carexpertandy wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 3:50 am
I assume you are referring to the siren in this link below?
https://goo.gl/maps/Exgx86NbowQ7ZBdN9
This siren was considered to be a part of Hamilton County's system until the system was upgraded within the last decade. Are you saying that it hasn't been working since at least 1999, and the City of Deer Park did not bother to fix it? Some old siren maps by the Hamilton County EMA from the 2000s decade had shown that siren on the maps. You can see those maps from recent posts in the "Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens" thread. The link below is a map made by Ian Murr (murrfarms) based on a survery by ASC of Hamilton County's sirens in 2002. Notice that the Deer Park siren was #150 in the system.
Yep that first link is the siren.
I asked the person at the front desk in town hall about it. They later sent me an email saying the following:
"It appears that the siren was installed circa 1923. It was used as a fire alarm to call the firemen to the station; and also a World War II air raid drill siren. It was still operable when the Deer Park Fire Dept moved down the street in April of 1999. It has not been activated since that year (1999), however."
In 1999 that siren from 1923 would have been 76, and I figured Hamilton county wasn't interested in using a siren that old. Not to mention there was a thunderbolt on Silverton's municipal building and one by Trader Joes that were within audible range and a lot newer.
Fun fact, in the town hall is a picture of the first fire station from either 1928 or 29. In that picture is the entire roster of fire equipment, and the siren in the steeple looking part of the building.
carexpertandy wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 3:50 am
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ms ... 58594&z=11
I also noticed that you mentioned "Sharonville, Blue Ash, Reading, Glendale, and West Chester no longer have their fire sirens." However, Glendale still has a red Model 5 inside the tower of their fire station. This was their severe weather siren before the new T-128 in town was installed, but knowing that the Model 5 was painted red (the general color of fire sirens) and mounted inside a tower at the station like many typical fire sirens or fire bells, this was most likely their fire siren. I believe several sirens in Hamilton County's system were also used as fire sirens at the same time. This seemed to be the case for Forest Park's old 2T22 and STH-10.
I was told by a former resident that the siren used to be on a pole out back. I drove by when I heard about it but I couldn't find anything. Either way I'm happy that siren still exists. Maybe they were thinking of another station? Or maybe they saw a tornado siren near a firestation and they thought "oh that fire siren."
Either way I'm going to call the fire department soon and ask about going into the old deer park fire station. We should be able to tell if the siren was part of Hamilton county's system by if it has a telephone activated relay right?
I remember in the day of the killer tornadoes (1978 civil defense documentary) that Cincinnati's sirens were activated by phone. At 5:03 The civil defense man says that he's going to sounds the sirens. then he does with a rotary phone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LwgNkm0n28
also at 4:42 you can see the old system map.
I also could be wrong. I Do know that if the siren has only manual activation than it was probably just a fire and air raid siren. If it has two tone/telephone activation then it would be part of the system.
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