where can i get this type of horn?
Martin Risse
i search this type of horn: http://www.rescue911.de/sounds/unknown.wav
(not the siren. the horn (airhorn???) that he uses 2 times)
do anyone know where i can buy this horn? company name, address, website?
thanks!
Martin
jbeck
http://www.groverproducts.com/emergency.htm
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Brian Humphrey
> i search this type of horn: http://www.rescue911.de/sounds/unknown.wav
> (not the siren. the horn (airhorn???) that he uses 2 times)
>
> do anyone know where i can buy this horn? company name, address, website?
Martin:
Martin there is regretfully no way for any of us to be positive about the
sound on that .wav file.
Many emergency service responders have their "favorite" brands of horns or
sirens. Still others can become obsessive about the noisemakers, and will be
pleased to chatter for hours about the subject <sigh>.
I wish you meaningful replies from the former and limited replies from the
latter <grin>
After listening to that [less than optimal sounding] .wav file, my
uneducated but worldly guess is that the "horn" you are hearing (shrill and
without any apparent stutter) may actually be a component of an electronic
siren system, such as the world's most popular, the Federal PA300 (look
under products):
http://www.fedsig.com/fire/index.html
...or a standalone *electronic* device such as those made by Whelen:
Their corporate website is a navigation nightmare, but their products are
offered by many vendors, such as:
http://www.safetyleague.com/slstore/sirens/airhorn.html
There are many vendors who make actual air horns (i.e. using compressed
air), but given your needs, you may wish to review and consider the
electronics as a low-cost, easy to install and low-maintenance option. You
can review many of these products in emergency services publications:
http://www.lafd.org/links.htm#Publications
...or ask your local emergency responders. Hopefully you'll get lots of
information and not too many war stories!
I pray that this thread is short, sweet and relevant.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Paramedic
Public Information Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
E-Mail: beh...@lafd.lacity.org
LAFD Website: http://www.lafd.org
Steve & Susan
wrote:
>Sounds like a plain old Grover airhorn to me.
>
>http://www.groverproducts.com/emergency.htm
That's an electronic imitation of the "stutter tone" that the Grover
Emergency Air Horn makes. It's not a real air horn.
There are MANY, MANY types of electronic sirens that make a similar
sound. Check the manufacturers' sites for sample WAV files.
Steve
Brian Humphrey
> There are MANY, MANY types of electronic sirens that make a similar
> sound. Check the manufacturers' sites for sample WAV files.
Steve, you are absolutely correct. I apologize if my quick mention of a pair
of prominent brands may have inferred a preference, much less failed to
acknowledge a marketplace containing a wide variety of models and
manufacturers.
Fraternally,
Brian
jbeck
of manufacturers out there.
If it is an electronically produced horn sound it sure fooled me! Maybe I
need to get real speakers for my cheap computer.
Joe
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Steve & Susan
You don't need to apologize!!! I wasn't even trying to be correcting,
just in a hurrry when I typed that and kept it terse. Sorry if I gave
that impression.
Gee, for the most part, sirens sound the same now, anyway. There are
several standards responsible for this (IIRC, California led the way
back in the early 80's with frequency and sound pressure level
requirements).
The older stuff had a certain audible meaning to it. Some old GE whoop
boxes were unmistakable. When I worked NYC, NYPD had their own "home
grown" siren thanks to a gentleman named Bob Rosenthal of Scietific
Prototypes. You can hear it on the background tracks for the NYC
shows. FDNY had Federal PA-300s with mechanical sirens and airhorns
and EMS had a bunch of other Federal sirens. You could literally tell
who was coming to your assistance from inside of a building.
Now it all sounds the same and one is as good as another.
Steve
Steve & Susan
wrote:
>You and Steve (and Suzanne?) are absolutely correct that there are a bunch
>of manufacturers out there.
>
>If it is an electronically produced horn sound it sure fooled me! Maybe I
>need to get real speakers for my cheap computer.
LOL!
In NJ, sirens are unlawful for someone who isn't a chief. Horns
aren't. I had a '78 Blazer years ago; I had a Scott 2.2 cylinder with
an air regulator and solenoid valve, along with a Grover "emergency"
air horn mounted under the hood.
I ran the truck through inspection and the inspector tooted the horn.
I forgot to switch off to the stock horn. I think he pissed himself.
Deservedly, I failed the inspection.
You will not forget that sound if you heard it :o)
Steve
(simply cannot let Susan have an air horn or PA in the family car!)
Peter Ackermann
W4SFD
jbeck
"Steve & Susan" <moc.enilepip@ykkams> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 May 2003 19:02:56 -0600, "jbeck" <jnosp...@zianet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >You and Steve (and Suzanne?) are absolutely correct that there are a
bunch
> >of manufacturers out there.
> >
> >If it is an electronically produced horn sound it sure fooled me! Maybe
I
> >need to get real speakers for my cheap computer.
>
> LOL!
>
> In NJ, sirens are unlawful for someone who isn't a chief. Horns
> aren't. I had a '78 Blazer years ago; I had a Scott 2.2 cylinder with
> an air regulator and solenoid valve, along with a Grover "emergency"
> air horn mounted under the hood.
>
> I ran the truck through inspection and the inspector tooted the horn.
> I forgot to switch off to the stock horn. I think he pissed himself.
> Deservedly, I failed the inspection.
I can picture that inspection very well.
A few years back, we had received a new apparatus with a horn button on the
floor board of the officers side. It was the first one in this area that I
am aware of that had that feature. At a structure fire, a firefighter threw
a bag of equipment on the floor board of the truck. It landed on the
button. This firefighter didn't realize that there was a button on that
truck, thought something was wrong with it, so he went searching for the
driver. In the meantime, that horn managed to clear out the crews from
inside that working structure fire.
>
> You will not forget that sound if you heard it :o)
>
> Steve
> (simply cannot let Susan have an air horn or PA in the family car!)
I think an airhorn and PA would be great on the family car...and it would
probably traumitize your kids. Think Soccor Mom. How is the chicken's car
holding up?
Joe
Steve & Susan
wrote:
><snip> that horn managed to clear out the crews from
>inside that working structure fire.
Yes, at least everyone knows what the evacuation signal is.
>I think an airhorn and PA would be great on the family car...and it would
>probably traumitize your kids.
Not these kids :o) As far as Susan with a PA, well, she couldn't be
any worse than these tow trucks out here with emergency equipment.
>Think Soccor Mom.
And that's where she'd use it most; in the parking lots, behind hay
wagons and septic tank trucks and other assorted road hogs.
But the Highway Patrol may not like it much. There aren't any laws
against "fixin' to get there" or cruising the left lane below the
speed limit. Nor is there any requirement to have slow moving vehicles
pull to the side once in a while to let some traffic pass.
Consequently, having a 5 mile long conga line is pretty frequent
behind a combine. Unfortunately, that contributes to more aggressive
driving and that sometimes means people hurry to get past things while
they legally can. The other week someone passed a schoolbus on ambers
(they should've been slowing down and preparing to stop, but it's not
illegal) and killed a 7 y/o.
>How is the chicken's car
>holding up?
None of my chickens can drive, although the guy who used to live
behind me saw a commercial and tried to get his coon dog to drive his
pickup truck, just like the one in the commercial (funny what Meth
does to your sense of reality). Gee, if yours can drive, I'd like to
know what are you feeding them!
Steve