The Siren Board

After work I went to Darrington Fire Department for drill night and siren activation. I didn't know what kind of sirens this station had, as I pulled up on my motorcycle I was surpised on what I found.









Never seen a group of sirens in one spot in Washington State before. Not sure what the lower siren is and the fire fighters that night didn't know as well. Rumor was, it was an old Civil Defence siren from Seattle

Here is my video of one of the top sirens going off, not sure which one is sounding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3VcY7-C8Vc

What a find! This is the first time I have ever seen two Federal Model sirens mounted next to each other. Moreover, one old style version next to the newer design. With that said, the siren in the last photo looks like a HOR product of some sort?

Maybe one of those Model 2's is actually a 2T or maybe one is coded?

I'm not really familiar with them... but the shape of those ports make me think Decot? Or are those longer...

90% sure the bottom one is a Decot.

That bigger siren on the side of the building is indeed a Decot, and is one of only two of that style that I've seen still around. The housing is just like the ones in this old photo from the Seattle Municipal Archives, especially like the one on the right:


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Yep, definitely a Decot! Wow, 2 Model 2s with different styled housings AND a Decot? That's certainly a lucky find! You should tell them what that siren is, how extremely rare it is and ask for them to sound it off. Those things are very loud for their size and all of them sound very unique.

Weren't there a bunch of those in Los Angeles or somewhere out in California that looked like those? I know that they've been attempted to be identified for years.

There's a few of these in San Jose, suspected before here of being Decot's:

I've actually been through there and have seen that Model 2 setup a few years ago on the way out to Lake 22. I never noticed the 3rd siren on the back of the station, though.