Point Pleasant Beach, NJ had one in service until at least the 90s. It had an even deeper tone. It sounded like the world was coming to an end. Day-trippers would come up to me on the lifeguard stand asking "my God! What's happening!!??" "Point Beach has a fire call." "Holy hell, what's burning?"
That horn sounds almost cartoonish, but cruise ships do similarly with their horns and internal alarms for emergencies and muster station life boat drills. The muster station code was 7 short honks followed by 1 long honk of the horn.
Wow, G below C below C below middle C. There are two horns up there - (last I looked), but it sounds like only one is sounding. That is a brass piston, no doubt; the pitch is so low.
Erik Anderson It's intentional use was to alert farmers when a fire was active but now we just use it to alert our members if they don't have their pagers and don't get the text
infinitecanadian They are loud because we use it to notify our members especially when they are 2 miles away. But some members live way out in the town and they either hear the pager or get the text. That explains why they're so loud
I know there so loud so are the ones In New Milford NJ way back when Company 2 and DPW including Company 1 . we only have 1 Diaphone at company 1 there still thinking about putting a another one by Company 2 .I still hate the old one .
are they by any chance louder than locomotive horns which register around 150 decibels at 5ft? and are audible from 5 miles on a calm day without wind?
STLSF 4003 we don’t. When we get a fire call, the second set of tones sets off the horn. Alerts members. I can hear it from my grandparents house in the middle of Cortland.
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ had one in service until at least the 90s. It had an even deeper tone. It sounded like the world was coming to an end. Day-trippers would come up to me on the lifeguard stand asking "my God! What's happening!!??"
"Point Beach has a fire call."
"Holy hell, what's burning?"
That horn sounds almost cartoonish, but cruise ships do similarly with their horns and internal alarms for emergencies and muster station life boat drills. The muster station code was 7 short honks followed by 1 long honk of the horn.
Wow, G below C below C below middle C. There are two horns up there - (last I looked), but it sounds like only one is sounding. That is a brass piston, no doubt; the pitch is so low.
Awesome!!!! Nice Diaphone!!!
that 3rd blast is long. Love.it.
Erik Anderson We use it once in a while
Erik Anderson It's intentional use was to alert farmers when a fire was active but now we just use it to alert our members if they don't have their pagers and don't get the text
That can't be a Gamewell Diaphone, That sounds like an F2T or type F classic fog diaphone! Perhaps they actually bought a retired foghorn..
Dan S yes, it does sound like an F2T. The one we had in the harbor in Duluth Mn was designed to be heard up to 20 miles away over water.
That's my hometown. :D
kittensugars Homer NY, 13077?
I lived in crete nebraska from 2015 to 2017 and we heard one of these from the fire station.
This is the former foghorn in Duluth Mn. They sound very similar, so my guess is that it is a Type F2T.
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Keep those videos of that diaphone comin... Can u get a pic of the horn if possible
+Kenneth Tortoso look for the diaphone on google earth its on top of the building in between the two roofs
Kenneth Tortoso It's on top of the station
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What call were they going to?
Damn, those are loud!
infinitecanadian Company 1 Company 2 and the DPW are all loud in New Milford NJ where ever you standing the sound is gonna reach your ears
Thomas Nativo
I kinda wish that they had more sirens and diaphones in Canada. Hell, the diaphone was invented here.
infinitecanadian They are loud because we use it to notify our members especially when they are 2 miles away. But some members live way out in the town and they either hear the pager or get the text. That explains why they're so loud
Holy shit!!! Thats fuckin loud but so cool!
Wow that's loud
Is Homer Diaphone still active this year in 2016
YES,it is. ALIVE AND WELL !!!!!
Thomas Nativo Yes it is
It’s still active in 2019.
Still active in 2022
That's a loud duck.
YIKES!
Fire station how loud alalm wake me up get 142db
i live somewhat near homer new york
ActionFire do you know how far out?
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Is that you’re way to tell there a fire.
HOOOOOOOOOOONKKKKK
ill bet those are loud as fucking hell
What are they
Brian Hill diaphone fire horns. they use these along with outdoor warning sirens to rally up the VFD
Oh thanks bro
I know there so loud so are the ones In New Milford NJ way back when Company 2 and DPW including Company 1 . we only have 1 Diaphone at company 1 there still thinking about putting a another one by Company 2 .I still hate the old one .
are they by any chance louder than locomotive horns which register around 150 decibels at 5ft? and are audible from 5 miles on a calm day without wind?
Why do they use diaphones instead of sirens?
+Coolcat97 my guess is they still have street side call boxes, so the horn is there to blast out the number of the box that was pulled.
+Vintage Fan Collector TV because they did not have sirens back then and probably forget to take them down
Kimberly Neder they had sirens then...
We have it because long ago, whenever there was a fire, the people in town would know.
STLSF 4003 we don’t. When we get a fire call, the second set of tones sets off the horn. Alerts members. I can hear it from my grandparents house in the middle of Cortland.
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oh my that is loud wow sounds bad
Definitely not something very common. At ALL.
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