Vandergrift, PA - ACA Alertronic AL-6000R Siren Test (w/Ambiance)- All Signals - 5/7/22
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2022
- Basic Information:
Siren: ACA Alertronic AL-6000R (Installed Feb. 1990)
Town: Vandergrift, PA (Westmoreland County)
System: Vandergrift Siren System
Location: Vandergrift Fire Station No. 1
Tested: Never
Uses: Fire Siren
Cycle: All in this video (Hi-Lo for fire calls)
Other notes:
Where do I really begin... First and foremost, huge thanks to the folks out at the Vandergrift Fire Station No. 1 for giving us this incredible experience. We truly appreciate you! This is the type of video someone would post as an April Fools joke, but this is anything but that. We were able to get in contact with the fire department and arrange a time to set off this VERY VERY RARE siren. To top it off, it's a dual toned one too. I about had a heart attack because my powershot and it's wonderful battery died a few seconds after the Hi-Lo cycle. Thankfully I noticed it and rushed to put a new battery in. After talking with the chief, he gave us the thumbs up to sound it in all the signals they had to offer which was a treat to say the least. This is the first video of an Alertronic AL-6000R (Dual Toned at that) in the wild running all signals. This is one of the only two in the state. The other is at a paper mill in Washington, PA. This was truly an awesome and monumental moment for the community if you ask me. This siren was actually struck by lighting twice, hence why there's two large antennas mounted next to it now. I was a little disappointed about the less than desirable weather, however we found shelter at the church next to the fire department so that was that. Overall, I'm pretty happy how the video turned out for such an incredible siren. This was definitely a surreal experience. I also left an audio recorder about a 1/4 mile down the road to catch some echoes. It's definitely a very direction siren as when it points away, it's almost inaudible. I'm sure though you could hear this for miles as it echoes down the nearby river and valley. Enjoy!
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I love this kind of siren more than the Whelens using the HI-LO tone.
well now we got to hear another dual tone 6000R out there, man if only ROLLING MEADOWS COULD HAVE DONE THAT
I am shocked just by hearing all signals of this thing. Lucky you.
Well “all signals” technically but they messed up attack and didn’t let it recycle back up
@@sirensofneohio3979 Still shocked tho.
I mean....... that's one way to make a lightning rod I guess lol. Always been a bizarre sounding siren imo.
Man that is such a cool sounding siren. Glad it was finally recorded!
I’m very happy we got a video of it too. It’s too close to my house to have been left unrecorded
I personally think 850/1020Hz MadahComs sound the coolest
I live a block away from this siren and I love the sound of it!
I’d kill to live close to this thing 😂
Sounds like a electronic version of the Thunderbolt 1003
I love Alertronics.
As a member of vandergrift #1 this is an awesome video and a chance to hear our siren from a different perspective. Thank you!
We thank you for having us! Definitely made the 3+ hour drive worth it!
Hmm I have never heard a siren go this high on hertz, sounds almost musical. Dual tone for the win.
I love how it charges up for the alert
This is so epic and must have been such an awesome experience. Just one thing, I still haven’t heard another ASC siren do all the tones and include a fast wail. The ECN in Milton, WI, has a fast wail tone but it’s never been heard elsewhere
Amazing! I should've made the trip down there to see and hear this!👍
Dude this is biblical. This is foam worthy SHEESH
Man it sounds really nice!
COME ON DOWN YOU KNOW I GOTCHA
there was a dual toned one in rolling meadows, il
Very nice video guys
Nice video man!
Sounds godly
Major W's in the chat
God DAMN this is epic!!
At first I thought it is the one from Rolling meadows before I found the installation date lmfao. Great video you guys sure got lucky
i wonder where that alertronic went?
@@dank980 was sold to a private seller I'm pretty sure
@@SonicBoone56 it went to an enthusiast, found that out a couple months ago
As a Captain at Vandergrift, thank you for showing off our siren
Yiperoo!!!
2:29 sounds like a thor guard
I'm assuming this has a newer ASC controller because of the lightning strikes which probably fried the analog one. It's cool that they kept it dual-tone!
Nope still had ACA boards and stuff. There’s a photo of it at the end of the video
@@sirensofneohio3979 did the main controller look like the regular analog units?
@@sirensofneohio3979 It appears to be a very early ACA digital controller. These (with the exact same box) were later rebranded with the familar ASC blue rectangle logo after ACA went under in 1992-1993. i.imgur.com/0gA3wHQ.jpg
0:19 HI-LO
2:00 GROWL?
2:30 PULSE
2:54 ALERT
3:17 ROTATION
3:28 GROWL?
Lemmi know if I screwed up on any of these
The one thing i dont lke about those is the tones just cut in no wind up it is just anoying when you live near whelen 4004s and 4008 and 2910 sirens
They do wind up, it’s just not audible. They were designed to activate the tone generator before engaging the amplifiers. Sarnia Ontario Canada had these in the late 1980s early 90s and they were programmed to engage the amplifiers first, thus had an audible wind up.
I think I’ve heard this tone before
0:45 What is The Hi Lo Signal Used For
Wow 🤩
Cool sounding, but the no windup/down kinda sucks. Sounds like some others nearby do wind up/down
Sounds like a dual toned whelen
This is definitely running on a newer digital asc controller.
Only W’s man 😭🔥
Fact Checkers say this info is false
That sound like a hi lo
W alertronic
rare!
Holy $hit that's so cool 🥵
Common Cameron W
How long ago did they stop using it for calls? I believe #2's 2T22 still goes off for calls
They still use it for calls afaik
@@sirensofneohio3979 what tone
As member of said department, it still goes off for most calls. Non emergency calls it does not go off. We use the initial tones as our alert. I knew it had different signals but this is the first time hearing the others.
@@brianputignano1823 thank you
@@ff29h2 the first tone you heard is the one used
..... I'm done! You all get treated like God's! If I were to ask for that I would get told to leave lmao! NICE video!
I’ll coordinate one with you. Surprisingly it’s not that hard to get someone to set it off for ya.
@@sirensofneohio3979 it really isn't....except i know many people in fire depts so maybe that's just me🤷🏻♂️
That must be one of the first digital ACA controllers ever made.
This one had a logic board replacement at some point. The 6000R was discontinued and replaced with the AR-1600 before they switched to digital. The first AR-1600s were analog, and the earlier digital boards peaked at the same pitch in alert as they did fire and attack.
Hell i can hear this thing in Hyde Park
If Indonesian Railroad crossing had 2 tones
That kawaii lmao
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