Want to say hi

[Chiz]

Hi my name is Paul I'm 18 and from Australia.

I decided to join because I've got an interest in air raid sirens mainly because of the fire alarm at the fire station. A few years ago the actually disconnected the siren and the other siren down at my towns war memorial gates stopped working due to mechanical faliures. They are both federal signals of some sort but I'm not sure. But lately I've been thinking about lobbying to get the fire alarm back in action because our station only uses damned pagers. So I thought I might say something here about our towns sirens. I just remember wanting Thursday night to come because they tested the sirens every Thursday night for practice and had it sound in attack for 4 rounds which meant practice for the fire brigade.

From Chiz.

[Daniel]

Welcome, Paul. Good to have another poster from Oz. Good luck in your efforts -- perhaps Mr. Savidge can be of assistance. My home town in California had ten air horns on the police station roof. My father's business was across the street, so I would go outside every Wednesday at 6:00 PM to watch the tourists jump out of their skins when the horns blew their three, ten second blasts for the weekly training session. Everything in the office would vibrate when they were sounding. When the station was remodeled in 1992, they were shut off. They can still be used manually, but are rarely sounded anymore. In 2004, the air raid siren was removed also.

[kx250rider]

First, Welcome Paul! I am always a bit jealous of Australians... You get to buy Toyota Hilux trucks with DIESEL engines, and we haven't been able to get them here since the 80s... Good to have you with us on the board!

My home town in California had ten air horns on the police station roof. My father's business was across the street, so I would go outside every Wednesday at 6:00 PM to watch the tourists jump out of their skins when the horns blew their three, ten second blasts for the weekly training session. Everything in the office would vibrate when they were sounding. When the station was remodeled in 1992, they were shut off. They can still be used manually, but are rarely sounded anymore. In 2004, the air raid siren was removed also.

Daniel, What town was that? Just curious...

Charles

[Daniel]

Mount Shasta, California. Until 2004, there was a tower above the front of this building containing an Erick Fire Siren and a small fire bell. The bell was remounted in front of the fire station (behind this building) and the siren is supposedly in a city warehouse. There were also two other sets of horns in town, each one having one large and two small horns. Both are gone. Of these remaining horns, only the two large ones are connected (A & B notes).

[kx250rider]

Thanks for the details... I went over Mt. Shasta only once while on my way to Portland from LA... Didn't know there was a town there, or I'd have stopped with my camera

Charles

[Chiz]

I'm actually going to try and get a photo of the siren on top of my town's fire station roof and also try and get a photo of where the second siren used to be.

[Daniel]

Thanks for the details... I went over Mt. Shasta only once while on my way to Portland from LA... Didn't know there was a town there, or I'd have stopped with my camera

Charles

Most people don't stop there because they have the highest fuel prices in the state and the businesses are often rude and overpriced, but they've got great scenery. There are, however, about 7,000 people living in and behind all those trees.