EOWS 612 Siren test

OMG, I FOUND ONE
4:15
No one reads the description and keeps trying to post the start time so I have required comment approval from now on

[@daboisarchive9675]

ah yes, ive always wanted to hear an ariana grande concert, thank you.

[@UberLukario]

A few factoids on this siren: This siren was drafted and created between 1982 and the early 1990s. EOWS stands for Electronic Outdoor Warning Siren. Many people also call this a SiraTone, though, that's only the name of a series of controllers that Federal Signal created. For those that thought just 6 horns were creepy: it only gets worse. There existed models with 4 horns and 8 horns, respectively named the EOWS 408 and EOWS 816. There even exists the EOWS 1212 that has 12 speakers. This time, however, two sets of 6 sit on top of each other and fan out in all directions. Why does this siren sound so creepy? It's using a controller called the Federal Signal SiraTone controller. In a metal cabinet below the siren, this controller receives radio messages to activate the siren, and then generates a signal that is sent to the head of the siren, where powerful amplifiers louden the sound and make some noise!

[@kaellingen]

*Man* "Huh, nothing.." *Siren* "ARHHHHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

[@backwoodsdark1360]

Lol

[@glorifiedtoaster3040]

The "Stop fucking around outside and get the fuck inside, NOW!" siren.

[@Logic44]

lol

[@constancecrawford9467]

why m I so obsessed with watching these??

[@zurkel1098]

Air sirens are really loud, but speaker sirens are creepier. (This siren is a speaker siren)

[@raichu5458]

Yeah, this is one of the best/creepiest siren vids imo. At least that I've seen.

[@CamouflageFacePaint]

Electronic Air Raid Siren Emergency I-forgot-the-O Warning Siren

[@sirensandstuff5780]

You haven't heard anything listen to the video of the eows 612 in Livonia michigan

[@badischerheuler5997]

+ShadowStalker Electronic Outdoor Warning System=EOWS

[@badischerheuler5997]

+Maxi Mustermanny Sorry, not System, it's siren

[@samuelmoser7963]

Wow. That is the most eerie sound yet. I'm sure it sent a psychological effect to everyone when they heard it.

[@goldwolfgamer888x8]

Samuel Moser they use it in Chicago

[@goldwolfgamer888x8]

Samuel Moser but they use alternative wail

[@bkrbyex4339]

Samuel Moser I heard one of these, before...it sounds more like a cop car's siren, or a sound of an ambulance.

[@cemops8660]

they dont use them in chicago

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

[myst]goldwolfgamer888x: they use modulators that do alternate wail

[@anderlander3848]

Every time i hear a siren one thing goes through my mind: Its the end of the world.

[@Rick1885]

The first thing that comes to mind is, I gotta get to the fire station.

[@jjventura6293]

sameee

[@foonan8]

The first thing comes to my mind is: oh, the fun thing is here.

[@tammydickson4316]

Holy moly you think same thing as me

[@danton8302]

*and i feel fine...*

[@Yellowfang213]

"Hmmmmm....nuthin. *siren goes off* That's an XD moment right there!

[@wadessirenvideos6750]

This is my favorite model of siren in the category of electronic sirens with rotation. In general, I like how the rotating siren sounds fade in and out, especially in the ATTACK mode (wail tone).

[@dfw_fpis7655]

I like the sirens that spin, I think it is better because it spins and gets the alert out better.

[@aaronwilson9465]

That is a very creepy noise, I would not like to wake up to that in the morning!

[@theboywhodroveaway7954]

Or 3:00 AM!

[@DakGuy05]

I love these because they are about the only electronic siren that sounds like a mechanical siren!

[@Doodlebugthegoldenhamster]

The other night, I had a dream that the siren in my town was replaced with one of these.

[@starlingbaez6681]

Ah... The infamous chigago siren

[@kosakukawajiri5007]

I never understood why the 612 is the "favorite" among siren fans...mine are sentries because they look freaky

[@DP-hy4vh]

The siren may look silly but it sounds almost like a Thunderbolt in attack mode.

[@ballsacksniffer420]

The EWOS 612 is definitely one of the creepiest sounding sirens out there

[@VirtualSimulations-Sirens1954B]

3:28, okay now that sounded incredible!

