4/5 FS Thunderbolt 1003A Fire Siren Test BTS, Alternate Wail, Growl, & Manual Hi-Lo, St. Paul, NE

[@carolcanada6340]

Thunderbolt is my favorite siren!

[@TheChachLINY]

Put it in da books. First ever in service 4/5 hi-Lo. Congratulations. 1:55 i’m addicted to replaying that it sounds amazing. Imagine this thing in pulse-wail or chopper level 1 o_O Awesome video

[@BusMaster99]

​​​@@TheChachLINY -I'll see what I can do in 2026. Might temporarily change the chopper level for the hi-lo test. Hopefully the high tone solenoid is working properly by then.- Edit: Chopper level is to stay on 7 no matter what.

[@TheChachLINY]

@@BusMaster99Dude, that would be awesome. Would make my year because i’ve always wanted to hear a steady hi-lo on level 1. It would sound incredible with all those echoes. I hope that can happen in 2026!

[@BusMaster99]

@@TheChachLINY Do you still have discord?

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

bro i cant stop playing this part 1:46

[@Supersonic_Sirens_TX]

Holy crap that sounds amazing!

[@CallistoBetch]

I can smell “SIrEn HeAD oMG 1003 sIErn hEaD” comments coming 2:50 I love this part lmao

[@BusMaster99]

Yeah I was a little fast on my feet there.

[@CallistoBetch]

@@BusMaster99I’ve never heard it do steady Hilo

[@BusMaster99]

@@CallistoBetch Well now you have!

[@Am_ati14]

*DAYUMMM YOU LUCKY*

[@BusMaster99]

@@Am_ati14 I know! Hearing it in hi-lo had me excited the whole time!

[@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080]

Awesome!

[@J19_vlogger74]

Nice!

[@Tornado-projects]

I’ve been really wanting to see a thunderbolt siren in my life, and I made one out of cardboard. The thunderbolt make me think it’s a real siren😭😭

[@epicvibes8009]

Yo im excited

[@epicvibes8009]

This sounded sick!! First time it's ever done hi lo!

[@WisconsinTornadoSirens]

NICE! It sounds amazing and classic with the radio tones tyler shaw had on these saint paul videos back in 2014, 2015, and 2017. Sucks how the timer didn't work and the RCMS Had to be used. Overall, nice video

[@BusMaster99]

​@@WisconsinTornadoSirens Wdym the timer didn't work? It's set up to do alternate wail when the fire button is pressed or it's remotely activated by county dispatch. Hi-lo can only be achieved by doing what we did or by holding test. We decided on using the RCM panel switches so we could go outside the building while it was going off.

[@TylerShawWx]

⁠the steady fire cam just isn't installed. It is in the RCM3, you can literally see it in the video.

[@HSETM]

Is the solenoid spring starting to die or is the solenoid starting to stick badly?

[@R4nd0ms0meb0dy]

Hey i have a question is one of the solenoids broken cuz it sounds like it is

[@BusMaster99]

@@R4nd0ms0meb0dy Yeah it is. I would have put that in the title, but it would have been too long. I did it in my other videos of this.

[@liamwaldrup]

Whos mini hurricane was that?

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

but is it standing on a 45 taper pole?

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

not going to lie next time u go here u should ask the fire cheif to open the blower case

[@BusMaster99]

@@centeral_mo_sirens Thing is, I don't know if I want to go here again. After being falsely accused of tampering with the siren and banging on the FD's door, it's really taken a toll on my mental health.

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

@@BusMaster99 oh

[@rhyanandujar8173]

0:25 i saw a mini hurricane 130

[@BusMaster99]

@@rhyanandujar8173 Correct.

[@FederalSignal2T22B]

Haha funny tiny hurricane Where do i buy it

[@Mariaaguello]

Its actually 3d printed​@@FederalSignal2T22B

[@rhyanandujar8173]

Ok

[@roselamellion5910]

But I like siren allertor too😊

[@Model2TFan]

@Busmaster 99 When the Thunderbolt 1003 Will get fixed solenoids can you request to chief to do pulse Wail but using rcm panels? and also will you go back to saint paul if the thunderbolt is fixed?

[@Model2TFan]

By the way when I always come here this siren always do alternate Wail this was the first ever time to do Hilo but not alternate wail!

[@BusMaster99]

@@Model2TFan Hi-lo was a request. It can only be done a select number of ways since the AF Timer has a wail fire cog.

[@useridk58777]

​@@Model2TFanJust wait till they clean the collector rings. Its not broken solenoid

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

whats the blower type it looks like a 5M

[@BusMaster99]

@@centeral_mo_sirens This one is a 4M 3 phase.

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

but i know the alternate wail on this thing is amazing but why did they do alternate wail as the fire signal they should of done hi low

[@BusMaster99]

@@centeral_mo_sirens The siren is configured to run alternate wail when the fire button is pressed. Hi-lo was a request test. The night before, I had asked the chief for permission to set it off again after the normal test and it was greenlighted.

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

@@BusMaster99 ohhh

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

and why would a mini hurricane be on the blower?

[@BusMaster99]

Because why not?

[@MayangGurung-bg3vu]

I'm getting pralaized

[@BusMaster99]

@@MayangGurung-bg3vu Why?

[@MayangGurung-bg3vu]

Because I ate too much

[@roselamellion5910]

Bruh shut up this comment pls but this siren is alert type😮

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

why dose it sound like this??? 0:12

[@BusMaster99]

@@centeral_mo_sirens Bad solenoid connection due to fouled up collector rings.

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

@@BusMaster99 oh ok i see

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

a thunderbolt with out a stand pipe looks better i dont like it with a stand pipe

[@ACA_Allertor]

I just know that there’s gonna be “sIrEn hEaD oMg 1003 iS sIReN hEad RuN” comments from little kids

[@centeral_mo_sirens]

it dosent sound the same as siren head bcause of the solonoid and the sound of it is a modulator not a thunderbolt they are very defrent even if they can do alternate wail

[@ACA_Allertor]

@@centeral_mo_sirens don’t even know grammar

[@kenoshacountysirens5234]

Awesome!

[@BusMaster99]

@@kenoshacountysirens5234 Thanks! Feels good to be among the first to hear steady hi-lo on a 4/5 1003.