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Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:28 am

I've never heard of this before, and it's OLD from 1963 :shock: It looks like a Whelen WS-1004 with the arrays turned. It seems like it was made before Whelen's WS sirens. Maybe the first electronic siren in the US?
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:00 am

Ive seen ads for this on ebay before. I wonder what it sounded like? So mysterious...
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:59 pm

It was the first ever electronic siren I believe. It sort of reminds me of an EOWS-115 from the horns.
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 5:17 pm

I guess it seems like every siren company that has/had produced electronic sirens has had a connection with Atlas at some point? Fyr-Fyter, ACA/ASC, Whelen, ATI, and FS.

Very neat ad nonetheless!

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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:10 pm

I know Cobb County, Georgia had several of those. I don't know if any still exist though.
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:01 pm

carexpertandy wrote:I know Cobb County, Georgia had several of those. I don't know if any still exist though.
Those are actually Whelen WS-1004s in Smyrna and Kennesaw, not Fyr-Fytrs. Seems that most of those Fyr-Fytrs that were produced stayed up around the northeast region.
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Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:30 pm

I am also wondering what one sounds like. Also, I wonder how loud they are. 1963 was the year my dad was born. Very Neat.
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:36 pm

Is it the Fyr-Fytes Model A?

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Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:14 am

Civil D Siren wrote:I am also wondering what one sounds like. Also, I wonder how loud they are. 1963 was the year my dad was born. Very Neat.
My mom was born in 1963 and my guess is it would sound like a smoke alarm or a fire alarm because Fyr Fyter is a fire equipment company. I have many fyr Fyter fire extinguishers and 1 smoke alarm they made.
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Re: Fyr Fyter siren?

Fri Jul 12, 2013 4:46 pm

murrfarms wrote:
carexpertandy wrote:I know Cobb County, Georgia had several of those. I don't know if any still exist though.
Those are actually Whelen WS-1004s in Smyrna and Kennesaw, not Fyr-Fytrs.
So this...
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