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  2. Rumbler siren - Wikipedia

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    Rumbler siren. A Rumbler siren is a type of emergency vehicle siren used primarily in the United States.Developed in 2007 by Federal Signal Corporation, and sounding at a low-frequency level, it is designed to be heard by motorists who may otherwise be unable to hear high-frequency sirens due to ambient noise, such as urban traffic.

  3. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    Sirens are used on emergency service vehicles such as ambulances, police cars, and fire engines. Many fire sirens (used for summoning volunteer firefighters) serve double duty as tornado or civil defense sirens, alerting an entire community of impending danger. Most fire sirens are either mounted on the roof of a fire station or on a pole next ...

  4. Emergency vehicle equipment - Wikipedia

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    An ambulance with two red revolving lights mounted above two flashing red lights, with two speakers between for the vehicle's electronic siren.Also seen are two antennae; the one seen between the two speakers is for a two-way radio, while the one seen in front of the flashing light on the left is probably for the vehicle's conventional AM/FM radio.

  5. Car alarm - Wikipedia

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    A car alarm is an electronic device installed in a vehicle in an attempt to discourage theft of the vehicle itself, its contents, or both. Car alarms work by emitting high-volume sound (often a vehicle-mounted siren, klaxon , pre-recorded verbal warning, the vehicle's own horn, or a combination of these) when the conditions necessary for ...

  6. Emergency vehicle equipment in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Emergency vehicle equipment is used in the United Kingdom to indicate urgent journeys by an emergency service. This usage is colloquially known as "blues and twos", which refers to the blue lights and the two-tone siren once commonplace (although most sirens now have a range of tones like Wail, Yelp, Phaser, and Hi-Lo). A call-out requiring the ...

  7. Bird in England Mimicking a Police Siren Sounds Just Like the ...

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    Cops in Bicester, England experienced this firsthand recently when a cheeky crow decided to mimic the sound of a police siren that was so spot on the officers thought it was one of their own cars!

  8. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    The use of flashing lights and sirens is colloquially known as blues and twos, which refers to the blue lights and the two-tone siren once commonplace (although most sirens now use a range of tones). In the UK, only blue lights are used to denote emergency vehicles (although other colours may be used as sidelights, stop indicators, etc.).

  9. List of sirens built by Alerting Communicators of America

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    10 and 15 HP models were nearly the same, aside from motor used. The P-50 was and still is the loudest dual tone siren in the world. The P-15 (Single-tone) and P-50 were still being produced by ASC until 2002 and 2007, under different names (P-15 being the RM-127 and the P-50 being the RM-135/T-135 AC). The PN-20 was the last siren made by ACA.