FDNY Ladder 131 Siren with Wonky Rumbler

FDNY Ladder 131, the Happy Hookers from Red Hook, Brooklyn, was acting 35 while 35 responded to a 3rd alarm on the Upper East Side. L131 responded to a potential water rescue at W79th St and turned on their siren for us on the way out. The rumbler sounded like it was in need of repair!

[@GRC6401]

Wow I never heard of that odd version of this but awesome!

[@TripleJFire]

At first we were just excited they turned on the siren, then we heard the rumbler gurgling and were like, whoa that’s different! Sounds like it needs to be repaired

[@fdnyfilms3354]

Haha. That's an odd siren indeed. Love the Happy Hookers. Great catch!

[@TripleJFire]

Haha, our first reaction was, cool, they turned on the siren for us! And then ooooh, that’s different 😂

[@fdnyfilms3354]

@@TripleJFire Haha. Old E3 has an odd siren, too.

[@alloverdacity]

Great catch! It sounds funny lol

[@TripleJFire]

Thanks! It was a nice surprise!

[@BURNINGRYZEN112]

THE OLD RUMBLER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY BRAND NEW ONE.

[@TripleJFire]

Guessing that you know more about sirens than I do! I thought it almost sounded like a loose connection somewhere, like when a speaker is plugged in with a bad cable (given that they use electric sirens now).

[@firstresponse8596]

Nice, what was you filming with, love the quality

[@TripleJFire]

Thanks! I shoot video on a iPhone 🫣 and recently upgraded to the 15 Pro Max. I am into nature photography and have a Sony a6500 I use for that, but I’ve found that the video stabilization on the phones now is fantastic, and I always have the phone with me so I catch things I would miss otherwise.