Dallas Fire Department Apparatus

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[quote name='MFD 61 KS' date='19 March 2010 - 02:34 PM' timestamp='1269026068' post='370961']

WoW I never thought it would happen The DFD with REAL Q Sirens. That is fantastic!!!



NOTE: Dallas never ran Q sirens they always had B&M Siro Drift Sirens. The Siro drifts faded away from new rigs in the late 1970's and those horrible electronic sirens came. Although from what I remember the rigs with Siro Drifts kept them their entire career on the DFD.



Stay Safe,

Rick

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Yes, Rick, the real firetruck sound is back in Big D. They had been running their PA-300's in manual mode off the foot switch for several years, in the spirit of a Q siren, but without that wonderful sound.....



Get this though....all the new trucks with the Q's also have the electronic sirens, Whelen models, with that "Howler" sound on a momentary switch. So you might hear a Q, an electronic, and then the Howler, which sounds for about 12 seconds if they hit a switch that activates it. And in true Dallas fashion all of the clear lights stay on regardless of whether the rig is in "blocking mode", unlike the majority of new apparatus where the clear lights shut down when the parking brake is activated.