I visit several towns in north eastern Mississippi to find Whelen sirens in Horn Lake, Eudora, and Sledge and find some sirens I've never seen before.
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@FireAlarmFreak3 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Some Notes: The Whelen 2906 Is Part Of A Line Ranging From the 2901 (Which Has One Of Those Sectors) And The 2910 Which Has 10 Of The Sectors. The Sirens (Over There) are Most Likely For Severe Weather, But The Sirens Before Them (More Similar To The Sirens In LA) Were Probably Meant For The Volunteer Firefighters To Get To The Station Because Of A Fire Before The Introduction Of Pagers And Radio. All Of The Sirens In This Video Were Whelen Sirens, And Whelen Specializes In Electric Sirens, Which Means That instead Of A Motor Chopping Up Air, They Are Basically Huge Speakers, And You Can Hear What They Sound Like If You Just Search Up Anywhere On KZfaq: "Whelen 2906 Siren Test" Or "Whelen 4004 Siren Test" One More Note (Last One I Promise) The Last Siren Was Indeed A Whelen 4004 And It Probably Replaced An Older Siren That Was At The Fire Station For The Above Listed Reason, Along With The Second Siren
@imaginox93 жыл бұрын
There is a Federal Signal Model 7 on the water tower behind the fire station and the Whelen Vortex so the Whelen probably replaced that one
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
Growing up on Long Island I was surrounded by sirens going off it seemed like everyday, I swear the one outside my HS stopped class at noon everyday, but it was nothing I really ever thought of, they were just part of the environment, I say this because those were specifically for the Volunteer Fire Department, so I totally understand that part of your information. As for everything else, part of the reason why I do these siren walks is to not only to see the sirens themselves, but to learn about them by getting the feedback from so community. As long as you guys are willing to share your knowledge and educate me on the sirens I visit, I'll keep visiting sirens all over the country. You can never give too much information. So, thank you so much!
@SirenofTexas15 күн бұрын
@@tatjanaschreckengost9411 they have the same rotator, the square rotator is a older rotator. Also there the same siren, there’s no difference
@SonicBoone56 Жыл бұрын
Most sirens in South Mississippi are Whelen Vortex R4s (or 4004s, whatever is the newer of the two). Haven't heard the ones here test in ages. You can find some old mechanical sirens here and there in places like Hattiesburg and Gulfport/Biloxi, but Laurel is literally nothing but old sirens, just like the rest of the town being old looking. Mostly Thunderbolts, but I know there's an Allertor in Hattiesburg.
@friedmanirit3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Whelen sirens are some of the best sirens made today!
@sirensofneohio39792 жыл бұрын
best electronic sirens for sure
@Duderocks55393 жыл бұрын
Great video Douglas as always! Here In SoCal we actually have some Whelen sirens, there is 2 at Azusa Pacific University, 2 on both Harvard Westlake campuses in LA, and ones on Military bases such as Fort Irwin, Palms MCCS, MCAS Miramar, as well as down on Coronado Island in San Diego with 3 rotating Whelen Vortex sirens like the one in the end of the video just to name a few. There used to be a whole system of 50 Whelen sirens for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station down in South Orange County, but last year 39 of the 50 were removed early last year due to the cities around the plant not realizing the other uses for them for non nuclear related stuff such as Tsunami’s and Earthquakes since that whole area down there is costal and is a hazard to those incidents. Nearby Newport Beach and Huntington Beach have siren systems as well for those emergencies, and if the cities around SONGS took over the sirens, they are already up and installed, so no additional cost to install them from the ground up like what the other places nearby like Huntington and Newport did. Except the Whelens used for SONGS where 2800 series sirens which are older then the 2900 series, but both are cosmetically the same minus some small differences, and a big difference with the 2900 series is they are louder and have a higher effective range, as well as clearer voice messages. The only Whelens from SONGS’s system that remain are the 10 that are on MCAS Camp Pendleton which are now owned by the base and used with their separate siren system. Good news is that one of the cities that had SONGS’s sirens will be getting new sirens as the poles that were in that city were left up. And it sounds like the city will be getting 2900s which is an upgrade from the 2800s that were there before.
@jaxThesirenandcountrylover Жыл бұрын
Whelens are electronic sirens which are just big speakers
@Jamesairhvac Жыл бұрын
If you don't know read this whelen sirens actually have speakers and people speak through them
@PalmPeakMarketing Жыл бұрын
Alright, I’ll explain how the Whelen Engineering sirens work. So these sirens do not have any sort of motor or spinning device inside of them. There is actually multiple speakers inside of them. Hope this helps!
@friendscorner45942 жыл бұрын
that at Ladimir Park in horn Lake ms
@blakesockwell92302 жыл бұрын
In muscle shoals where I live we got the same siren
@nancylucas78152 жыл бұрын
7:30 Hey, you missed a Model 5 on the water tower back there...
@DayTrippingAdventurer2 жыл бұрын
Hmm, sure looks like one. The map I had didn't have any others in the area. Thanks for pointing that out.
