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Sirens sounded at 1:30 p.m. (0530 GMT) for the mandatory street evacuation drills, which effectively shut towns and cities across northern Taiwan for 30 minutes. Missiles/rockets are attacking ...
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.).
San Francisco, California - This system is unique featuring the sound of the decommissioned Federal Signal STL-10 sirens that the HPSS units replaced; Casitas Dam, Ventura, California - This system is unique as they look like the Federal Signal Directional Speaker Array (DSA) sirens, but can have 7–8 speakers per stack, and gray caps on the speaker cones.
A siren is a loud noise-making device. There are two general types: mechanical and electronic. Civil defense sirens are mounted in fixed locations and used to warn of natural disasters or attacks. Sirens are used on emergency service vehicles such as ambulances, police cars, and fire engines.
When activated, sirens will sound for 3-5 minutes and repeat every 10-15 minutes while a warning is active. They do not sound continuously or issue an "all clear" alert when a warning expires.
All sirens sounded in a male voice message that says “ATTENTION! ATTENTION! THIS IS A TEST OF THE EMERGENCY SIREN SYSTEM. THIS IS ONLY A TEST!” The message repeated a few more times and followed by a steady 3-minute alert tone. Testings concluded with another male message (the same voice) that said “ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
The 30-second video shows a bird in a tree, which isn't very interesting until you turn your sound on and listen to the bird. It sounds just like a real siren and had everybody fooled! Isn't it ...
A typical siren found on police stations in Taiwan, seen with loudspeakers around it. Either the yellow mechanical siren or the surrounding electronic sirens are in service. Taiwanese civil defense sirens are erected on police stations and commanded by the nation's Civil Defense Office (民防指揮管制所). The government issues air raid ...