Vandergrift, PA - ACA Alertronic AL-6000R Siren Test (w/Ambiance)- All Signals - 5/7/22
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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 live a block away from this siren and I love the sound of it!
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
I’d kill to live close to this thing 😂
I mean....... that's one way to make a lightning rod I guess lol. Always been a bizarre sounding siren imo.
I love Alertronics.
Sounds like a electronic version of the Thunderbolt 1003
I love how it charges up for the alert
I am shocked just by hearing all signals of this thing. Lucky you.
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
Well “all signals” technically but they messed up attack and didn’t let it recycle back up
@SteelCitySirensandTrains
2 жыл бұрын
@@sirensofneohio3979 Still shocked tho.
Hmm I have never heard a siren go this high on hertz, sounds almost musical. Dual tone for the win.
there was a dual toned one in rolling meadows, il
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
Man it sounds really nice!
Man that is such a cool sounding siren. Glad it was finally recorded!
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
I’m very happy we got a video of it too. It’s too close to my house to have been left unrecorded
@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL
Жыл бұрын
I personally think 850/1020Hz MadahComs sound the coolest
Dude this is biblical. This is foam worthy SHEESH
As a member of vandergrift #1 this is an awesome video and a chance to hear our siren from a different perspective. Thank you!
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
We thank you for having us! Definitely made the 3+ hour drive worth it!
Amazing! I should've made the trip down there to see and hear this!👍
Major W's in the chat
Sounds godly
Nice video man!
Very nice video guys
God DAMN this is epic!!
COME ON DOWN YOU KNOW I GOTCHA
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
@dank980
Жыл бұрын
i wonder where that alertronic went?
@SonicBoone56
5 ай бұрын
@@dank980 was sold to a private seller I'm pretty sure
@dank980
5 ай бұрын
@@SonicBoone56 it went to an enthusiast, found that out a couple months ago
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
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!
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
Nope still had ACA boards and stuff. There’s a photo of it at the end of the video
@natestrains1166
2 жыл бұрын
@@sirensofneohio3979 did the main controller look like the regular analog units?
@FSM_Reviews
Жыл бұрын
@@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
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
@huejazz6939
9 ай бұрын
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.
0:45 What is The Hi Lo Signal Used For
As a Captain at Vandergrift, thank you for showing off our siren
@a3denclaggett254
10 ай бұрын
Yiperoo!!!
I think I’ve heard this tone before
This is definitely running on a newer digital asc controller.
Sounds like a dual toned whelen
Wow 🤩
2:29 sounds like a thor guard
Cool sounding, but the no windup/down kinda sucks. Sounds like some others nearby do wind up/down
Only W’s man 😭🔥
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
Fact Checkers say this info is false
That sound like a hi lo
rare!
Holy $hit that's so cool 🥵
W alertronic
Common Cameron W
How long ago did they stop using it for calls? I believe #2's 2T22 still goes off for calls
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
They still use it for calls afaik
@ff29h2
2 жыл бұрын
@@sirensofneohio3979 what tone
@brianputignano1823
2 жыл бұрын
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.
@ff29h2
2 жыл бұрын
@@brianputignano1823 thank you
@101redman1
2 жыл бұрын
@@ff29h2 the first tone you heard is the one used
That must be one of the first digital ACA controllers ever made.
@DJ2226
Жыл бұрын
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
..... 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!
@sirensofneohio3979
2 жыл бұрын
I’ll coordinate one with you. Surprisingly it’s not that hard to get someone to set it off for ya.
@linysirenfirebuff4786
2 жыл бұрын
@@sirensofneohio3979 it really isn't....except i know many people in fire depts so maybe that's just me🤷🏻♂️
That kawaii lmao
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