@SouthGeorgiaSirens3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Whelens happen to be my favorite of the various models. Also, the Sledge Whelen is a "Whelen Vortex R4" the 4 means the amount of speakers seated in the siren, as there are 4 throats on the siren, there can be 1-4 speakers, for example a Vortex with 3 speakers would be a Vortex R3, but it would still have all 4 throats, just one wouldn't have a speaker in it. Whelen also produces another model exactly like this one, the 4000, though it uses a different rotator style, allowing it to know which direction it is facing, and is also voice capable, while the Vortex is not. Oh and the big box is like a tone generator with speaker amps inside, and it houses heavy duty batteries so the siren would still be operable if the power were to go out. If you have anymore questions I will be glad to answer!
@xaviersoto7223 жыл бұрын
That’s new I thought you do los Angeles
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
Since I live in Los Angeles that's where my interest in sirens got started, mostly stemming from my interest in WWII history in the area, and since there's so many of them in LA county their easy to visit. But, now that my interest has been piqued, I'm interested in finding sirens all over. I was grateful I had the opportunity to find some in MS.
@Ethanplaysroblox952 Жыл бұрын
I think I seen a Whelen 4004 in Fort Worth and grapevine
@easttennesseelightsandsire81522 жыл бұрын
If you make it to East Tennessee at some point, we are going on a road trip around Middle and East Tennessee. 😎
@DayTrippingAdventurer2 жыл бұрын
Tennessee is gorgeous, from what I remember from my trip to the 1982 Worlds Fair. I have a strong memory of standing on a hill side looking out over the rolling hills. Can't wait to be able to get back and take another drive through that State.
@JacobWPS40043 жыл бұрын
Come to Louisiana! We have some great sirens out here as well!
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
I would love to! Last time I was in Louisiana was during Hurricane Gustav, so was trapped in a house the entire time, would love to return to check out the sirens. Hopefully without the hurricane in my vacation package.
@JacobWPS40043 жыл бұрын
@@DayTrippingAdventurer we usually have our whelens in Calcasieu test on monday at 12:00. I dont know when the chemical plants test their sirens, but we have some cool sirens out here in Calcasieu. Lots of them are gone or destroyed though from hurricane laura.
@JacobWPS40043 жыл бұрын
I have a video on my channel which features a few sirens in Calcasieu
@seanjuth2 жыл бұрын
If you ever find yourself in Huntsville Alabama please message me and let me know! I'm pretty sure our area has the biggest concentration of siren enthusiasts in the world. By the way, all of these sirens in the video are radio controlled. You can see the radio antennas on all of them right above solar panels. I actually own parts of a whelen 2800 series siren, and a whelen 2900 series siren. I'll be more than happy to show you them and how they work! And also it's pronounced: WHEE-LIN
@DayTrippingAdventurer2 жыл бұрын
I never know where I'll find myself any given month so who knows, I may definitely take you up on this offer.
@seanjuth2 жыл бұрын
@@DayTrippingAdventurer good deal!
@bigblumerstrikesback Жыл бұрын
The Whalen’s are different because are electronic not electronic like the ones in la
@RealABGamerBoy3 жыл бұрын
The third siren you saw was the whelen R4. Some R4s have the finback, and some don't. There's also a 4004 but the screen on it is different than the R4s
@MarcBookPro3 жыл бұрын
Small world! I subscribed to your channel earlier this year, but I just so happen to originally be from Mississippi and most of my family lives in Memphis. If you will be in the Memphis area, they test their sirens every Wednesday at 3:30. They have a few ACA P-50's, which are the largest and loudest sirens to be produced in the modern era. There is one close to the Mississippi state line that was refurbished within the past couple of years (close to 3884 Sewanee Rd, Memphis, TN 38109). Memphis also has a lot of Thunderbolts. It's a pretty neat system because there is a lot of new sirens mixed in with the old and they are all still working.
@MarcBookPro3 жыл бұрын
As far as Mississippi, I can't speak much for the northern part of the state, except for Hernando, but most of the state tests on the first day of the month at noon. Hernando tests every Thursday at noon.
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
I honestly never know where I'll end up any given month. Next month I could be in New York (almost happened), so being in Memphis was a lark and I wish I had more time to explore the city, like being able to visit that literal pyramid shrine to Bass Pro Shop! That being said, if I'm ever in the area again, I definitely will be on the look out for all the sirens that people have mentioned (that is, if I have a car to use, which I didn't have on this trip and had to borrow while the rest of the crew went cart racing)
@AirVR Жыл бұрын
So how the whelens are powered are through speaker drivers, not choppers
@alerlattan3635 Жыл бұрын
Whel en
@marylandsirensfirebuff96643 жыл бұрын
Memphis has a huge system that tests every Thursday at 3:30 PM if you ever wanted to hear one. Also at 8:03 there was another Model 7 on the water tower behind the fire house
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
I only had the three days off to do any real traveling and using one of those days to search for sirens was a last minute thought so I definitely missed a few. Thank you for pointing that out! I was in MS for about a month and did not hear any sirens being tested, but most of that time was around the Clarksdale area. Maybe, when things settle down, I need to return. Also, I was to drive the Nachez Trace, so there's that too. Thanks for the additional info!
