Lots of companies still make these as well. There are currently two companies who supply sirens to Fire Emergency NZ (formerly NZ Fire Service). The first is PSL Fire & Safety and the second is Carrell Electrade.
And you said that you looked over to the siren and it went off 10 seconds later as if to say "Hey, Alex! You want to see the fire trucks? Let me call them out! WHIRRRRRRRRR!!!"
The roof over the siren is not to keep the rain off, it's there to try and keep the noise down at ground level where it will be most effective for the firefighters to hear.
UPDATE: This siren has been replaced with a brand new one (same design), and is now mounted on a pole: www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg This was done due to the demolition of the training tower that the old siren was mounted on, due to it being deemed unsafe.
What I find interesting about this siren is that it's fire call-out is programmed similarly to the attack alert that was used to signal an air raid during World War II
A live down on the same street as a fire station and every night I hear the sirens of the truck go off. What has Australia come to where everyone decides to have an emergency.
Yes, it was quite easy on this one, as it didn't have any wire mesh on it (which they now fit to these to prevent birds from getting in them). The new siren that replaced this one has the wire mesh on. www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg
They have several that go off all over town at the same time. Well you can hear one going down and others still going sometimes so mostly at the same time
Wow that was great timing. What use to get me when i was a younger lad and use to stay with my Grand Mother (Who in those days lived in Levin), Was the fact this siren sounds more than twice. I kept thinking it was some other warning like civil defense, But now i'm guessing that's because someone has to turn it off once they arrive at the station??
@J.T.E Rail Productions - yes, the siren is usually 'canceled' by whoever arrives at the station first. Given that it may take someone a couple of minutes to arrive, the siren can potentially sound 4, 5, 6 or more times in that period. All of the volunteer fire crew have pagers which are also activated, so the siren is just one means of alerting them.
Nice one ! With its classic 10/12 ports ratio 50 Hz sound ! Are there other designs than the classic "bench grinder" design made by so many manufacturers ?
It's been replaced now with a brand new one (but of the same type). This is becuase the old training tower that the siren was mounted on was deemed to be unsafe and was demolished. The new siren is mounted on a pole: www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg
@@crazyleyland5106 Yeah I know, what I meant in my comment, if I remember correctly, was if there was any other siren design that was shared between so many manufacturers. And the answer is yes (for example, the E57 was made by at least 4 different manufacturers, and the French siren by at least 3)
PSL and Carrel Electrade currently make this type of siren for NZ. This one was made by Carrel Electrade. Other types of siren can be found though. There was a company in Wellington called "Tactical Tooling", but their website has been taken down, so I presume they went bust. Electronic Sirens (such as STI's or Whelen's) have been installed for Civil Defence purposes, such as Flood or Tsunami warnings.
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Tawa has a Fire Station, and it has a siren (was replaced in 2018). There are no Car Washes in Tawa - the nearest ones are located in Porirua to the North, or Johnsonville to the South. I'd recommend going onto Google maps, finding Tawa and typing in "Car Wash", and have an explore for yourself.
What was the emergency? I'm at Waihi beach right now and there was a Tsunami warning but it turned out some idiot had turned on the alarm. But anyways what was the emergency?
@@n.f.railphotography7185 I looked back to up on the NZ fire service incident website which is where they log all there incidents just google icad NZ fire service.
@@westshore6899 This is a very common style of siren, and there are countless manufacturers of such sirens. Many people simple label all two-rotor sirens like this as Carter, when inf act Carter is only one of many brands.
![[Station Siren] East branch volunteer fire district going on a response in Upstate New York.](/img/1.gif)
The classic sound of an old electro-mechanical air raid siren. I love those sirens!
Lots of companies still make these as well. There are currently two companies who supply sirens to Fire Emergency NZ (formerly NZ Fire Service). The first is PSL Fire & Safety and the second is Carrell Electrade.
The one in this video is Carrel Electrade.
@@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 It sounds like a British CASTLE CASTINGS siren.
And you said that you looked over to the siren and it went off 10 seconds later as if to say "Hey, Alex! You want to see the fire trucks? Let me call them out! WHIRRRRRRRRR!!!"
You don’t love any of those sirens if the emergency is concerning you
The roof over the siren is not to keep the rain off, it's there to try and keep the noise down at ground level where it will be most effective for the firefighters to hear.
Vegetation Fire at the Horowhenua District from Levin Fire Station.
We have the same sirens and appliance siren in south Australia
Air raid siren: there a fire
Everyone: *doesn't cares*
Air raid siren: *sounds (4x)*
Everyone: *runs for theirs lives*
UPDATE: This siren has been replaced with a brand new one (same design), and is now mounted on a pole: www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg
This was done due to the demolition of the training tower that the old siren was mounted on, due to it being deemed unsafe.
What I find interesting about this siren is that it's fire call-out is programmed similarly to the attack alert that was used to signal an air raid during World War II
A live down on the same street as a fire station and every night I hear the sirens of the truck go off. What has Australia come to where everyone decides to have an emergency.
Wow I love how you can see it spin from that far!
Yes, it was quite easy on this one, as it didn't have any wire mesh on it (which they now fit to these to prevent birds from getting in them). The new siren that replaced this one has the wire mesh on. www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg
I had the one in Waikanae go off while i was waiting at the train station it was really loud.
