Wainuiomata Fire Siren Goes Off! | Original Carter Siren

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025

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  • @MichalM
    @MichalM 3 года назад +9

    Reminds me so much of the CS8 at Broadmoor :)
    The run up and down is completely different - but the full speed running sounds exactly the same as the Broadmoor all clear. I can even hear a little bit of the "ringing in your ears" effect at the end. This effect is very audible on the CS8.
    Bring back many memories, thanks for sharing.

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +2

      They would sound different, being from two different manufacturers (Broadmoor being Klaxon/Secomak, and this one being Carter).

    • @MichalM
      @MichalM 3 года назад

      @@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 Indeed, yet they sound somewhat similar. Possibly the pitch that each rotor produces sound at?

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      @@MichalM They all follow the same basic design, regardless of the manufacturer, which would explain the similar sounds.

    • @MichalM
      @MichalM 3 года назад

      @@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 Oh I see - that makes sense. Thanks for the info.

    • @VonnaWasser
      @VonnaWasser 3 года назад

      10/11 port Original 1939 carter siren

  • @mrmattandmrchay
    @mrmattandmrchay 3 года назад +6

    Nice!! Yes, very lucky to hear and see that sounding.

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +2

      Yes, right place, right time. Just a shame that most of the the Sirens in Wellington only blast twice on calls, instead of Four like a lot of others.

    • @flynnsilvester9217
      @flynnsilvester9217 2 года назад

      I live in wainuiomata

  • @RODALCO2007
    @RODALCO2007 Год назад +1

    Carter sirens sound awesome.

  • @washtecsoftcarejunoguy2143
    @washtecsoftcarejunoguy2143 3 года назад +4

    I wonder if you’ll be able to get a video of the Tawa Fire Brigade Siren going off

  • @Long_Winer12
    @Long_Winer12 3 года назад +4

    If you live in wainuiomata it’s so great because you hear it everyday

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      I don't live there, but I have been making a number of visits over the past 12 months to check up on projects ongoing int he area.

  • @ninaevans4501
    @ninaevans4501 8 месяцев назад +1

    BRING BACK THE CARTER SIREN!!!!!!!

  • @kyleplayz1237
    @kyleplayz1237 3 года назад

    I had a holiday at Cromwell and I woke up to this

  • @mikehoskin1674
    @mikehoskin1674 4 месяца назад

    Sounds like a civil defense alert

  • @erincummins2695
    @erincummins2695 3 года назад +1

    after seeing the video you made about the abandoned Wainuiomata College, I assume that you were at the carpark filming footage for that when the siren went off

  • @olliemccoy3342
    @olliemccoy3342 Год назад

    HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIREN FROM THE FIRE STATION UP CLOSE

  • @samconibear3506
    @samconibear3506 3 года назад

    Good you were able to magnify the station siren

  • @craigmarino6501
    @craigmarino6501 3 месяца назад

    Same alarm in Blenheim

  • @laurenloukinen5425
    @laurenloukinen5425 3 года назад +2

    Are they going to get a new siren Alex?

  • @stalkingyouagain
    @stalkingyouagain 2 года назад

    I've always wanted one of my own, hard to get though.

  • @conrad1478
    @conrad1478 3 года назад +1

    I really wish that thing did the “Hi-Lo” sound that Broadmoor’s sirens did

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      Sadly, there are no known Klaxon/Sekomak CS8's in New Zealand, but I really wish there was.

    • @doohickey-enjoyer
      @doohickey-enjoyer 3 года назад

      @@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 I wish Australia's sirens still went off. My fire station has a siren that looks like an American Darley Model 2, but with a bigger middle but, and the whole thing is bigger. About 5 ft tall with no pole.

    • @a3denclaggett254
      @a3denclaggett254 Год назад

      @MrBlueRBLX I think its a Darley Model 3 or 5

  • @Bylone
    @Bylone 3 года назад

    Great vid mate, interesting to see a legit Carter in NZ! Wonder if they were sent out from the UK once our Cold War network got decomissioned, or if they already had them in NZ back then for the same reason we did in the UK?

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +2

      A lot of Fire Stations got them from new, as Volunteer Fire Stations have used sirens like this for decades. It is possible that some are ex. UK war sirens, and some may have even been war sirens in NZ. But a lot I dare say were likely new when installed at fire stations. A lot of Fire Stations are gradually getting their sirens replaced. Some of the new ones are an unknown make with the rotor sections in red. The most recent ones have all been PSL FireMaster's.

    • @Bylone
      @Bylone 3 года назад

      @@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 Ahh interesting! Thanks for the info on that. I've also heard of a company called Carrel Electrade who's sirens seem to also be used in NZ for fire callout etc. Sad to hear the sirens are getting slowly getting replaced. New Zealand was my only hope for them seeing as the UK were so competent at their mass decomissioning in the early 90s. Also, I've just this second stumbled across a video of a NZ fire siren test which appears to use a Gents of Leicester! However according to the comments it looks like the whole station got destroyed a few years back from a Tsunami or Earthquake etc 😔

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      @@Bylone Yes, but from what I know, Carrel Electrade (formerly Carrel & Carrel) are more distributors rather than manufacturers of most of their products.....their single-rotor siren is a Firemaster. Not sure what their double rotor one is, but they probabaly did not make it. The now defunct Tactical Tooling (TacTool) who put big horns on the ends of rotors on their sirens actually just modified the Firemaster too.
      I think the only to find out the real manufacturer is to try and see if I can get close enough of one to get a zoomed in photo of the manufacturers label.

  • @Itzyourfavameliaahh
    @Itzyourfavameliaahh 3 месяца назад

    That's always happening 😂

  • @sw6188
    @sw6188 3 года назад

    What are you using to record with? It has a really good zoom!

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      Sony CX405

    • @sw6188
      @sw6188 3 года назад

      @@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 Thanks. At first I thought you were recording on your cellpone, and if there was a phone that could zoom like that, I wanted one!

  • @NorthlandAreaMedia
    @NorthlandAreaMedia 3 года назад

    please do more of this

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад +1

      I can't exactly predict when it's going to happen..... As much as I'd love to have psychic powers to know the exact moment a siren is going to go off, I don't.

    • @VonnaWasser
      @VonnaWasser 3 года назад

      At least we could have some close ups with the original 1939 carter siren

  • @AleronRattan
    @AleronRattan Год назад

    Air raid siren audio but real life

  • @pennsylvaniahvacproduction6658
    @pennsylvaniahvacproduction6658 3 года назад

    How loud was it?

    • @the_alex_ellis_channel6923
      @the_alex_ellis_channel6923  3 года назад

      Very.

    • @Long_Winer12
      @Long_Winer12 3 года назад

      Once I was under it because my dad is a fire fighter there

    • @hmsirensandfirealarms
      @hmsirensandfirealarms 3 года назад

      Carters are loud I have filmed a Castle Castings or Carter I don't know the type at Scotlands Secret Bunker and it was pretty loud but next time I'm standing as close as I can get and I am gonna start the vid so I have time to talk lol 🤣

  • @Kiwi_NZ610
    @Kiwi_NZ610 9 месяцев назад

    I been there before

  • @tonybarde2572
    @tonybarde2572 2 года назад

    I remember when Coventry Burned

  • @xx_keion_xx9229
    @xx_keion_xx9229 2 года назад

    Odd looking place? That’s a kohangā