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It's a fire siren, so it's used pretty frequently, probably once every day or two if I had a guess.uncommonsense wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:36 pmI mean exactly how often are they running this thing? By their nature sirens shouldn’t be racking up the electric bill due to infrequent use.
It's tested monthly when it's on. Keep in mind that it's a volunteer fire company which often do not have very much money to work with. I personally don't think it should be a worry for them but I also don't know their financial situation.Unit of Civil Defense wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 4:16 pm....Doesn't this dept. have more serious issues to ponder?
The sirens purpose is to warn of dangerous, perhaps life saving incidents, we here all know that.....so is this dept. now weighing the cost of a human life or lives over the minimal cost to operate a siren....even if it is a 3 ph.
I see you are from Pennsylvania, so the chances of the siren warning of tornados is probably quite rare, now if they use it for fire calls that's something else all together.
Even if the siren is tested once a week, the electric usage cost would be negligible compared to other items found in a fire dept. such as a coffee maker, stove, clothes dryer, etc. etc. which see much more frequent daily use.
It's been said by whoever is in charge of their Facebook page that it's shut off due to high electric costs. That's not really "talking to somebody" but it's from the fire company.uncommonsense wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:56 amSo based on your last post are you just assuming they have a problem or have you actually spoken to someone? If they can’t afford to run a siren for 3 minutes once every other day they’ve got bigger problems than the fact their siren uses a fair amount of power to run. And they certainly couldn’t afford to do anything about it. I defer to Unit of Civil Defense’s response.
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