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  2. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    Electronic Sirens Pavian by Telegrafia A Whelen WPS electronic siren imported to Saudi Arabia by HSS Engineering for use as a civil defense siren. There are 8,200 alarm sirens for civil protection throughout Switzerland. They are tested once a year, on the first Wednesday in February. [1] Sound sample ⓘ An 1860s-era siren. [2]

  3. ATI HPSS - Wikipedia

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    Arnold, Missouri 7 ATI HPSS32 units which replace the old Whelen WPS 3016 Sirens. [2] Ketchikan, Alaska maintains a system of 3 ATI HPSS32 units which are tested audibly on the 15th of the month at noon. These sirens are used to warn for tsunamis or in the event of a dam failure. [3] [4] Hudson County, New Jersey has an unknown number of HPSS ...

  4. Whelen Engineering Company - Wikipedia

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    The Whelen Company is divided into four divisions and has a subsidiary called Whelen Motorsports.. The four divisions of the company are as follows: The Automotive Division — provides lightbars, dashlights, strobe kits, siren boxes, and other public warning systems to be mounted on or within vehicles, [3] rotating sirens, and student alert systems with voice broadcast capability.

  5. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger. Initially designed to warn city dwellers of air raids (air-raid sirens) during World War II, they were later used to warn of nuclear attack and natural disasters, such as tornadoes (tornado sirens).

  6. Category:Sirens - Wikipedia

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    Civil defense siren; F. Federal Signal 3T22; ... Whelen Engineering Company This page was last edited on 30 August 2022, at 23:43 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. List of sirens built by Alerting Communicators of America

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    This siren is similar to Federal Signal's Thunderbolt series. Only a single unit remains in service in Milwaukee, WI. Screamers Electro-Mechanical 2, 5, 7.5, 10 8, 9, 9/12, 10/12 1968–1994 Omni Directional 102–115 dB at 100 ft. Series of small vertical sirens, comparable to Federal Signal Corporation's vertical sirens. Sentry 95

  8. Bird in England Mimicking a Police Siren Sounds Just Like the ...

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    Even officers thought it was a real siren! ... Bird in England Mimicking a Police Siren Sounds Just Like the Real Thing. Natalie Hoage. April 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM. redpip1984/Shutterstock ...

  9. Firefighting apparatus - Wikipedia

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    Additionally the lights are accompanied by loud sirens. [11] Wail, Yelp and Phaser electronic tones from a Whelen(R) siren unit. Most appliances are also fitted with audible warnings, sometimes known as sirens, which can alert people to the presence of an emergency vehicle before they can be seen. The first audible warnings were mechanical ...