Anne Arundel County Maryland Squad 7 Responce

hoisy71

Member
Sep 10, 2011
258
Baltimore, MD
Just a quick video i shot on my vacation down to Maryland. I was riding along on the ambulance for the day
 

JohnMarcson

Administrator
May 7, 2010
10,971
Northwest Ohio
Except for the split fail on the 900s, it's a very nicely lit truck.
 

HFD eng1ine

Member
Jul 27, 2010
974
Essex County. MA
Um, it has stacks, a roto ray, powercall, did i mention stacks, and its a heavy rescue. Holy shit
 

Wailer

Member
May 24, 2010
2,290
Canada
hoisy71 said:
If only it had a real Q

When the sound of a electronically simulated mechanical tone becomes more popular, real Qs will be obsolete.
 

hoisy71

Member
Sep 10, 2011
258
Baltimore, MD
Rusted413 said:
Love the roto-ray and the mars light. Not as excited about the non-sync'ed 900's on the body. Great looking truck - looks similar to DC's paint scheme.

There is acctually a reason to the simalar paint. The chief of this station is acctually a firefighter on DC's rescue 2 so this truck is very simalar to it with paint and compatment layout
 

Doug

Member
May 23, 2010
1,151
Maryland
Wailer said:
When the sound of a electronically simulated mechanical tone becomes more popular, real Qs will be obsolete.

Not quite sure I buy that. Admittedly, we have switched from the real Q to the Screaming Eagle (I believe due to current draw), but it's still an electromechanical siren.
 

WS224

Member
Nov 28, 2010
1,049
West Tennessee
Wailer said:
When the sound of a electronically simulated mechanical tone becomes more popular, real Qs will be obsolete.

I doubt it. Electromechanical sirens are far superior to standard electronic sirens due to the way that the sound is generated, not the sound it makes alone.
 

pdk9

Member
May 26, 2010
3,834
New York & Florida
If I had to choose a state to be a Vollie FF, Maryland would be the place...their depts seem to have a lot of nice trucks, good call volume, get a lot of nice action (incl. station backfill to DC), etc. My chief in NY was a vollie in PGC, MD for 4 years and loved it

WS224 said:
I doubt it. Electromechanical sirens are far superior to standard electronic sirens due to the way that the sound is generated, not the sound it makes alone.

It also depends on the user, b/c some idiots don't take their foot off of the pedal and it makes a loud, effective siren turn into $hit
 

Wailer

Member
May 24, 2010
2,290
Canada
WS224 said:
I doubt it. Electromechanical sirens are far superior to standard electronic sirens due to the way that the sound is generated, not the sound it makes alone.

I am arguing from the standpoint of technological change. Federal used to make a wide variety of mechanical sirens - now they make only one. And they've been trying to make an electronic siren that will simulate the 'Q' sound (for those who like that sound). When they make something that sounds close enough, the mechanical Q will be obsolete.
 

WS224

Member
Nov 28, 2010
1,049
West Tennessee
Wailer said:
I am arguing from the standpoint of technological change. Federal used to make a wide variety of mechanical sirens - now they make only one. And they've been trying to make an electronic siren that will simulate the 'Q' sound (for those who like that sound). When they make something that sounds close enough, the mechanical Q will be obsolete.

Ah......


Well I hope not, for the same reason I said before. Not the sound, but the way it is made. Mechanical sirens just work better.
 

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