The WORST siren test EVER | FPL: Whelen WPS-4004 | South Causeway Beach | Ft.Pierce FL | 3/3/2022
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Today is so far the worst siren test that could possibly ever happened. No other siren failures could compete against this one, not even the one i recorded back in septemeber. However, long story short, the siren began to scream out DTMF strings, static and a loud background noise. The siren acted as a terrible scanner playing out tones and failed to sound in alert. The siren got stuck on the 3rd position and never moved throughout the entire test expect to play static, the voice message and abunch of DTMF and including error noises (mainly groaning noises). This shows that FPL in st.lucie have the WORST siren system ever and not even an ATI siren system would come remotely close to this and that's saying something. I REALLY hope in the future, none of this happens again (which i kinda doubt) as this shows FPL lacks care to maintain their siren and uses outdated equipments.
This is so far the 5th time FPL sirens have failed and have worsen in each of thoses fails over time.
Me and Tom was very disappointed and called this the worst siren test we've ever experienced so far.
So yeah, that's pretty much what i gotta say about this one. Its 1 hell of a mess and i'll never ever forget that this happened. Im pretty sure this might be the worst siren fail video ever published here.
==[Siren Location]==
County/State: St.Lucie County, FL
Test date: March,June,Septemeber And Decemeber on the first thursday @11:55 AM EST.
==[Camera & Devices]==
Main Camera: Cannon Powershot SX540HS
Wideview Camera: Nikion Coolpix B500
Undershot Camera: Sony Handycam HDR-CX240
Main Audio source: Powershot SX540HS & Partially Nikion Coolpix B500
==[Other information]==
Other enthusiast present: Tommy's Sirens & Aviation
Test status: Servere failure
Map: www.youtube.co...
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I forgot to explain more about the discrepancy counts in this video. All the sataic and random dtmf, messed up voice is all counted. for each part the siren fails to do (including clear voice) is also counted. If you want to hear the ambience, Skip to 7:56 and 16:50.
The random DTMF is for rotation, live voice activation, cancellation, and alert activation. Seems like it just got stuck on live voice and wouldn’t cancel and also ignored the rotation activation commands and all the other tones
@@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL DTMF sounds more like the command was outdated or just randomly failed due to rusty components.
"This is a malfunction. This is only a malfunction"
Lmfao
Sheesh FPL’s sirens just can’t catch a break, even after all the upgrades they did in recent years. Great video! Your content is very good, and I feel you deserve more attention!
Thanks!
bro what upgrades they downgraded it apparently
You know SHTF when you can faintly hear other sirens nearby functioning normally, but the one being filmed has completely failed and is basically end of life.
And this is why we test them
Thunderbolts never had this issue ... the world needs more Thunderbolts. Great video.
@bobo o Hello, Thunderbolts will still have issues if they're not maintained properly well enough. Regardless, they require alot to maintain than newer sirens after the thunderbolts. All sirens regardless will have issues if they're not properly maintained like this siren system in this video. Quality and easy to maintain is important for longevity of any sirens.
fpl will find a way to make them not work
I guess it’s safe to say it’s worse that Oviedo’s Tornado Sirens.
what’s wrong with their sirens?
you better hope that they work if the power plant is gonna meltdown
I really hope IN ONE DAY OR SOMEDAY they will get a new radio it’s just really awful.
At least we can still pretty much hear some of the voice and rotation/activation tones. I'd like to see this system some day, but I feel bad that it's always having issues. Is it issues with the speakers or radio? Either way I don't know if this system will ever end up getting replaced with new sirens (Not the Whelen Vortex's model though) or remove it entirely cause at this point the district must just be tired of this happening. Is the system really needed? Either way great capture, keep up the good work!
Hi, No the drivers are fine, the radio is the issue. To answer your question, a few people are tired of the sirens not working correctly. However, because of federal laws on behalf the NRC, Sirens are required to alert people if an disaster where to happen at a nuclear plant unless the plant is discommissioned completely. So yes, the system is needed by law.
@@TheaolguySirens Ah, ok. I hope it can get fixed soon cause if something bad happens and the sirens don't receive the codes properly, it's gonna be FLP's fault and they could get in serious trouble. So looks like the sirens built in radio needs work or the station/dispatch needs to be upgraded. Thanks for the info! I hope you stay safe 😄
I don’t think the sirens are gonna be replaced any time soon the WPS-4004s are pretty new still
The people still use windows 98 for their Siren management stuff.
@@ValenDRV WOW, that's old software
What kind of test is this a math test geography test history test? All I know is this siren failed the test
I actually work in the building that siren was made in. Say what you will about the brand but im gonna vouch for everyone who worked on that as I know them all personally. Solid group of good people.
Equipment is only as good as it's operator - PMs and SOPs are the customer's problem, that's why they're in the documentation. If anything, yall are responsible for parts and support. Beyond that, these issues lie on the municipality.
The DTMF tones simply sound like an error indicating that the connection or command was outdated, which failed to complete.
I wonder if FPL is still using this service? Or have they shut this one down?
Does anyone know what makes the Whelens randomly broadcast the DTMF?
The worst siren test is the one that fails to activate.
80 fails, unbelivable. i cant belive this darn thing even works. anyways indeed this is clearly a piece of junk and they might need to upgrade their system (and i bet they wont lol), other than that oh well what do i have to say
and heres why you dont expose a electronic siren to salt water, especially whelens
Good lords that’s awful
Sick WHELEN
This is sad...
I know turkey point
Very sad and pathetic.
isn't this a nuclear meltdown siren? if so that's even worse
damn, that's really bad
Hello?
Hello
How is your day?
@@WhelenVortex730 very good 😅
Hallo
They need to replace that whole system
No they just need to trash it, sirens are old technology, people have phones now and get a weather radio that will send alerts, and yes they send nuclear alerts.
@@TheJakeman789 I don't agree with that.when 911 happened the cell towers went down almost immediately.when the paradise CA wildfire happened the cell towers went down and the internet servers went down and many died because there was no warning.last year Spartanburg SC had a tornado and the NOAA weather radio servers were down and they couldn't send out an eas.luckily the county did activate there sirens
@@TheJakeman789 Not everyone has a phone, you know that right?
@@warningsirensofmichio9660 It's neat (to me anyway) that you mention Paradise, as that's where I live. Sirens actually are a possibility that has been considered as a warning system for areas at risk of fires, and frankly, I'd like to see something like that put in place, though I can't see it being likely.
@@austinmccoy9743 I know Berkeley California has an old cd siren they reactivated to use for wildfires.ut needed a ton of work to get it running again but they did it
Well the siren try to use dtmf codes to activate himself but it doesnt work i can clearly hear the other sirens goes of while this whelen was try to activate himself with a dtmf code what a worst test
And i think the rotator box has a problem or his controller panel died
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok
I know this comment is a year old but I'm really curious to know why you gave the siren he/him pronouns