Tornado/Fire Alarms doing Alternate Wail! | Wheelock & Fire-Lite System Test 22
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- Today's system test on the voice evacuation fire alarm demonstration board has the hazard alarm programmed to an alternate wail audio file from a Federal Signal Modulator II siren. Downtown Chicago, IL is known in the siren community for its use of the alternate wail melody on their outdoor tornado/severe weather warning sirens. Alternate wail is considered by many as spooky which is one of the reasons why I think this alert sound is very effective at public notification. Thank you for watching today's video, subscribe to see more! :)
Devices used:
Fire-Lite MS9200UDLS Addressable Fire Alarm Control Panel
Wheelock SPMNS SafePath Voice Evacuation Amplifier Panel
Wheelock RSSA-24MCW w/ Blue Strobe Cover
Signal Communications Corp SG-42CXK1 Blue Tornado Alert Alarm Pull Station
EST EG4SV LED Speaker/Strobe w/ GRSW Wiring Plate
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Timecodes
00:00 - Video Start
00:01 - Alternate Wail
02:16 - Devices in This Test
04:24 - Pull Station Activation
05:49 - EST EG4SV Fun Fact
08:10 - Subscribe! :)
Credits:
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Fun little fact, the first siren to use alternate sounding was the Ferderal Signal Thunderbolt 1003. In production from 1961-1990, the 1003 used solenoids to alternate the sounding by opining on opposite timing or pulsing by opening in sync. The 1003 could do steady, alternate steady, pulse steady, wail, alternate wail, and pulse wail. Feel free to correct me in the comments! Also well done on the 100K!
Additionally, the Siratone controller, also made by Federal Signal, used on the EOWS series, had the same abilities as the 1003, with the addition of chimes, whoop, and voice(?). Started being manufactured in 1981, ended in 1992.
3T22 could do it too, using dampers on the upper and lower air intakes controlled by solenoids.
1003 Thunderbolts were the ONLY version of the Thunderbolt that can do the Hi-Lo tone
One more thing that they could do is the Undulating Hi-Lo, where it uses the Alternate-Wail for the “wind up” of the siren, and then for the “wind down” goes dual tone. The siren “winds” up and down in an attack mode.
The sound clips in the video were probably from a modulator but the tbolt is better in my opinion
Just sent him a British fire sounder so I can’t wait to see that on the channel
That got put out today
I hope I get to see it soon.
I hope I get to see it soon
On behalf of the siren community, thank you for not calling it the "siren head" tone.
Yes
Siren head is so old
And Lame
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Oh Sorry
Some things I want to point out in this video
1. Many emergency sirens like for emergency vehicles or civil defense use a frequency sweep/modulated sound so that way it's distinctive over any other sounds in the environment that have a steady frequency that's not for an emergency like a truck back up beeper and the reason why it's not at the same pitch as a fire alarm is because it's it's avoid being a noise maker to a large population that's used for many emergencies and with the same thing for voice evac fire alarm systems but different as the tone they make is a low pitched 1 Khz tone but to be distinctive over other sounds it has to sound in temporal 3 where's a ear-piercing noise maker alarm for a small population yet still public mode like a burglar alarm is ear-piercing in order to involve fast reactions to the alarm like if a burglar alarm goes off the their will run away but if it's a large population emergency alarm then it's not ear-piercing to that way when people are taking action like hearing civil defense sirens during a tornado warning then it's to make sure there aren't any fast or weird reactions to people that can fail if they're high pitched which is why they're low pitched to eliminate the annoyance to large populations
2. The frequency sweep rate on many alarms is also different from one's that are lower in order to make sure they don't sound like a personal alarm device or something like that of it sounding like that as many fire alarms have a frequency sweep around 40-60 Hz to sound distinctive and warbling on the ears
3. It is very nice that on the LED EST Genesis Speaker Strobes allow you to change the Watts in real time while it's going off so that way you can quickly meet the noise level requirements on the alarm depending on it's space like a large room gets 2 Watts and a small room gets 1/4 Watts to be 15 dB higher than the ambient noise level if it's above 60 dB but if it's rarely below 60 dB then the alarms have to be 75 dB
dari hasil 😊😊
Too much text
man you're gonna turn me into a tornado siren junkie lol that wail is so haunting, but super cool
One of us!
Yeah sometimes there is the fire alarm going off the buildings and USA and Canada they both war and siren tornado too there is the tornado in Chicago and Texas Dallas Too
@@TheCasualSirenEnthusiast One of us!
the wheellock RSSA-24MCW with that blue strobe is my favorite strobe only alarm. also congrats on 100k🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
0:20 Thoes were thunderbolt t 1003 hi Lo tones
That sounds absolutely amazing, I sure do love those Federal Signal sirens on that tone and it’s interesting to hear it on a fire alarm sounder. Amazing video mate! 🔊🔥
101K subs, congratulations! 👏👏
MY HEADPHONES!
Congratulations to reaching 100K subscribers!
A tornado siren is basically your worst nightmare coming true
They used alternate wail in my area near Albany, NY back in the early 80's. As a small child it would wake me at night and upset me to the point off tears. It works.