[@2012Cthulhu]

Imagine he says oodles, they're going off a minute in advance and then you see a couple MIRVS come down. That would be funny but more so just fucking scary

[@Anglo-Saxon9]

The sound that the other ones made in the background was kind of creepy

[@madkhaliqfarhan]

EOWS 612 is the most beautiful thing ever created by the USA. This siren is the reason I love the USA!

[@123LNR]

Needs more Silent Hill style horns

[@Tac0Tuesday91]

My town uses this siren to call volunteer fire fighters, I used to sit out in my front yard and listen to it and then hear all the sirens as the cars roll out of the station

[@coyote_bravo2723]

I live near an Air Force base so every time there is a siren test It scares the living day lights out of me.

[@ChicagoSirens]

This siren is sadly now gone as well as the cities other EOWS and replaced with a 2001-130.

[@noconanakashima1439]

ummm, not it's not

[@ChicagoSirens]

Kere Vallire Well the one in twin lakes park is. I see a 2001 on the pole of that one in google earth. And the one in this video in this video is no where to be seen, therefore the city replaced them.

[@bait28]

ChicagoSirens I went past it 2 days ago, it's still there.

[@ChicagoSirens]

Bait28 Which one? I know the one in the park is gone.

[@noconanakashima1439]

ChicagoSirens This is next to the rail lines

[@murrfarms]

@zozey1231 Nope, that's more like just what happens to those old analog tone generators in older electronic sirens as they age, mainly from things such as capacitors beginning to dry out. The EOWS series is notorious for massive pitch fluctuations while running, and 95% of them will slowly drop in pitch throughout their alert cycle (though a few have been found that actually rise in pitch over the duration of the signal).

[@carlself1485]

Gave me goose bumps. She sounds AMAZING. It's odd the timing was different with all the sirens. Gotta say that I loved hearing the other sirens in the background. Might not have if this one delayed. Great video

[@Schobbish]

Being in an area that doesn't have tornado sirens, I can never truly appreciate how loud these things are. When do cities usually test their sirens?

[@bait28]

different in every city, most by me are first Tuesday ever month 10AM

[@Schobbish]

Bait28 thanks for the quick reply

[@Vyclops]

Where is that siren?

[@ingapovilaitiene9226]

RoBLOXXER TM OMG

[@Vyclops]

inga Povilaitiene what?

[@brianhare276]

Like right after you said nothing it turned on

[@joannestealey4482]

Brian Hare siren:yeah that's what u think starts goin off

[@jantwf1891]

4:19 oh yeah baby lol 😂

[@ComplexGrounds]

That shake of the camera when the siren turned on tho lol

[@bait28]

It's due to the aging capacitors. They drift while running due to age. Drivers worked just fine(None sounded burned out)

[@nerfb6833]

I literally heard this recently when I was down the shore and Hermine was off the coast. Scared me to death. I thought a tidal wave was coming. Apparently there was just some minor flooding from the rain in the neighboring town, but wow was it creepy to hear live

[@scruffytomato3927]

Hmm. I live in Memphis, we used to have one of these in a park I live close to. It was taken down and replaced by a Federal Signal 2001, idk why

[@greatsouthwesttrains3310]

this is the best sounding EOWS sir atone i have ever heard!!

[@OtamaDragon]

A beautiful sound

[@cinderfurdrawz7955]

*the moment you stop the video, but it keeps going. O__O'''*

[@authority3068]

Cinderfur Drawz Old not funny joke.

[@hudson8_]

Head down bunker and wait for the tornado to pass or just hide.

[@yhisisknot]

@@authority3068 its not original, but its still funny

[@s_rv.]

Authority i was gonna say that

[@subscribeordiefukyou]

Super original. -69

[@stirlingfox815]

this is the alert tone, i believe. my favorite siren is the thunderbolt

[@Blue10AEMia]

Best sounding electronic siren ever made.

[@bobo-wf1jv]

Nice siren, I always still pine for the ground shaking feeling of the old Thunderbolt 1003.

[@nobodylovesme8780]

this has a great tone! love it!