@marylandsirensfirebuff96643 жыл бұрын
@@DayTrippingAdventurer No problem! I made a mistake Memphis tests on Wednesday's.
@friendscorner45942 жыл бұрын
the purpose of it it’s for tornado or a bomb attack
@sweetteasirens46043 жыл бұрын
Looks like we just missed each other haha.
@Jamesairhvac Жыл бұрын
#welensiren
@HX56Music3 жыл бұрын
You were wondering how the power works on these sirens, the bottom of the controller box has space for two car batteries, of which are charged by the solar panel. The whole siren runs off these two batteries, and as a result, can work during a power outage, even at night. Hope this helps.
@Duderocks55393 жыл бұрын
Yep. Basically they run off primarily off the batteries to power the amplifiers, tone board, speakers, etc. typically there is power from ground either 120 or 240v to primarily power the battery charger, and then the solar panel is a secondary way to charge the batteries if the ground power and battery charger goes out. This is typically how all electronic sirens work. The sound is all generated from the cabinet and the head up top is basically what amplifies the tones from the tone generator in the cabinet. Whelen makes by far the best electronic sirens on the market and industry, and they are also in the vehicle siren business too and provide a lot of the police car sirens that you hear everywhere. Whelens mass notification sirens on the other hand are extremely effective, efficient, and reliable, and are very simple and not that expensive to maintain, which is why they are one of the most popular sirens out there. Even older Whelens from as early as the 1980s are still extremely good sirens. Whelen is also the first siren company to create the electronic outdoor warning siren, battery back up (which is now a standard on almost all sirens in the industry), as well as the first company to be able to broadcast live or prerecorded voice messages. Other companies electronic sirens such as Federal Signal for example followed that and incorporated those features in their own electronic sirens. But Whelen created those first things, and are still the best in the industry and are the loudest electronic sirens as well.
@Sirens10032 жыл бұрын
Those are basically giant Bluetooth speakers. Accept they are radio activated, not Bluetooth. Here is a video of one of these. A 2810. 4 towers bigger. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpdpZquhudK4Y6s.html
@alerlattan3635 Жыл бұрын
Whelen wps 2906 this is not a motor is a speaker
@DayTrippingAdventurer Жыл бұрын
Yeah, as I've learned, modern sirens are actually speakers. Like public address systems. Which, if you think about, makes sense.
@CadeRankin20062 жыл бұрын
can you go to Magee Mississippi theres 4 sirens there i live in magee
@PeeFifteen2 жыл бұрын
herrin il?
@gian32482 жыл бұрын
Haha, did anyone notice the Model 5 on the water tower behind him at 7:49
@nancylucas78152 жыл бұрын
YUP
@imaginox93 жыл бұрын
Great video ! A video of somewhere else to change it up a bit ! Nothing spinning in them, they're electronic sirens, basically a pile of speakers, you can plug in a mic on the controller and talk on them, or even play music by plugging your phone in the controller ! The third one is indeed a Whelen 4004 and is rotating. Other manufacturers make similar sirens, like Federal Signal and their Modulator, or American Signal Corp. (ASC) and their iForce 😉 ! They're much more modern sirens, made since the 90's I believe and still made today. As for how they sound, Whelen has the list of tones on their website www.whelenmassnotification.com/siren-warning-tones/ . There are also numerous videos of them on KZfaq. Oh and Whelen is pronounced "wheel-n" 😉.
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
As usual, thank you for the wealth of information. Yeah, I had never seen those types of sirens before, nore had I heard of Whelen. Saying that they are basically speakers makes sense that they would run off of solar alone (not that amps can need a lot of electricity). Visiting those sirens was a last minute thought while sitting in a bar in Memphis, so other than finding a map, I had no idea what the sirens were going to be or spend any time researching them.
@imaginox93 жыл бұрын
@@DayTrippingAdventurer So it was a surprise then, great ! Speaking of Memphis, they have an active siren system with some Thunderbolt 1000's as well as one of the best sounding sirens ever, the ACA P-50 so if you return there, don't hesitate to have a look at the system 🙂 ! Here is a video of the test of their ACA P-50 (or ASC T135AC, same siren, the company just changed its name and rebranded their sirens in the early 90's) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8V-i8SCrN-rmZ8.html
@DayTrippingAdventurer3 жыл бұрын
Great. Will check it out. I realized recently that the nature of my videos, and with the sirens I spend the most time visiting unpowered, I never get to record them actually working. One day..... one..day.
@imaginox93 жыл бұрын
@@DayTrippingAdventurer It might happen one day or another ! Personnally the only siren I've heard in person was a manually cranked Carter siren from World War 2, but just like you I've seen many sirens not sounding
@thepontiffs57529 ай бұрын
Is this a deed in there makes the siren sound spin and it makes the noise come out is is it dead? I did it sounds off that’s all from my comment.