Congratulations! You have officially summoned siren head! Jokes aside, nice video! And congrats on the 100k subs! Alot of electronic sirens such as the modulators, the EOWS and the Whelen sirens have an alternate wail tone. But alot of older mechanical sirens such as the 3T22, the Thunderbolt 1003 and the super banshee (to name a few) also have the ability to do an alt wail tone as well. Also the phone alert attention tone isn't just used on phones but also TV and AM/FM EAS alert's use them too. (NOAA weather radio has a 1050hz single tone attention tone) Albeit its a continuous tone for 8 seconds rather than pulsed like the cell phones.
Wrong thing about Whelens. They have to be equipped with a UV or some sort of FS Controller.
@@HSETM Really? Cause I've seen videos of Whelen sirens on Whelen controllers doing Hi Lo. Look it up.
@@zachzebra56 I know Whelens do have Hi Lo tones, they can't do Alt wail without a UV or some sort of FS Controller.
@@HSETM Oooooh ok my bad! Sorry. Your right.
some whelens can have UV controls hooked on to the whelens
My 8 year old is obsessed with your collection is your website up yet?
I love this channel
Congrats on 100K subscribers! You should look into buying one of System Sensor's new LED devices. They're pretty cool!
hi, here are two suggestions :
first, i know you have a MS-190 siren, but, theres something cooler than the MS-190, the carter minimite. this siren is from the UK and is the size of the MS-190. it is extremly old and is from the 1970s to 1990s. it comes in multple voltages : 6 volts, 12 volts, 24 volts, 50 volts and 220 volts (the 220 volt one is AC, not DC unlike the others), so you can choose the one that suits your need. they are extremly hard to find, so good luck trying to find one, and also, i own 4 of them (used to own 5 but gave one away), so i am quite lucky.
second, if you cant get your hands on the very rare carter minimite, there is also the MS-390 siren which is larger than the MS-190 and is way better, and these can be found on amazon, aliexpress or even ebay very easily.
Congrats on 100k!
I don't know why but this channel came back 🥰🥰 it was always my childhood
congrats in hitting 100k subscribers🥳🥳
There is tons of engineering that goes into fire alarms to make scary sounds. A key way is binaural tones or fast pulsating sounds, engineers typically choose a tone in the high pitched zone because it is more likely to scare someone to get attention. Slow down any fire alarm sound from the u.s and you will see that in some way it is changing pitch like a siren or simply pulsating. And how fire alarms are so loud and still using less than 5 watts is amazing.
This is why I like fire alarms!
S. E. R. Safety I’m a huge fan of you and of course fire alarms
Most terrifying siren ever in my opinion
Thanks for resetting the tornado siren!
They should have more of those tornado alarm switches in schools and buildings, then have that sound an actual tornado siren.
True
Tbh I totally agree with you that Chicago alarm is fascinating and it sounds scary too alert the people into going to safety
I HAD MY VOLUME ALLL THE WAY UP WHEN U SET OF THOSE 4 fFIRE ALARMS AT THE START 💀💀💀💀
😭 same
I never thought that fire alarms were such good speakers😂😊
The alternate wale can be played on thunderbolt 1003 and the speaker sirens as well
I am a weather nerd and hope to be a future meteorologist one day! I also love sirens to! Alternate wail is really cool too! Keep up the great work S.E.R. Safety!
I'm also a siren enthusiast
Just installed a visiplex system at work. The bullhorn speakers are quite loud. Couldn't find a proper tornado siren audio file so I installed an air raid siren.. definitely gets the job done.
Did you know a Whelen Vortex actually ran this signal? It was a finback in Hoover AL
I think the traditional "attack/wail" siren tone especially from an old school mechanical air raid siren is the spookiest.
I had no idea you could do alternate wail on a fire alarm! Like imagine your in school, then you hear this
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That alarm sounded spooky
0:35 scared the heck out of me!
i like how they used the ewos 612 siren, cool!
It was actually a modulator 6024b In the creepy siren video
Oh my bad
@@MiriamThomas-x5v no worries
The EST EG4 SV (first one) whatever it’s called was installed in my high school my senior year. Scared the absolutely crap out of everyone the first time it went off 😅definitely did its job
Kid:oh no its siren head! Dad:thats not f**king siren head its a f**king federal tornado siren!!
Lol but I don't appreciate the self-censoring.
@@thunderbolttdmplayz6750 I had to because of TH-cam guidelines
*sirenhead.png fades into the background*
I'm referencing that Doge video
this is a great idea i think schools should have these
She did those louder sent to Canada and USA Too That's why we saw them Ready Yesterday
0:01 gives me the siren head chills
I love watching his videos they are so entertaining and fun to watch great videos SER safety and great job on 100k subs
bro summoned siren head 💀
Chicago discontinued the use of alt wail, BUT! theres a DSA in Hoodsport WA for the Cushman Dam that does do Alt Wail, MiltonWaTech99 recorded it in April 2024
0:00 the sound is giving me the chills
The siren head alarm: activate slender is a tornado in Chicago
i 100% agree with your those 2 sounds are very good at there job
1st of all, why is the ceiling not flashing, and 2nd of all, how did you turn off the horn on the A.L.E.R.T.