[@jayjensen3241]

One of my favourite sirens made by eows

[@daybot8440]

God imagine have the control over that Chad of a siren

[@peridotfacetflcutxg-qb7bp]

When ever I hear any siren I see nuclear explosions in my head.

[@nigelbranthwaite8471]

Yes ,when they stop you are waiting ICBM explosions 😣

[@Siren1000T1]

That siren you were wondering in the background sounds like a ASC RM-130. Those are pretty rare sirens.

[@swaqzy]

This is my fav siren!

[@carnival-]

Mine is the yellow one with a turtle shell like dome on top.

[@purpleviolet207]

A pretty siren. It sounds awesome.

[@nurashikinmanap6011]

3:49 "She's a rotator & she's loud." Did you hear that??

[@marlonvasquez6531]

we have 1 in our whole island, it's for prison. (Long Island)

[@TheChachLINY]

Yep. We also have 1212s too, don't forget.

[@aether9747]

Marlon Vasquez wait what no way!

[@WarningSirensOfUpstateNY]

Really? I sometimes take a vacation! I wanna see it!

[@chrisdonato3142]

To me it looks like a bunch of speakers

[@andrewilbur8911]

Ikr it does look like a bunch of speakers

[@7trainproductionsmeets6tra25]

XeX Chris it has 6 speakers

[@Duderocks5539]

Siren noobs lol.

[@pink3t224]

it does lmao

[@Tommy-pv1vh]

guava meme no 12 drivers not 6

[@dumbcentral6388]

This reminds me of something...collector rings collector rings collector rings collector rings

[@Bendigo1]

🤣 he flinched when the siren finally started. Do not blame him.

[@lawncraft3868]

at 4:15 it is the hazardous materials siren (for nuke attacks, power plant failure, etc)

[@bait28]

***** No it's not

[@lawncraft3868]

Bait28 what is it for then? In my area, that's the siren for hazardous materials...

[@bait28]

***** Tornado & Civil Defense

[@lawncraft3868]

Bait28 ah okay, that tone is better then the tornado siren in my area, it is just a single tone siren that gets kinda hard to hear.

[@GokuBlack-wk6ow]

@@lawncraft3868 some warn all of them SOME not all

[@LZGAjeepslav799]

I'm still a bigger fan of when an EOWS 612 does Alternate Hi-Lo (personally). Or wailing Hi-Lo as some may say.

[@LZGAjeepslav799]

Like a dummy. I named it wrong. It should be Alternate Wail.

[@Vyclops]

Keaton Johnson i`m a fan of alternate wail too!

[@TheGamer-so9dh]

Johnson what about the Westminster chime thats cool bit like fnaf

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

+Keaton Johnson Alt. Wail is my favorite too! I like it cause it sounds kinda creepy.

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

+EPIC CREAKY except they have Mods

[@Hankeshon]

Imagine sitting inside during a thunderstorm, talking to your family, and then you hear that

[@spoonclaymore]

I am glad you stuck around for the test. I do not know if my last comments got posted - do you know what the tones mean that go along with the test pattern? Not the actual siren, but the tones after she announces the test.

[@HyperFoxTails]

The dumbest looking siren, looks like it belongs to a rock band!

[@stormshadow_6477]

HyperFoxTails Well technically it just has to be loud as hell.... But you're right.

[@FireDetection101]

Yeah, looks like a rock band's speaker system

[@jmream2618]

+Kieran Holdren looks like something built from legos

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

+Zach Xx_FrEd_BeAr_Xx looks like something from dr. seuss

[@cassyfelix9337]

HyperFoxTails true very very true

[@retro_wizard]

i want federal signal to start producing EOWS again, it ticks me off that they don't make them any more, it could replace my area's tsunami siren! (a model 5 i think).

[@chandlerwilliams6391]

ITS A FIRE TRUCK LOL

[@Macintoshiba]

No. Its a siren. Dont hurt izs feelings.

[@Tac0Tuesday91]

Fire trucks and tornado sirens use the same type of system

[@josephmartinez3109]

FullBridgeRectifier true

[@krashsite2125]

They're not fooling anyone, that's just 6 megaphones strapped to a piece of metal with a speaker playing the sound.

