so whats your favorite siren tone ??

[codemaster]

every body has that one tone or 3 tones the love when running code whats yours..


i like the alternate wail and whoop on my whelen 295sla1 also the wail and yelp on the old sho-me ( the white box with black face plate


opcorn: with the man horn button i dont know the model can somebody help me out)

 

[Respondcode3]

We have an E2Q and PA300 in my Medic unit. I will run with them both in yelp.

 

[codemaster]

id love to get my hands on a power call

 

[dcarrfire45]

wail, and piercer at intersections. or depending on call i just use manual in my engine.

 

[Wailer]

I've never worked in emergency services, but I have been listening attentively to electronic sirens for over forty years.


I prefer the tones I grew up listening to:


Fire engines and ambulances: wail most of the time and yelp for controlled intersections.


Police: yelp only.


Since the local PD got Federal Smart Sirens for their cars, they've been using the wail tone only. Fire engines and ambulances still use wail and yelp.

 

[Klein]

Q on the Q2B

 

[Fury]

The siren tone from Family Guy. :no:

 

[codemaster]

I've never worked in emergency services, but I have been listening attentively to electronic sirens for over forty years.

I prefer the tones I grew up listening to:


Fire engines and ambulances: wail most of the time and yelp for controlled intersections.


Police: yelp only.


Since the local PD got Federal Smart Sirens for their cars, they've been using the wail tone only. Fire engines and ambulances still use wail and yelp.

our pd units and some of the units at our SO have the smart sirens i dont know if it was the installer but they dont seem that loud to me

 

[jprleedy4680]

I can't stand anything but wail anymore for more than 15-20 seconds at a time; our just enough to get you through an intersection or a burst of heavy traffic.


If you have a Q and air horns, USE THEM!!

 

[codemaster]

this is the model i was talking about it was in my unit when i was at the pd

 

[firefighter39]

Q and Hi-Lo

 

[Hoff]

Having grown up hearing Q's on all the fire trucks and engines, I kinda miss hearing that sound when I see fire running code.


Have to say my favorite siren tone(s) is when you hit the sweep on a TMD when it's on wail. Think it's wail/yelp/Ultra Hi-lo(?).

 

[Retired1]

Dual tone: wail and yelp at the same time.


I first heard this tone in the Mad Max movie. Max's was an LTS siren using what LTS terms as a "mix" tone. I've never been able to get an LTS, but I have a Whelen dual tone and a Carson dual tone and like them both.

 

[plybeep68]

Dual tone: wail and yelp at the same time.

I first heard this tone in the Mad Max movie. Max's was an LTS siren using what LTS terms as a "mix" tone. I've never been able to get an LTS, but I have a Whelen dual tone and a Carson dual tone and like them both.

Same here, i love that dual tone, would like to put that on my patrol unit

 

[jswwjw]

Touchmaster Delta in Sweep mode. I could run all day using that to clear intersections. :thumbsup:

 

[EVT]

Whelen B-Link Dual tone Wail/Yelp.

 

[EMT-BLS]

Fed Sig Smart Siren wail, and short bursts of alternating yelp/priority. I like that yelp/priority has a second or two of solid tone, and then switches to the siren tone.

 

[theroofable]

That sounds like a great unit. I especially like the airhorn tone.

 

[Tom]

I like the mechanical tone and the powercall!

 

[wfd67]

I can't stand anything but wail anymore for more than 15-20 seconds at a time; our just enough to get you through an intersection or a burst of heavy traffic.

If you have a Q and air horns, USE THEM!!

+1 on all counts.

 

[chief1562]

Mine is! The one that keeps people out of the way.Probably Wail if I had a choose.

 

[SBFD-E-9]

Federal Q2B and "in between" tone on the PA200!


Dan

 

[rwo978]

Unitrol Wail FTW!!!!

 

[Phillyrube]

I've never worked in emergency services, but I have been listening attentively to electronic sirens for over forty years.

I prefer the tones I grew up listening to:


Fire engines and ambulances: wail most of the time and yelp for controlled intersections.


Police: yelp only.


Since the local PD got Federal Smart Sirens for their cars, they've been using the wail tone only. Fire engines and ambulances still use wail and yelp.

Yelp in my PD unit continuously, wail/yelp from the Carsons and airhorn (buell) in the medic. What I would REALLY like is model 77 dual tone.....

 

[medic340]

Phaser for intersections and stubborn cars. And hi-lo for everything else.

 

[markko]

Hi-lo air horns. Clears traffic better than any electronic siren tone.


Amazon.com: Wolo Model 416 Euro Emergency Metal Chrome Dual Trumpet Air Horn Kit - 12 Volt: Automotive

 

[Black Hoe]

Unitrol Omega 90 dual-tone wail and dual wail/yelp or yelp/yelp at the intersections.