That’s a cool alarm system.
1:00 thats the one in my school but it’s a combo of the white notifier with the white strobe with fire lettering and the same one but with a yellow strobe and alert lettering
I have a mine siren
I love Alarm Switches, if its expected, I want Alarms to have a more calm noise, not loud, but can get the job done still, will get people to not be Jumpscared by the sounds.
Those alarms were loud
FEMA's phone tone sounds familiar to Canadians but ours (AlertReady) is a bit creepier as there is an alternating tone. That said, we should still have outdoor sirens in case people have turned their phones off or they're in silent mode. Our OPP uses the AlertReady system to notify for Amber Alerts as well, so we often hear the tones at night time.
Wow your voice gone deeper i remember watching that Fire alarm videos when you were a kid i guess
I could only imagine if schools used that sound for severe weather alerts
Thats awesome! I wonder how you can do that.
Hi! this video was awesome!
Great
The Scariest Siren Sounds In My Opinion Is The FS EOWS Series Alternate Wail, The ATI HPSS Series Yeow Tone, & The Ambiance Of FS 2001-Series Sirens.
That's siren sounds like the urban legend of siren head
Fr tho
You are definitely 5
Letsss go congrats for 100k!
That sounds so pleasant
I strongly disagree that the alternate whale is the best sound
Please do a review of the EST Genesis.
Didn’t know you liked sirens too!
i know why you did a blue strobe i think its probaly because it means the color of a storm alert?
I think the alternative wail would be good for a nuclear or biological release. We use the alert tone for tornado, the alternating tone for flood, and wail for attack. I actually think those high pitch screech fire alarms they've been using since the 90s are horrible. I actually feel like ripping the alarm off the wall they are so irritating. In the 80s, my elementary school just had a buzzer. They used a continuous buzz for fire and a pulse for tornado. We knew exactly what it meant, but the tornado pulsing buzz was scary even during drills. We actually did have a real tornado warning once. It made you feel that a monster was lurking around the school. In sixth grade, they modernized it, and no one knew what to do. Funky computer tones that you couldn't tell the difference. That's dangerous! The old system worked, and it worked well. Now, they just want to give you a migraine.
Interesting
fun fact, in Switzerland we had been extremly serious about which alarms and sirens do we use, but even more important, they are all the same all over Switzerland:
1 population alarm siren autorized
1 evacuation siren autorized
1 emergency vehicles's siren autorized (to be more precise, it's 2 volumes (campagne/highway and city/town), 2 tons (1 high, 1 low and they have to alternate at 1 speed), but different system are autorized (usually pneumatic and electronic))
1 AMOK siren autorized (AMOK=american high school situation protocol (to be more serious, amok is a french word coming from malaisian and meaning something like "sudden and indiscriminate murderous behavior"))
and there is a lot more, but basically, warning noise and siren are the same all over Switzerland and that's probably the most important.
Very cool! My personal favorite signal is attack
Congrats on 100k
If you pull down this alarm the tornado alarm will come off and it will make you freak out lol
4:36 Alternate Wail
The alternate wail tone on the thunderbolt sounds very cool,but on the modulator,not so much
The creepy tornado alarm because of that tornado siren
This alarm sounded scary
Now my eardrums are ruined😂
Great video, Grant!
My favorite tornado siren is the Thunderbolt 1003 B series
And the EWOS 612
Hey did you know that the rotator box for Federal Signal the 2001 siren is the same for the federal signal thunderbolt 😮😄😃😀🚨🌪️
cool alarm, but if i were your neighbor id br filing several complaints 💀
I have a theory that the mentioned Chicago Loop siren is set to that tone to make it more noticeable in that area due to existing loud ambient noises.
Very interesting test!
i live in chicago and i almost pissed my pants when i heard that
Tornado I love your videos
Awesome! 😊
This is awsome
Ha, alarms should be distinguished from natural sounds in the environment say that to the Norwegian Civil Defence.
Who's sirens sounds just like a car slamming their horn (i've even been tricked by an actual car before)
The federal signal modulator sound like siren head 💀
Good job on 100k
You hired Siren Head for this test huh? Better than the tone that more than likely traumatizes millions of children.
god I hate you (I’m a siren fan)
Est genesies have a good alerting tone too. Something about the carrier tone being between G and Ab makes it sound more urgent and somewhat creepy. The same can be said of the siemens mxl code 3 tone, except it’s between A and Bb
Also at 3:23 you could’ve just swapped the front covers lol. You didn’t have to swap the lenses
Speaking of tornadoes, Houston (where I live) had a tornado on Thursday before the power outage.
I heard about that, stay safe over there!
@@SERSafetyhey Grant,
Turn off the lights in the SER and play the tone
Thank you, Grant. It was already over. The weather radio got its job done.
I love your vids
I see new fire alarms
Here in Florida we don’t really get tornadoes so I don’t really hear any sirens here in Florida
I was kind of disappointed that the alternate wail sound in the in the alarm was just playing a MP3 of a TH-cam video. If you want me to I could recreate that sound and send you the file. So that you have a fresh source of it instead of a microphone recording of it 🙂