Air Horns Sound at Haddon Fire Company No. 1, Haddonfield, New Jersey
Haddon Fire Company No. 1 - Haddonfield, New Jersey. I remember hearing these horns when I was a little kid. I was told they have been there since the station was built in the 50s. A firefighter told me that the horns are retired Ship/Train/Fog horns from the 40’s and were made by a company called ‘Clark Cooper’. A warning siren was added in the 1970s to sound before the first blast of the air horns, alerting the surrounding area of the incoming blast of the horns. The warning siren is a separate sound from the air horns, it is a Federal Signal Selectone and it does the “wail”. The air horns have 4, 10 second blasts, with 6 seconds pause. The warning siren is the start of the sequence. The air horns sound for every fire call, but only during the daytime.
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As of March 2022, the air horns no longer sound for fire calls after Haddonfield Mayor Colleen Bianco Bezich ordered that the air horns should be shut off. The fire company tried to fight the order, but they were overruled and were forced to shut them off. As some of the town’s people and Mayor complained that they were “obnoxious”.
@CentralVirginiaEAS
2 жыл бұрын
sad :(
@CycloneJoey518
2 жыл бұрын
They should've told them to just get over it.
@CentralVirginiaEAS
2 жыл бұрын
@@CycloneJoey518 ?
@CycloneJoey518
2 жыл бұрын
@@CentralVirginiaEAS I'm talking about the people complaining about the horns
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
@@CycloneJoey518 agree
Ahhhh the sound of history!!! MUSIC to my ears!!!
The siren heard before the first blast of the air horns is warning siren to alert the surrounding area of the incoming blast of the horns. The warning siren only sounds before the first blast of the horns.
It sounds a little like a synthesizer with the two higher pitched horns slightly out of phase. 😎
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
All 4 horns are different so that’s probably why
The horns sound so beautiful in unison!
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
They do
They do sound nice.
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
That Model 5/7 tho
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
That sound is awesome. Any other communities use horns exactly like this example? I'm aware of diaphones but this sounds very different.
@barryhanger7586
Жыл бұрын
I know Magnolia which is not far from Haddonfield, still uses their horns for task force calls only
0:12 that came out of nowhere
Why do they use an electronic siren at the start? There is a full size air raid siren right in the middle of your shot
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
The electric siren heard at the beginning is a warning siren, warning the surrounding area of the incoming blast of the horns.
@geebee6010
2 жыл бұрын
@@barryhanger7586 is that the model 5?
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
@@geebee6010 no that is a federal signal selectone.
The little siren sounds like a selectone
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
Yes ..
Very Erie sound
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
Yes very
Why the heck do they have that little siren go off before? They act like it’s going to blow out your ear drums.
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
Just a nice heads up I guess
That's alot of rounds
@thomasnativo6491
2 жыл бұрын
Whats this a Fire call
@erikanderson1915
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasnativo6491 I think so
@HectorRodriguez-wx5vn
2 жыл бұрын
@@erikanderson1915 I wonder what the siren is before the horn sounds, must be some type of warning of the incoming blast.
@erikanderson1915
2 жыл бұрын
@@HectorRodriguez-wx5vn I think they are Diaphragm horns tuned differently
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
@@HectorRodriguez-wx5vn it is a warning siren to alert the surrounding area of the incoming blast of the horns. It is a totally separate siren from the air horns. It is a police car siren sound.
Ship horn
@barryhanger7586
2 жыл бұрын
The make is clark cooper
@mariahhaarstick591
2 жыл бұрын
@@barryhanger7586 ok
Very Erie sound