Federal Signal PA300 "Silverface" *PART DEUX*

The Master has returned!
By popular demand, the legendary silver PA300 has come off the shelf for a do-over of the last demo.
And for those that are wondering...it WILL be going into service in an undisclosed location.

[@EmergencyGuy]

-FDNY 9/11/01. A sound heard on many an apparatus en-route to ground zero. FDNY still carries that siren on their spare trucks, and Engine 54 is no exception. Their front line Ferrara had the old PA-300 silverface.

[@PolishPianoOrgan]

ME TOO ME TOOO I JUST FELT IN LOVE IN THAT SIREN AND IT WAS 1ST TIME WHEN I HEARD AMERICAN SIRENS

[@chpman2013]

Best version of the PA-300

[@hagerstownredline5274]

Actually the FDNY version is the best even though those ones don’t have a hi lo tone

[@fdnysupply229]

@@hagerstownredline5274 just posted one of mine :) enjoy!! I have 4 that I’ll be showcasing

[@BFDfire288]

Manual sounds like something straight out of an FDNY rig from the 90's

[@ryanhealy3074]

It does remind me of an FDNY model now that you mention it

[@centralnewyorkresponses7887]

@@ryanhealy3074 it is what they used i believe.

[@ryanhealy3074]

@@centralnewyorkresponses7887 I wonder if they used the older boards (like this one) in the newer black housings for the FDNY special-order units. They do sound identical when the pitch is adjusted.

[@sirendude]

@@ryanhealy3074 FDNY use a special ordered black version with the hilo disabled. It sounds exactly like this. I think they also used some silver faces before they started special ordering them.

[@fdnysupply229]

Just posted one of mine, I’ll be showcasing 4 of the FDNY pa 300s

[@figfire]

That’s a freaking awesome siren! I need that on my car!

[@owenjohnson2610]

Huge fan of these. Manual siren and wail sounds so good on these.

[@ryanhealy3074]

I'm more of a yelp guy, pair that with an old school Q and it'll move traffic like a hot knife

[@rexjolles]

@@ryanhealy3074 my city only has Q sirens on its fire trucks

[@hagerstownredline5274]

@@rexjolles my city has Q’s and powercalls on there trucks

[@Bgtrfvcde]

Brings back some memories

[@nmtoc]

I have one of those too. The only reason why I got it is because I like the slow rising wail tone. The very early black faced PA300s have the same wail tone.

[@z-beats9354]

Oh god that sounds beautiful

[@staspastukh2005]

Thanks!

[@kieranbricker3278]

Could you keep it on hi lo longer?

[@happyjack880]

Best wail

[@capitolemiproducer]

You forgot to do the wail/yelp and yelp/Hi Low bridging

[@steelswarfs]

Reminds me of a 90’s California Highway Patrol siren.

[@ryanhealy3074]

IIRC, CHP used to use the Siracom 2 system prior to going to the Vision platform. PA2100s (Siracom 2) used the same siren guts as this generation of PA300

[@PolishPianoOrgan]

EARGAAAASSSSSSMMMMMMMM

[@kieranbricker3278]

Do a video with both the pa300’s going at the same time

[@ryanhealy3074]

There is a plan in motion to allow for that. Problem is I was using the same harness from the black one (which is actually installed in this engine) to power the silver one. That and the truck only has one speaker.

[@paramedic3427]

素晴らしい

[@whuffer5103]

They used that siren in earlier Stone Cold Steve Austin entrance themes

[@whuffer5103]

And that same stock sound but was used in the movie "Twister" As i'm sure it was with various other productions

[@ryanhealy3074]

Oh yeah, the 300 was/remains one of the de facto choices for Hollywood sound guys because it's such an iconic sound.

[@abcemergenciaschile2020]

PA300 ANTIGUE ?

[@AJDeere]

What does the gain do?

[@ryanhealy3074]

Adjusts the PA/radio rebroadcast volume.

[@BumberenzoManilupinoCity]

0:52 FDNY doesn’t have this

[@BlackieFoxxless]

Yes they do

[@BumberenzoManilupinoCity]

@@BlackieFoxxlessI mean they don’t have Hi-Lo siren

[@ryanhealy3074]

Correct, they FDNY-spec ones have the hi-lo disabled, in addition to red backlighting instead of green

[@BumberenzoManilupinoCity]

It has two sirens

[@ryanhealy3074]

So at the time of filming this, only the black one was "in service." I've since swapped it out for another silver PA300 (I'm also not a member at that company anymore).

[@StephenNurn]

Is this for sale?

[@ryanhealy3074]

Nope. This one in particular is currently installed in our reserve engine. If/when the rig goes down the road, it's coming back to the vault and something else will get swapped in.

[@santiagouribe381]

Tengo una

[@jordanfamtv3587]

that is a model that the fdny use

[@niazyshady9060]

PA300

[@kieranbricker3278]

Yes and the black models but Hi-Lo is disabled

[@BlackieFoxxless]

No the police uses this

[@mohammedisraelsheikh3504]

Yah system chahie

[@code3wnc944]

Okay I'm not even going to lie that is a pretty good sounding siren on the manual and Horn but I just generally don't really like this siren I only like the horn and man

[@nightwolf883]

LAPD, please pull to the right and stop