Ventura County Fire California

[ChrisE_STB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d41z9rVZr44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ThuAk_xufk&feature=relmfu

 

[Wailer]

Nice to hear fire engines with electronic sirens for a change. The pumper has a Whelen and the tillered ladder and rescue squad have Unitrols.


There was one pumper with a mechanical at the end, but it was nice to hear that it was running electronic too.

 

[arsenal10]

Great videos, thanks.

 

[Respondcode3]

Fire trucks with electronic sirens....blasphemy !

 

[Wailer]

Fire trucks with electronic sirens....blasphemy !

Mechanical sirens are okay for antique fire engines.

 

[Respondcode3]

Electronic sirens are for police and ambulances. The public hears those and look for a police car or ambulance. When they hear a mechanical siren they think of a fire appratus and act accordingly. I have driven all three. I also have driven a fire engine with a Pa300. When the public hear a Q2B the move faster then any time I was trying to get though with an electronic siren.

 

[dusty]

Electronic sirens are for police and ambulances. The public hears those and look for a police car or ambulance. When they hear a mechanical siren they think of a fire appratus and act accordingly. I have driven all three. I also have driven a fire engine with a Pa300. When the public hear a Q2B the move faster then any time I was trying to get though with an electronic siren.

Get both. Electronic siren on all the time, Q on for blind corners, intersections, etc

 

[lafd55]

I most closely recognize fire trucks by air horns. But I'm used to NYC and some other departments hear that just run electrical. Granted, some NYC units do use a Q or EQ

 

[EVModules]

Technically, one can't have the Q as the primary siren in California, hence why you're hearing electronic sirens with proper tones.

 

[lafd55]

Technically, one can't have the Q as the primary siren in California, hence why you're hearing electronic sirens with proper tones.

Those damn California Laws, lol.

 

[Wailer]

Electronic sirens are for police and ambulances. The public hears those and look for a police car or ambulance.

One does not have to distinguish whether it is a police car, fire engine, or ambulance. They are all emergency vehicles, and an electronic siren does the same thing for all of them.

 

[dusty]

One does not have to distinguish whether it is a police car, fire engine, or ambulance. They are all emergency vehicles, and an electronic siren does the same thing for all of them.

Speak for yourself. I love knowing what units are rolling up without having to tie up the radio. It changes the way we do things.

 

[lafd55]

For emergency personal it's easier for use to distinguish units based on their siren. For the general public it doesn't matter what type of siren it is, they will just think help is coming.... The town where I live if I hear a Whelen siren I know it's police or EMS, if I hear FedSig, Code 3, etc. I know it's fire. You just get used to it.

 

[Wailer]

Speak for yourself. I love knowing what units are rolling up without having to tie up the radio. It changes the way we do things.

Where I live, fire engines and ambulances use wail most of the time and yelp when they go through controlled intersections. Fire engines use the air horns (real air horns) to startle drivers who are in the way. In the past, the police just used the yelp tone, but since they got the Federal Smart Sirens they usually use wail only.

 

[5309]

great footage!

 

[dusty]

Where I live, fire engines and ambulances use wail most of the time and yelp when they go through controlled intersections. Fire engines use the air horns (real air horns) to startle drivers who are in the way. In the past, the police just used the yelp tone, but since the got the Federal Smart Sirens they usually use wail only.

That makes them sound pretty bad.

 

[Doug]

One does not have to distinguish whether it is a police car, fire engine, or ambulance. They are all emergency vehicles, and an electronic siren does the same thing for all of them.

Arguably, any audible warning device - electronic or electromechanical - will serve to alert the public of an approaching emergency vehicle. Now how the public reacts...well, that's not always ideal.