The Siren Board

FedTB wrote:It was mentioned here on one of the threads awhile back that Rockford doesn't have any sirens. Roscoe is a suburb of Rockford. Are you sure that there are sirens in Rockford? You only show pics of sirens in Roscoe!

Yes, I've heard of Atlanta. I forgot that they don't have sirens anymore.

Didn't know that Springfield, Ohio didn't have sirens. Don't know much about that city.

I found that article while searching to see if they had any sirens. Now I want to smack their city director

FedTB wrote:It was mentioned here on one of the threads awhile back that Rockford doesn't have any sirens. Roscoe is a suburb of Rockford. Are you sure that there are sirens in Rockford? You only show pics of sirens in Roscoe!

Oh yeah, Rockford definitely has sirens also. The system is a county-wide system and covers Rockford, Roscoe, Rockton, Loves Park, and everywhere in between. A few I can think of right off the top of my head would be the T-135AC/DC on the backside of Rockford College's campus, a T-128AC/DC at Harrison Ave & 8th St, and a T-135AC/DC at Thomas Jefferson High School. There are plenty more scattered about too.

There was an article in the Rockford Register Star about the first test of their new system, and explains a little more about it.
http://www.rrstar.com/x313667615/Winneb ... new-sirens

Here's a video someone took of the T-135 at Rockford College:
http://youtu.be/AjAg6xI6uDA

And the T-128 at Harrison & 8th:
http://youtu.be/9QPv36hrfYQ

And yet another T-128 at the pumping station on State St (siren was moved down the road a bit from here recently):
http://youtu.be/PTfn6bLYt0M

mr_thunderbolt1003 wrote:

FedTB wrote:It was mentioned here on one of the threads awhile back that Rockford doesn't have any sirens. Roscoe is a suburb of Rockford. Are you sure that there are sirens in Rockford? You only show pics of sirens in Roscoe!

Oh yeah, Rockford definitely has sirens also. The system is a county-wide system and covers Rockford, Roscoe, Rockton, Loves Park, and everywhere in between.

If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure the newly installed T-135s are Rockford's first sirens in some time, if not ever. I don't think Rockford proper had a system before hand.

I'm Pretty sure Rockford had some sirens from the Nuclear power plant to it south

Rockford has sirens. Last time I checked they were 130s.

My father used to work in Terre Haute back in the mid-1950s. I can remember him telling me about their siren system. They would have air-raid drills, complete with "Duck & Cover" for the kids in the schools. However, since he passed away many years ago, I am not able to inquire about the details of these sirens. However, they must have vanished at some point in the 1960s?

OK, so I now know Rockford has sirens. Thanks for the clarification! At least they have decent sirens!

As far as Terre Haute and their former siren system, maybe it was discarded later than the 1960s for all we know.

New Goshen is a little ways northeast of Terre Haute and has a Darley 5. The county just north of Vigo is filled with big Whelen omni's in every little village. I thought somewhere near there had a Sterling of some sort but it's been so long since I've been there I can't remember.

there IS one at isu, BUT there is also one in Rosedale, Parke County, IN, it is a whelen omni-directional, which is tested monthly, you should contact the Parke County EMA, because i only know it's tested monthly, i don't know exactly when, hope this info helps!