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Federal Q2B... If I ever video that again, I will probably back the camera up a little more and zoom in. The camera was about 8 feet away and it sounds like it was giving the mic some trouble...
The squealing you hear at around 2:00 was some guy driving by in a truck with maintenance issues, not the siren.
To any fellow Firefighters and former Firefighters, I don't have to tell you about how your heartbeat kicks up a notch when you hear one of these, or how you can tell just by how the operator is running it whether they're responding to a medical call or a sho' nuff structure fire. Enjoy!
Anyone with a line on a STH-10, leave me a comment, I'm looking for one.

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@primos2012 10 лет назад

Greatest sound in the entire world if you ask me.

@FurryWrecker911 9 лет назад

It is interesting that sirens can be nothing more than a cleverly built fan.

@BenjaminEsposti 8 лет назад

+Charles Shade II (FurryWrecker911) Yep! It's basically a fan that is meant to be loud. usually fans are meant to be quiet, not loud ... XD

@YusDyr 8 лет назад

+Charles Shade II (FurryWrecker911) , fan that's bring up fun. ;)

@MinecraftPro97k 4 года назад

It's called an air raid

@That_2_guy2T 14 дней назад

@@MinecraftPro97k no

@OntarioAndrew 10 лет назад

All that's missing is a guy hanging on to the air horn chain for dear life!

@ShinGojira-xq7fm 7 лет назад

no kidding

@donnyvanstrander5621 8 лет назад

the best sound I've ever heard

@arturwozniak681 Год назад

Glad to hear that 🥰👍

@harrybarry2291 2 года назад

I have one of these in excellent used condition. They are the most powerful vehicle siren to my knowledge. A wonderful mechanical siren sound. All of our fire engines here have one on the bumper. These sirens have been used for years on firetrucks. They probably sell for over $2,000.00 today.

@kenmizell7533 2 месяца назад

The best and loudest mechanical siren ever made, with a very distinct sound. Many of these come with electric brakes. Without applying the brakes, these things will spin for a long time. I was at a car fire once. The fire engine responding had a Q2B. It arrived, the fire was put out, and the siren was still spinning enough to make a sound.

@That_2_guy2T 14 дней назад

The loudest siren ever made was the lionking defender apparently.

@airspcfan 6 лет назад

The sweetest sound in the world!

@allantotti 12 лет назад

Your neighbors must love you... Nice sound!

@NYCTMTA 10 лет назад

u have ear protection?

@turtle7946 5 лет назад

Music to my ears

@chrisluntsford1430 6 лет назад

The best to have when your are responding to a call

@ahnbra 11 лет назад

Nothing makes a fire rig sound as good as the Federal Q mechnical siren. It gets you noticed and pepole used to get the hell out of your way when you used it. The only other thing that some times works are those new low end Rumbler sirens. thanks for sharing. Now all you need is the rest of the engine or ladder to put that on!

@GeorgiaFF 12 лет назад

@e57michel 12 volts, never measured rpms but that information may be available on Federal Signal's website

@kurtdog119 12 лет назад

I love that classic growl from that Federal Q2B siren! You don't hear many sirens like this anymore!

@GeorgiaFF 11 лет назад

There was a man named John Dorgan aka "The Siren Man", who was widely recognized among collectors as the authority on sirens and vintage warning lighting. He passed away a year or two ago but his family is continuing his work, I believe. RU-vid won't let me post the link here but google sirenman and it should be the first result.

@airforce262able 8 лет назад

sounds like a German stuka plane

@blaketech512 9 лет назад

They have them on the fire trucks here and sound them and drive around before a severe storm ( a lot of places in Florida do that instead of a siren system) there extremely loud and sound awesome!

@TTKtyler505 3 года назад

Best sound ever

@shadowfromsparksnv3253 8 лет назад

i think federal siren company should made a small version of this siren that equals powerful loudness this siren but call it a mini q2b siren

@DFPFilms1 11 лет назад

My department still uses the old Qs in the trucks

@066065911 9 лет назад

Estimated could help me in telling me where I can buy a siren of these I am from mexico city. thank you

@jonathangaines7964 9 лет назад

www.thefirestore.com/store/product.aspx/productId/10994/Federal-Signal-Q2B-Siren-Electro-Mechanical-Classic-Design-Pedestal-Mount/

@GeorgiaFF 11 лет назад

Thanks!

