I don't know if this is characteristic of fire departments in my area or if this is nationwide, however, I noticed that any fire station built around the 1960's has a loud annoying siren up in a tower or directly above the building. I have not heard the siren in about 15 years or so, however, I see them all over my area. What is the purpose of this siren?
2006-12-16 11:05:25 · 6 answers · asked by Joe K 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
To tell the Johnstons their damn cat is in the tree again.
2006-12-16 11:16:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The siren is used during the course of a tornado warning
2006-12-16 19:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by Eric 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some are used for tornado warnings or other natural disasters (hurricanes, tsunami, etc) They are also used as civil defense warnings, in case we are ever attacked. Most towns of any size (10,000 or more) have these sirens (horns)
2006-12-16 19:17:53 · answer #3 · answered by tpbthigb 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At least in my area (Long Island, NY); the Klaxxon's are used for alerting out actual fire calls (not ambulance calls)...they are also used to notify the area when it is 12:00 PM, and in times of civil defense.
2006-12-16 20:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by jdogg795 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
During the days before pagers and cell phones the sirens were used to alert the volunteer firefighters that there was an emergency. They were also used for other warnings as well, tornado's, air raids (cold war days), nucleur attack warnings (cold war days), etc.
2006-12-16 19:16:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Tornados, possibly.
2006-12-16 19:08:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