Just got back from the upper peninsula, saw the model 5 in Bruce crossing and there was a sentry of some sort in ewen (looked to be a 7v8 or 3v8-H, it has horns, I know that much) so yeah that's what I saw, model 5 was definetly a fire siren.

gman 1 wrote:So, is this thing like behind the fire station? If so, do the firefighters care that you're back there? or do they even know?

TrainsAndSirens1 wrote: Please note I got permission from the fire department to remove the housing to see the motor and chopper.

Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Sorry to hear that they are being replaced! That Decot is actually an Erick siren. You can tell by the shorter size and a lack of an "arrowhead" at the top.

yep. what he said. its an erick siren.

Wow! Very cool! That would be cool if you could bring it home someday!

coastalsyrolover wrote:(Right? The equinox is the 2001 130 with the lower pitched rotor or am I thinking of the eclipse?)

You are correct. The Equinox is a lower pitched 2001-130, the eclipse on the other hand is an omnidirectional siren made by federal signal.

SirenkiD wrote:Because this is really the only thing I think about when I see SD-10s

Especially since this one doesn't have its "fins".

Spencerlovestrains wrote:The first reason to why they took off those 4 pieces of metal that comes to my mind is that they want 360' projection.

yeah, thats definitely a possibility.

Is the pole going up into the intake tube? It kind of looks like it is. I have seen a few sirens mounted to their poles using the intake. It's an excellent way to muffle them! Yeah it does look that way, I didn't look close enough because I was having a mini-war in my head: "it can't be an SD-...

Is this an sd-10? It looks weird to me.

hello! This summer, me and jack actually got outta bed and recorded some sirens! here we go! first off. July 2015: so for this test i decided to record the ambiance from my roof in Maple Grove, MN. maple grove has a large system of 2001-130s and SRNs. dZx_x6h7nfw August 2015: for this monthly test, ...