PA Fire stations

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[quote name='Dr. Stinebaugh' post='336317' date='Sep 13 2009, 18:13 ']A side view of the station, which has been here since at least the late 1960's, with little in upgrading or upkeep since.

No doubt those 2 blasters shake the building! (Hello Dave Fritz, what's that new-fangled thing on the roof?)[/quote]





Warren,



So good of you to think of me and post such nice station shots with sirens!! That new fangled white thing on the roof of Henry Clay is a Federal 2001, it is a rotational siren which is very loud. That damn thing is really close to the ground too, amazing close to the ground to be honest. The other siren is a Federal Thunderbolt 1003, one of the staples of the Federal line.. mostly seen in nuclear power plant systems and civil defense systems. Some of them find there way into fire department use as fire sirens. What makes this a 1003 is the little bow tie shaped things at the back of the horn..it makes it capable of sounding a hi-lo signal. I have included a video of both a Thunderbolt 1003 (with a Federal 2001 sounding in the back ground) and a Federal 2001 for everyone's enjoyment!!



Dave Fritz





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Thunderbolt 1003



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Federal 2001