Whelen WS-3000 Voice & 2001-SRN Alert: Bedford Park, IL

I know I changed the title; according to Whelen, the '3016'
was actually called the WS/WPS 3000, as this siren always had all 16 drivers unlike the WS4000 that could have fewer than 4...
caught this dirty and unhealthy sounding rarity that really surprised me with voice! The siren that can be heard is a 2001 Roundback that is unbelievably high pitched. this siren is located in Gate #1 (near Columbia Drive) at the Ingredion Corn Plant in Bedford Park. This footage was filmed using a Cannon PowerShot SX20 IS. Enjoy!
"This is a test of the plant warning system" repeated three times for six cycles.

[@eows6128]

“ this is a test of the prius warning system “

[@brodiessirenproductions]

Plant warning system*

[@settingsun3470]

Wow, that 2001 is close!

[@dinkindane]

This siren deserves more recordings

[@southeast_minnesota_sirens04]

its been replaced

[@dinkindane]

@@southeast_minnesota_sirens04 by what?

[@southeast_minnesota_sirens04]

@@dinkindane Sentry 3V8-H-B

[@dinkindane]

@@southeast_minnesota_sirens04 What about the other 2?

[@southeast_minnesota_sirens04]

@@dinkindane replaced

[@4J25]

My favorite 3016 video by far. :P

[@dinkindane]

Same.

[@Ikesandknifes]

It’s not a 3016. It’s a whelen ws-3000

[@Ikesandknifes]

@@dinkindane it’s a whelen ws-3000

[@dinkindane]

@@Ikesandknifes I know that. It’s my favourite siren

[@dinkindane]

It’s got some nice echos for a siren almost 40 years old

[@EdwinMagadia-ic4vm]

Vafadgey

[@EdwinMagadia-ic4vm]

🔫😎

[@EdwinMagadia-ic4vm]

3016

[@EdwinMagadia-ic4vm]

3000

[@1000tCSX]

Sounds like it's saying "prius"

[@wazeysusaventuras]

Yes XD

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

I love Whelen 3016 and 2001 Roundback went off in the same time.

[@chrome7fan]

suprisingly, this plant has 3 3016s, and a 2001 at an old train station

[@Whyyoutubewhy..]

the 2001-130 was actually a 2001-srn roundback

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

@@Whyyoutubewhy.. Ya i know I actually saw it before.

[@dinkindane]

@@adamssirenadventures6574 Yeah I saw the 2001 on Google maps

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

@@dinkindane It's actually 2001 Roundback but yeah.

[@NEOhioTrainFan]

If this is for the Ingredion corn plant, I bet the siren's there for in case of: "attention, the plant's capacity has exceeded...come pick up your free corn cobs and kernels."

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

LOL, I think it may because corn is highly flammable, and can spontaneously combust, but that would be hilarious!

[@harrybotheogle119]

Siren Hunters Actually, this siren was installed because if there was a corn related explosion, it could lead to Ethanol being leaked into the air, which is hazardous if inhaled.

[@ScireVolo]

+HarryboTheOgle Do you work at that plant? I worked there on a daily basis for 9 months cleaning out rail cars and doing 'emergency' (suddenly very important) jobs around the plant, and to my knowledge, no ethanol is made there. I've also worked at several ethanol plants between Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. This plant is nothing like an ethanol plant, it is purely food grade ingredients and feed for livestock. Also, from my knowledge, the most dangerous building there is, 'germ hexane' (we just call it 'hexane.') It is the only building surrounded with a barbed wire fence about 100 yrds away from the building. The entire plant property is also surrounded with barbed wire fence. Whenever we work in hexane, there are A LOT of special safe work procedures, like using spark resistant tools, wrapping the vacuum hose with a grounded copper wire to prevent static spark (and I've been shocked by static with arcs nearly 10 inches long, static is no joke, and it hurts,) and etc.... Ive been told that if that building blows up, then the entire plant will be gone.... but that is probably just an exaggeration... unless the explosion also exploded the Praxair lines.... Either way, there are plenty of hazardous substances at that plant (just like any other plant,) but ethanol is not one of them. From what I can recall, that siren is used for various, general warnings, like severe weather, tornado, fire, etc. The siren that you hear here is heard on the first Tuesday of every month.