Not suprised, Yes one of the two fire call out sirens for Waikanae is located in the railway station carpark.
That's is a real Emergency for Fireman in Levin.
They have several that go off all over town at the same time. Well you can hear one going down and others still going sometimes so mostly at the same time
i think its an klaxon or an carter
It's a 1980s Carrel & Carrel (now Carrel Electrade). It was replaced with a new Siren earlier this year.
@@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 cool
Cool to be able to see the siren loudspeaker rotating while it's ringing
Its not a loudspeaker its a chopper
You're both wrong, those are called rotors!
@@erincummins2695 it can be called a stator chopper
@Erin Cummins as it chops the air so yes those rotors can be choppers
Wow that was great timing. What use to get me when i was a younger lad and use to stay with my Grand Mother (Who in those days lived in Levin), Was the fact this siren sounds more than twice. I kept thinking it was some other warning like civil defense, But now i'm guessing that's because someone has to turn it off once they arrive at the station??
A lot of Sirens actually sound 4 times....you can see other videos on RUclips where that happens.
@J.T.E Rail Productions - yes, the siren is usually 'canceled' by whoever arrives at the station first. Given that it may take someone a couple of minutes to arrive, the siren can potentially sound 4, 5, 6 or more times in that period. All of the volunteer fire crew have pagers which are also activated, so the siren is just one means of alerting them.
Carter/Castings 🔊😍👌
This siren was made by Carrel Electrade, in Auckland, New Zealand.
@@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 thanks 🔊👍🏻
Japanese attack on Auckland
Nice one ! With its classic 10/12 ports ratio 50 Hz sound ! Are there other designs than the classic "bench grinder" design made by so many manufacturers ?
It's been replaced now with a brand new one (but of the same type). This is becuase the old training tower that the siren was mounted on was deemed to be unsafe and was demolished. The new siren is mounted on a pole: www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/eDKQ6CA1IVyDVMMrEiTDvVHRb-E=/1440x1920/smart/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/BWXFMDRL3FXMQGOQLBFGX3PXYE.jpg
In America there are a great number of different types of siren.
@@crazyleyland5106 Yeah I know, what I meant in my comment, if I remember correctly, was if there was any other siren design that was shared between so many manufacturers. And the answer is yes (for example, the E57 was made by at least 4 different manufacturers, and the French siren by at least 3)
how many companies do you know that make sirens for NZ?
PSL and Carrel Electrade currently make this type of siren for NZ. This one was made by Carrel Electrade. Other types of siren can be found though. There was a company in Wellington called "Tactical Tooling", but their website has been taken down, so I presume they went bust. Electronic Sirens (such as STI's or Whelen's) have been installed for Civil Defence purposes, such as Flood or Tsunami warnings.
this siren is tested which days and it is a KLAXON GP12 or a CS12 ?
I don't know when it is tested (if it even is). It was was most likely made by either Carrel Electrade or by PSL Fire & Safety,
@@the_alex_ellis_channel6923 do you have a facebook page so i can add you as friends?
@@sirenealertedu1ermercredid256 My Facebook account is for personal friends only. I do not add other RUclipsrs as my Facebook friends unless I know them personally.
I can now confirm that this siren was made by Carrel Electrade, in Auckland, New Zealand.
This siren gets tested every Monday night 7;30
Hi Alex Ellis I am coming down to Wellington form Hamilton I have to go through tawa is there any fire station and carwashs near tawa
Tawa has a Fire Station, and it has a siren (was replaced in 2018). There are no Car Washes in Tawa - the nearest ones are located in Porirua to the North, or Johnsonville to the South.
I'd recommend going onto Google maps, finding Tawa and typing in "Car Wash", and have an explore for yourself.
What's a carwashs?
S W a car wash..
When was this? I was in Levin last week and I heard it go off after I had been filming Trains 263 & 262.
Yesterday. Uploaded same day as filmed.
I can also see Queen Street Level crossing at 1:49.
they dont have a Q2B
Well FS Q2B sirens are only present in North and South America. Usually, EU style sirens are used elsewhere.
@@imaginox9 ah ok
The real q helps out
What was the emergency? I'm at Waihi beach right now and there was a Tsunami warning but it turned out some idiot had turned on the alarm. But anyways what was the emergency?
@@BadeRadio777 Were you there when it happened?
@@n.f.railphotography7185 I looked back to up on the NZ fire service incident website which is where they log all there incidents just google icad NZ fire service.
Not quite the way it sounded in my town decades ago
In my town sometimes they would blow the siren at the firehouse just to test it Make sure it was working right
Hear it all the time lmao
That’s a carter
No, it is a Carrel Electrade Siren, made in New Zealand.
The_ALEX_ELLIS_Channel well I guess I was close to the right name
@@westshore6899 This is a very common style of siren, and there are countless manufacturers of such sirens. Many people simple label all two-rotor sirens like this as Carter, when inf act Carter is only one of many brands.
All fun and games until the fobs steal it and wire it to their bikes😂
Wicked 😊😊😊
Try get a video of the new siren sounding
There is a fire siren test or a call-out.
sounds like a Broadmoor escape siren
that fire siren is not as loud as the siren they have on a pole you should hear that siren roar alex
When I went to levin it has a new siren
When world war 3 begins