@urteil2 11 лет назад

Nice-sounding Siren

@nickman888 12 лет назад

Thats what im talkin abt, Subscribed :)

@robertrogers7541 9 лет назад

You should do sirens based of the ones on the squad and engine from the show emergency

@schemer1991 3 года назад

That would wake up the neighbors at 5 in the morning

@kurtdog119 11 лет назад

True. Some Q sirens don't have the classic growl like this old thing. Some of the newer Q sirens are just a steady tone, no growl whatsoever.

@tobiasrabelink7733 10 лет назад

a 123 db siren the federal q siren

@45barber1 10 лет назад

My new ring tone lol

@djo9c1 12 лет назад

You can buy a new one directly from Federal Signal or from a dealer, but that will run you about 2 grand. Sometimes used ones pop up on eBay for several hundred dollars, depending on what condition they're in.

@GeorgiaFF 11 лет назад

Also, if there is someone locally who rebuilds starters (like for your car) they should be able to work on the motor for your siren.

@JesseMcKnight9295 12 лет назад

where did u get that?.....mabey my neighbors will move out quicker

@deputy_Nico 4 года назад

Lol

@primos2012 11 лет назад

I love this sound in the morrning or is it just cause im a firefighter.

@e57michel 12 лет назад

@GeorgiaFF ok. i guess it has some thousands RPM´s ( about 5000-9000!?)! and a very well balanced rotor for the high RPM. but it sounds awesome.

@e57michel 12 лет назад

wow. how many RPM´s / volts?

@TheJoeLevesque 11 лет назад

How do these work?

@nickcapelli8074 10 лет назад

How do you guys get these sirens?

@mgg8605- 9 лет назад

Fedsig dot com

@itzz_blumpy7579 9 лет назад

Nick Capelli Eithier what +Michael G Said or off of retired rife engines.

@GeorgiaFF 11 лет назад

I would sell mine, but only locally. Shipping costs would be extraordinary. According to Federal Signal, the manufacturer, the shipping weight is 49 pounds.

@MAHOOCH62 12 лет назад

where do u get this

@isaackwon2030 Год назад

I also rescued adalena with this fire engine siren made by 1981

@swaingles 10 лет назад

Good to make your dog howl!

@stuffjunk5019 10 лет назад

you best better believe it!

@BURNINGRYZEN112 2 года назад

Some Philippines & North Yankee Used It.

@robertgift 8 лет назад

What makes the "wavering" "pulsating" sound, heard more easily starting at 1:40 ?

@GeorgiaFF 8 лет назад

+Robert Gift I don't know... probably something to do with the shape of the sound waves, the size of the apertures, and the speed of the rotor all coming together in a particular way. I'd like to know, myself. It sounds that way in person, it's not just the mic.

@robertgift 8 лет назад

+Jeremiah Shaw The sirens on our apparatæ do the same. But I do not recall hearing the effect from my Federal Signal 2t22A tornado siren. Its 10 and 12-port rotors are nothing like the Q's beautiful 14?-port rotor. (Years ago I told Federal Signal their Q rotors should have 1/4 the ports to produce a tone two octaves lower at peak rpm.) Lower frequencies travel farther through air and penetrate vehicles better.

@friedmanirit 7 лет назад

The wa-wa-wa-wa is because the Stators are made in a mold, making them not perfect, and the rotors are not perfectly balanced. B&M makes their sirens on a lathe and have perfectly balanced rotors.

@robertgift 7 лет назад

Edaan Friedman How can one lathe a rotor? Rotors are balanced by drilling shallow holes in them. When I line my rotors up with their stator ports, they are almsost perfectly matched.

@friedmanirit 7 лет назад

You misunderstood me. What I'm trying to say is that the rotor on the Q is not perfectly centered, causing it to make that wah-wah sound. The other thing I was saying is that the gap on a Q between the rotor and the stator on one side can be 20,000th of an inch, and on the other side it can be 50,000th of an inch. On a B&M the gap is exactly the same everywhere because it's lathed.

@bangersfuzzy 11 лет назад

Ich will sie haben für mein altes Bike. Air Raid Sirene als Free Roller ist genau daß, was ich brauche. Gruß aus Deutschland.

