damn, air raid sirens!!!
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SuperGrover
jack of all trades
Yes, vehicles typically leave within few seconds of the siren, but usually, another group leaves within five minutes... probably the backup.
Again, this area has an all volunteer fire department. Now, if we are willing to pay more taxes, we could get rid of the sirens.
Again, this area has an all volunteer fire department. Now, if we are willing to pay more taxes, we could get rid of the sirens.
SuperGrover
jack of all trades
In all fairness, most people from the city don't know about these sirens or lookout for them. I didn't.
The first time I drove down here form D.C., the siren at the Hollywood VFD went off just as I was driving by. Scared me and my wife to death!
It took a while before we figured out that it was for the fire department.
The noise will become background noise after a while. It's almost like living near the airport and after some time, the jet noise doesn't bother you anymore (maybe it's because you've lost your hearing!).
The first time I drove down here form D.C., the siren at the Hollywood VFD went off just as I was driving by. Scared me and my wife to death!
It took a while before we figured out that it was for the fire department.
The noise will become background noise after a while. It's almost like living near the airport and after some time, the jet noise doesn't bother you anymore (maybe it's because you've lost your hearing!).
CowGirlUp
Yeee hawww
Originally posted by SuperGrover
The noise will become background noise after a while. It's almost like living near the airport and after some time, the jet noise doesn't bother you anymore (maybe it's because you've lost your hearing!).
Yeah...you get use to it. I dont even hear it anymore...doesnt wake me up out of a dead sleep. At first it was horrible though....I heard it every time!!!
The sirens still have a function in life....
1. Not everyone gets a pager right off as soon as they join.
2. No spare pagers are available, so when one goes out for repair, they listen up for the station siren if they live close enough.
3. The trucks may get out within a few seconds, but usually more than one is due to respond and the siren is used to summon personnel to get the other equipment out.
4. Pagers run on batteries and need to be charged up at times. Sometimes the pager is in the charger inside and people working outside or on their car are alerted to a call by hearing the station siren.
Until everyone is willing to double or triple their fire tax to support a fully paid department, sirens will remain in use to summon the volunteers to the station to assist YOU in your time of need.
Instead of complaining about the siren going off while you are snuggled under the covers, think about why the department is being summoned and think about the people who are hurting or are having their worldly possessions being burned up or the kid trapped in their bedroom by a fire.
Sorry everyone - I step down off my soapbox for now....
The big sirens for the nuc plant are placed within a 10-mile arc (as the crow flies) of Calvert Cliffs - take a look inside your phone book (inside back cover usually) for that area for their sirens.
1. Not everyone gets a pager right off as soon as they join.
2. No spare pagers are available, so when one goes out for repair, they listen up for the station siren if they live close enough.
3. The trucks may get out within a few seconds, but usually more than one is due to respond and the siren is used to summon personnel to get the other equipment out.
4. Pagers run on batteries and need to be charged up at times. Sometimes the pager is in the charger inside and people working outside or on their car are alerted to a call by hearing the station siren.
Until everyone is willing to double or triple their fire tax to support a fully paid department, sirens will remain in use to summon the volunteers to the station to assist YOU in your time of need.
Instead of complaining about the siren going off while you are snuggled under the covers, think about why the department is being summoned and think about the people who are hurting or are having their worldly possessions being burned up or the kid trapped in their bedroom by a fire.
Sorry everyone - I step down off my soapbox for now....
The big sirens for the nuc plant are placed within a 10-mile arc (as the crow flies) of Calvert Cliffs - take a look inside your phone book (inside back cover usually) for that area for their sirens.
Ehesef
Yo Gabba Gabba
I live in an area where I am about 5 to 10 miles from each Siren (Hollywood's and Leonardtown's). I can hear both and just have to listen to which side of the house the sound is coming from. They don't bother me. I lived with a fireman before moving in with my bf and he used the siren before he got his pager. If he was outside and couldn't hear the scanner (talk about annoying, that damn thing never shut up), the siren alerted him to the call. If you live near one, you will eventually get used to it. If it were your house on fire, wouldn't you want as many men and pieces there as they could get, instead of just those who have a pager?
Where I live is five miles by road (3 by direct line) to the firehouse in Leonardtown, we have several volunteers living down our way and yes I can hear the siren all the way at my house, just as I can hear when 7th District goes off. Many of the daytime respondees work in town and they certainlly hear it when it goes off.
Ehesef
Yo Gabba Gabba
Then you don't know what you are talking about. In the HVFD, all members must live in the first due area, the same in MVFD, I think. Most of the HVFD members I know live within a 5 to 10 mile radius of the firehouse. The same with LVFD. Many of the LVFD members live within 2 miles or less of the firehouse.
Ehesef