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Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:14 am
by TboltTX1
Here's another 4008 for y'all. This one is labeled siren #9 on the north end of town and is supposed to be going away soon. I figured I'd get a video of it before it morphs into a 2910. Enjoy!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GUh58kdrk

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:31 am
by BritishCyclone125
Looks good, when will it be replaced by a 2910?

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:05 pm
by TboltTX1
TheDutchModulator wrote:Looks good, when will it be replaced by a 2910?
Sometime next year AFAIK. The communications dept approved a replacement of three per year and the ones I heard were next to be replaced are #7, 9, and 10.

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:23 pm
by BritishCyclone125
What does "AFAIK" mean?

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:44 pm
by TboltTX1
TheDutchModulator wrote:What does "AFAIK" mean?
As far as I know.

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:41 am
by siren fan
Do you know about when these were installed?

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:55 am
by TboltTX1
siren fan wrote:Do you know about when these were installed?
According to the guys with the city I spoke to when I saw this one a few years back (formerly installed by the Gleneagles Country Club off of Park Rd. but had a rotation failure and was replaced by a 2910), the year that was stamped into the compression drivers was 1992.
PLano 4008.JPG
However the quote sheet published by the city for the siren update said they were installed in 1997.
Plano_Siren_Upgrade Edited.png

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:10 am
by Travis
Yes I can confirm it was the later 90's the system went in. They used to have at least a couple Penetrators, of which I physically saw.

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 1:19 am
by siren fan
Wow so Plano originally had a system of ACA Penetrators?

Re: Whelen 4008 - Fire Station #8 - Plano, TX

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:29 am
by Snowcube
TboltTX1 wrote:Here's another 4008 for y'all. This one is labeled siren #9 on the north end of town and is supposed to be going away soon. I figured I'd get a video of it before it morphs into a 2910. Enjoy!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GUh58kdrk
Is it almost as loud as a p-50? They are rated at 132db which is pretty close.