@TheEasterBunny69 6 лет назад

Listen if she's not screaming like that you're doing it so wrong

@schemer1991 11 лет назад

sometimes fire trucks still have that kind of siren

@mdtasin3899 4 года назад

schemer1991 listen if it doesn’t have a q it’s not a firetruck

@Thehotglueguy 3 года назад

i agree cody

@gemmadevincent4894 6 лет назад

I use this siren on roblox while playing ultimate driving westover islands

@GeorgiaFF 12 лет назад

Thanks all for the comments and subscriptions... Neighbors haven't yet complained, perhaps they're closet Q lovers lol...

@chrismazzagatti8429 3 года назад

I'd like to stick one in my Prius.

@fuckthisshitmayne 12 лет назад

Have a q on my truck. Love it. 55ish lbs and i got it for like 600 out the door including shipping

@thitipongpormme9065 8 лет назад

good...

@jeremybeeney6580 5 лет назад

Am I the only one that uses this to get the dog to bark?

@elvinperez2726 2 месяца назад

Dónde puedo comprar una

@literalantifaterrorist4673 10 лет назад

Oh Gawd, Imagine an Engine twilgwting you with this siren.. D:

@VexingRaven 9 лет назад

That's the idea! You want to GTFO the way!

@brianbostic4624 9 лет назад

TheSimpleGamer True!

@shadowfromsparksnv3253 8 лет назад

now the growl squeal and grunt of the q2b you can't get from an eq2b

@robertgift 8 лет назад

+Mark Chamness eq2b is at *full volume* at low frequencies. Real sirens are are less loud at lower frequecies.

@shadowfromsparksnv3253 7 лет назад

+Robert Gift true but the eq2b needs to have the qualities of he real q2b including the grunt, squeal abd air chopping effect

@robertgift 7 лет назад

Mark Chamness Those are unneeded. Anything more than a square wave going into the speaker driver would be superfluous. The Q should have 5 ports instead of 15(?) (I counted but forgot.)

@BURNINGRYZEN112 2 года назад

I Will Make A Higher Pitch Sound Like Osaka Motor Siren 24 Volts Battery.

@marcsw5000 11 лет назад

Q2A?

@lehighvalleyfirevids 5 лет назад

Well I found the federal q2b peaking q

@bangersfuzzy 11 лет назад

I want to Bay a Q2A or Q2B with 12 Volt for my very Old Motorbike. I have Look to E-Bay of USA. I have Look to E-Bay of Germany I have not Found him. Wo can Help my. PLAESE. Gruß from Germany.

@Jimboo0825 11 лет назад

That's and older version

@Jimboo0825 11 лет назад

An*

@dianemckimmy5701 3 года назад

0:17

@saravillaseca4819 8 месяцев назад

*¡A PESAR DE SER SÓLO UN SONIDO , NO PARECE DE URGENCIA ES DESAFINADO!*

@robertgift 8 лет назад

Wish our fire apparatæ Q sirens had 1/3rd the ports. Lower frequencies penetrate vehicles better and carry farther.

@GiventhaD 8 лет назад

Our Q has absolutely no problem clearing traffic, I don't think it's the siren

@robertgift 8 лет назад

xArkAngelx We approach some big intersections which could clear _earlier_ if the siren were at a much lower pitch. Lower pitches attenuate less in air (travel farther) and penetrate vehicles better. Federal Signal made a mistake in making so many ports in their sirens. (As it winds down to lower frequencies, you can feel the pressure pulses from my Federal Signal 2t22A tornado siren.)

@MrMcbear 8 лет назад

+Robert Gift Tbh intersections don't clear fast enough not because people don't hear it. But people just don't give a fuck anymore. Here in NJ people freeze and dont move at all or just ignore you.

@robertgift 8 лет назад

Mathew Festoff People do care. They try to help but often get surprised and do not know what to do or can't quickly figure out what is best. Some freeze. Yesteray I'm in left lane (#1). Approached a woman in #1 ahead. No other traffic near. She easily could have changed lanes to #2 or 3 or 4 and continued. Instead, she slows to a stop. (As a forner (AAA) driver instuctor, many people are afraid to change lanes, especially to the right.) Another problem is people not hearing the siren. Fire kept their siren peaked at top RPM (steady tone) Wife and I did not even recognize a siren. Must go up and down in frequency.