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

No, I do not work for the plant, I was just looking for sirens to test in the summer, and i happened to find this 3016, which are not too common in central Illinois (or at least in my area.).

[@llamalluvv]

Sadly, no, we never get free corn on the cob from Ingredion. Though there is an annual resident picnic every August where we have roasted corn on the cob.

[@Logic44]

ME:say "this is a test of the plant warning system" operator:this is a test of the plant warning system siren: thIS iS a teST of the prant warning SyStem me: *facepalm* stupid whelen's too old for this crap anymore!

[@stampycatfan01lol]

DA AMAZIN' SPAH SPY SAPPIN MAH SENTRY

[@bollardspeaker2611]

I think the speaker driver is blown soo that's why it makes crackling noise! which is known for me as a distortion!

[@dinkindane]

No it’s not. If the siren did have a blown speaker driver, the alert signal this siren made would also be staticky

[@Logic44]

0:31 there's the alarm inside the plant (i think)

[@noahemmertwx]

na its nothing to worry

[@Benicio_Fols]

It’s creepy

[@ghousted865]

A POWER PLANT ALARM

[@Ozunth]

It’s a gamewell diaphone.

[@Sipex6484]

the rotator on this siren looks like the one on the WS2000R

[@Superluck77Lol]

Correct, it's a WS-3000

[@dinkindane]

It’s an older Whelen, so it makes sense

[@brokensolarpanel2649]

The siren in the background sounded more like a 2001 srnb rather than a 2001 srn. Srn's have more of a pitch like this whelen's alert tone when in alert.

[@RT42069]

the only difference between the SRNB and SRN is the rotator

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

What the fuck are you trying to say?

[@dinkindane]

@@RT42069 BSP said that because the one near him is that high pitched. Also most SRNBs are that high pitched

[@dinkindane]

BSP I see it on Google maps. It’s a 2001 DC

[@niks_crazy_world]

That honking almost sounds like a Whelen ESC-864 in airhorn.

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@NeedNova I heard that too. Listen at 0:31. I think there's a diaphone horn somewhere at the plant.

[@dinkindane]

It’s actually a diaphone

[@dinkindane]

This is an original 3000! It’s got the controller, it’s got the flatter more squarish looking rotator box, and doesn’t have that third brace going across the X brace on the mesh screen

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

That is a high pitched Roundback

[@dinkindane]

Awesome WS 3000!

[@Shimmy02]

"thish isa test of tha plaant warning systum" lol..

[@benjaminmendenhall3104]

This so cool

[@borkluchtalarm]

What's the air horn like sound at 1:08?

[@dinkindane]

I hope they repaired this thing

[@stephensnell5707]

It more than likely got entirely replaced with a more modern,more up date and more reliable digital Siren Digital signals never degrade like Analog Signals would

[@dinkindane]

0:31 I hear the other 3000

[@doverpoint1]

Is that a diaphone in the background?

[@scienceguy722]

It is another analog Whelen okay

[@TheChachLINY]

Sirens in New England Yeah it sounds like it

[@ghousted865]

its a power plant alarm

[@coltenfritz9350]

Did Whelen have a female that recorded voice messages too? Because this person on here sounds like the St. Lucie and Turkey Point voice messages.

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

I do not think Whelen ever had a female voice, I think the ones at St. Lucie and Turkey Point have custom voices; as the county could use their own voices if they choose. To me, this voice sounds male, just because it is too deep and nasally to be a women's voice.

[@whammyp50]

+Siren Hunters yeah same with Plano TX. Also for some reason Frisco TX sometimes has a female voice and alternates to male other times. Is it possible they actually use the voice live on microphone? Also sometimes the speed they say it is different.

[@whammyp50]

+Siren Hunters yeah same with Plano TX. Also for some reason Frisco TX sometimes has a female voice and alternates to male other times. Is it possible they actually use the voice live on microphone? Also sometimes the speed they say it is different.

[@whammyp50]

+Siren Hunters yeah same with Plano TX. