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6/22/2015 12:43:10 PM EDT
How do fire truck sirens work? Electrical / mechanical devise?

That's pretty damn loud! (One just went by)
6/22/2015 12:44:02 PM EDT
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Magnets
6/22/2015 12:46:52 PM EDT
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6/22/2015 12:49:12 PM EDT
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Truth.
6/22/2015 12:49:35 PM EDT
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Some are electric some are run off of a compressor.
6/22/2015 12:50:58 PM EDT
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My father had one when I was a boy, I seem to recall it was a fan with square veins and square gaps between them that forced air through a metal screen of square holes around the perimeter.
6/22/2015 12:50:58 PM EDT
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I just thought it was the voice effects guy from Police Academy and Spaceballs on a loud speaker.
6/22/2015 12:51:25 PM EDT
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Federal Q FTW.
6/22/2015 12:56:53 PM EDT
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michael winslow car alarm
6/22/2015 1:00:34 PM EDT
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This...


And the powercall!


At my station we've got a spair engine (Spartan Gladiator)  that has the powercall! It's the only unit in the county with it!  It's awesome!
6/22/2015 1:07:26 PM EDT
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This seems appropriate.  Flashback from my youth.




6/22/2015 1:11:15 PM EDT
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Reverse Engineered Alien Tech.
6/22/2015 1:15:54 PM EDT
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Ever have an officer stomping on the federal q and leave you with no air brakes?
6/22/2015 1:20:45 PM EDT
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This seems appropriate.  Flashback from my youth.


http://youtu.be/Lsfczwy3KOE

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I don't think you can get away with just painting and drilling holes in a saw blade today for a kid's experiment where they need to get close to.
6/22/2015 1:21:51 PM EDT
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No.....