[@bait28]

i don't even know what that means

[@zachdechazal3251]

My fav speaker siren

[@foxerfun4489]

That scared the CRAP out of me at 4:14😂

[@SkyPangolin]

I just woke up literally and I’m listening to this

[@KWCDesigns]

Awesome! I love Siratones!

[@flamesofmordor]

thats some sweet sound!:)

[@angelfillmore3047]

>.< that one siren when it moved scared me so bad! xc

[@GabrielSantos-cv1oz]

I love the HOR super sirex cuz it surprisingly gets this loud and ik cuz I live pretty much down the street from one in Holyoke Massachusetts I stood like 40 or 50 feet away and still got vertigo😂

[@thelightningmagnet]

When they have a 2-tone pitch that goes high and low, it sounds like a german police car, which I kinda like.

[@miodragjr]

People say the one in Chicago is broken but it's been like that for so long that its basically our siren. Be there's one "broken" one in Missouri i think it's from 2007 footage

[@rockerzac99]

My dad used to live by one of these, but they took it down and opted for what else, than an FS2001. A brown one for some reason.

[@alyssaschannel699]

Did you hear the sirens on 4:01 found like End and that siren you are recording sounds like a fire truck

[@realitypolice470]

Thats a nice 3x2 lego piece you got there.

[@Gosh_Josh]

Why would you replace a perfectly good siren

[@Stormsetter4]

Because Siratrone controllers are pieces of crap. They are pretty much doomed to fail.

[@bait28]

Stormsetter4 ? not a very good reason

[@Stormsetter4]

Actually it is. They are hard to work on and aren't that reliable.

[@chrisjayr]

2:54 Thunderbolt 1000-something..... Most beautiful siren ever...

[@sweetkaye28]

Me:*pauses it* *hears sirens* why do I still hear them

[@greystripe3737]

love the way these look they look like 6 megaphones attached to a box it looks so cool

[@ps3RaZeR]

Maybe it was a day were they test the sirens so everyone knows what to do and how it sounds.for some that wonder.

[@wolfmaster873]

Eows612: hey vortex how are your collector rings doin

[@camtday]

what is that rotating siren at 2:55

[@orionsanchez6636]

Federal 2001 DC

[@camtday]

+Osiris Sanchez thnx

[@camtday]

+APARTDROP thnx

[@acap5084]

it's the RM-130

[@Duderocks5539]

+The Xbox Gaming Wolf An ASC RM-130

[@dakotaday2869]

My favorite siren

[@MyPerfectDeceit]

I think that the best bit is when the siren gradually disappears ;) but It's pretty scaring :S

[@railroadelevators9258]

Maybe the siren was broken at first but they repaired it

[@Duderocks5539]

Siratone drops in pitch but holds it well.

[@paintm4u]

My favorite siren yet I love it

[@logansroad2015]

Eows 612 is my favorite electric siren. ACA cyclone is my favorite mechanical siren.

[@CS8sirenwastaken]

120?

[@form109]

I don't tend to like electronic sirens. But this one has a nice mechanical like sound.

[@violets.wrldd9]

Everytime I hear a tornado siren I think... *FUCK ITS THE PURGE*

[@SaSZombieAssault1021]

Looks cool the alarm pole head thingy!

[@reyjoyonsad2032]

This is the first time i knew that this wasn't a nuclear siren. And i also knew that, THIS IS WAS A TORNADO SIREN AND A CALLER FOR HAZMAT GUYS!!!

[@techguy404]

If that siren went off where I live, I would run for the hills.

[@helenfalkner9077]

Dude that is massive

[@masol3726]

+Helen Falkner That's what she said.

[@gio11138]

+Maldoes LPOL

[@Patromaniac]

The 816 was even bigger

[@ballsacksniffer420]

I love electric sirens like these

[@iknowvictoriassecret]

She sounds a little like an electronic high-pitched Thunderbolt 1000.

[@thehackeroftornadosirens5133]

It sounds like a carter air raid siren winding down

[@thehackeroftornadosirens5133]

Or a thunderbolt

[@chantzreber3594]

it's going to be great and its one of my favorite sirens

[@theboys3309]

saw a plane flying behind the siren LOL

[@ComfySundayKam]

The EOWS 612 Is My Favorite Siren

[@darkbubblepenguin9865]

* Siren Head has joined the chat *