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  2. Directional siren - Wikipedia

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    A directional siren is a siren with a bandwidth broader than 500 Hz-1.8 kHz that enables listeners to more quickly locate the source of the sound. Generally, sound localization accuracy is within 5 degrees, but enabling improved accuracy, for example in an ambulance siren, can lead to faster identification and response, thus enabling an ambulance to reach its destination faster and increase ...

  3. 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.

  4. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    In a pneumatic siren, the stator is the part which cuts off and reopens air as rotating blades of a chopper move past the port holes of the stator, generating sound. The pitch of the siren's sound is a function of the speed of the rotor and the number of holes in the stator. A siren with only one row of ports is called a single tone siren.

  5. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

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    Code 1: A time critical case with a lights and sirens ambulance response. An example is a cardiac arrest or serious traffic accident. Code 2: An acute but non-time critical response. The ambulance does not use lights and sirens to respond. An example of this response code is a broken leg. Code 3: A non-urgent routine case. These include cases ...

  6. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    This is typically a 1-second burst of sound to verify the proper operation of the siren without causing a significant number of people to interpret the test as an actual alert. Many cities in the U.S. periodically sound their sirens as a test, either weekly, monthly, or yearly, at a day and hour set by each individual city. [citation needed]

  7. Emergency Broadcast System - Wikipedia

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    These tapes contained scripted attack warnings, recorded siren sounds and other emergency information for use in the event of nuclear war. [6] [7] As official information began to emerge from various sources, non-primary stations were to broadcast it according to the following priority list: Messages from the president of the United States

  8. Costner departed from “Yellowstone” after Season 5 Part 1, which aired in the fall of 2022. He announced the news in a video posted on social media, saying, “After this long year-and-a-half ...

  9. List of sirens built by Alerting Communicators of America

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    1 5/6 Sometime around the late 60s/early 70s. Omni Directional 95 dB at 100 ft. Very rare siren. Dual tone circular port siren. 95 dB at 100 ft. Manufactured by Klaxon, sold in USA under ACA name. Eight are known to exist, all under the Klaxon SS6 model. None exist under the Sentry 95 branding or model. SuperBanshee/Banshee 120 Electro-Mechanical