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Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Wed Jun 10, 2020 5:36 am

Thought I'd start a thread about this, but I have noticed that alot of southern Missouri towns such as Doniphan Missouri do not have any known sirens. I am aware that doniphan and some other nearby towns are rumored to have a few sirens, but I see no evidence of their existence what so ever. Certain places in Northern Arkansas also seem to lack sirens such as bull shoals. The counties in south Missouri that seem to lack coverage the most are Ozark, Ripley, Carter, Madison, Reynolds, and Shannon County. So I was wondering, are there any sirens I'm missing in these counties? also is there any confirmation of the existence of Doniphan's Sterling 2V8. I'm not sure they even have a system at all. Also need confirmation of Naylor Missouri's system as it seems kinda unbelievable.
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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:19 am

Based on your description, it seems to me that the sirens in those areas probably belong to individual fire departments and are not part of a siren system. With different technologies and wireless reception in different areas, it's those departments' own discretion whether or not they want to/should keep sirens going for their signaling. If those counties you mention are rural and don't have a centralized system of disaster/weather sirens, then some towns will simply not have sirens.
That's how it is here in my part of West Virginia. We don't have any systems here, each fire department just may or may not have their own siren. One department about 10 miles from me got rid of theirs (a Sterling/Darley 3V8) when renovating in 2017 and decided not to get another one because their pagers are reliable enough there. Yeah, it does mean that the resort nearby won't have siren warnings when emergencies are imminent, but... oh well.

Then again, not all sirens are actually located on the main fire department building. In my town, the siren is mounted on the elevator shaft of the tallest building in town. Sometimes it's kept at an older building after the department has moved into a new one. Sometimes it's on a town hall or courthouse. Or a post office or bank or school. I've found sirens in interesting places by spending a little time looking around and it certainly doesn't hurt to try.
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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Sun Jun 14, 2020 4:30 pm

Ok, I would personally go hunting in this area but I live so far away that I cant take the risk of not finding anything.
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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:40 pm

Blue Eye (Where the Morningside Church is Located) Has a Allertor and a Thunderbolt. They were both installed by Table Rock Alerting Systems in early 2018.

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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:28 pm

I still post here, but not as much as I used to. :roll:
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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:02 pm

CD_Siren wrote:
Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:28 pm
16V1T-B and Darley Model 2.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4951689 ... 312!8i6656
The size difference is SCARY.
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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:30 pm

Fredericktown in Madison County has a few Whelans. Ellsinore in Carter county has a siren but I'm unsure of what kind.

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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:56 am

Ellsinore's siren sounding
https://youtu.be/zthZuRipnFw

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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

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Re: Southern Missouri Sirens (and North Arkansas)

Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:08 pm

Alright so it turns out Doniphan Missouri does have a system, just unsure of how many sirens or what kind.
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