, GA Model 5 in Attack

Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:40 am

First: I believe that's a Model 3.
Second: Is there any picture of the pull?
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Re: Fort Oglethorpe, GA Model 3 in Attack

Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:44 am

I am re-editing the video right now, it is indeed a Model 3. I did not get a picture of the pull station since it was deep in the fire station and I wanted to respect the firefighter's privacy, however it was a standard T-bar pull station with the three slots on it.
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