 

[Wailer]

What I would REALLY like is model 77 dual tone.....

Now if a fire engine had to have a mechanical siren to 'sound' like a fire engine, the Federal Model 77 dual tone is the one to have. The 77 sounds hundreds of times better than the Q series.

 

[codemaster]

That sounds like a great unit. I especially like the airhorn tone.

it turns heads i got my hands on one today from one of the old units im gonna install it thisweeken

 

[JennyCop]

I personally like the wail and yelp tones of the Smith & Wesson 800 siren. The air horn tone on it is great also, best electronic airhorn sound on a siren I think!


I like the Carson mechanical tone as well.


The Federal C5GA is my favorite mechanical siren sound.

 

[Skip Goulet]

I like the mechanical tone and the powercall!

I loved the true Q sound on the EQ2 we had, but the yelp was crap. My favorite sounds have to be used with the older Interceptors, Directors and some of the PA200s. You can "hang" the selector between wail and yelp and get that fantastic old "bark" or between yelp and hi-lo and get that "chirping" yelp that Powercall calls Six Adam. Of course what I liked was on my old '71 lowtop Chevy Suburban ambulance. It had a real Q on top and a PA200 with grille mounted speaker. Running the Q with the PA200 on yelp was attention getting, not to mention hanging the tones on the PA200 as noted above while running the Q.

 

[Quentin]

Whelen xecutor wail, yelp, T3 and Xecutor


Federal Signal's Touchmaster Delta every tone


Federal Pa300 "wail and yelp"


Federal EQ2B

 

[Tiller245]

Whelen Warble and Whoop:drooling:


Federal Q:hail:


The original Powercall DX 5200:thumbsup:


and a set of old school grover studded tone are horns:thumbsup:


thats what i love...maybe a wail and yelp from a whelen 295hsfa1

 

[Phoenix_Rising]

Fed Q, any day, every day, all day, always love that sound

 

[liberal noob]

The one the Chicago Police used in The Blues Brothers. It was a "in between" tone from a Federal Signal PA series I believe. Too bad no modern siren has it as a tone.

 

[Wailer]

The one the Chicago Police used in The Blues Brothers. It was a "in between" tone from a Federal Signal PA series I believe. Too bad no modern siren has it as a tone.

Federal made seven different sirens that will do that tone:


PA15A series 1E (1970s)


PA20A series 2E (1970s)


PA20A series B (mid-1980s)


PA150


PA170


PA200


PA1000


All seven of them have the same siren oscillator circuit.

 

[vonirkinshtine]

Martin Horn over a yelp.

 

[Skip Goulet]

Whelen Warble and Whoop:drooling:

Federal Q:hail:


The original Powercall DX 5200:thumbsup:


and a set of old school grover studded tone are horns:thumbsup:


thats what i love...maybe a wail and yelp from a whelen 295hsfa1

You mention the Grover Stuttertone. A friend of mine in California has a '69 Stoner hightop Suburban ambulance that has a B&M Super Chief over the cab and a Grover Stuttertone airhorn with the looooong trumpet mounted to the side of the left fender. I was out there in Summer of '02 when Professional Cars Internat'l had their summer meet, which includes a full code 3 parade from the site of origin to an area north of Burbank known as Hansen Dam. Any unit in the parade had to have working lights and sirens. There were ambulances, vintage rescues and firetrucks and a classic LAFD Batt. Chief's car. I got to drive the Stoner ambulance in the parade, which was escorted by LAPD. It was fun except that halfway thru the parade route the big Super Chief quit and I had to use the Grover during the rest of the parade. That sound sticks with you! Carson is now offering the Stuttertone sound on their units that feature their "mechanical siren" sound. You might like to check out their website.

 

[Skip Goulet]

The one the Chicago Police used in The Blues Brothers. It was a "in between" tone from a Federal Signal PA series I believe. Too bad no modern siren has it as a tone.

Actually, there is a modern siren with what you describe. I mentioned it above. Powercall offers it in a couple of their sirens. They call it "Six Adam".

 

[Skip Goulet]

Federal made seven different sirens that will do that tone:

PA15A series 1E (1970s)


PA20A series 2E (1970s)


PA20A series B (mid-1980s)


PA150


PA170


PA200


PA1000


All seven of them have the same siren oscillator circuit.

The PA200 in my '97 Crown Vic PI will "hang" like that as will the PA20A Interceptor in my '68 Olds ambulance. I put the Olds in the Fourth of July parade in Odessa a few years ago. They allow sirens to used in parades. And when I let loose with that in-between "bark", it sure got the attention; and of course the kids all had to holler "Ghost Busters".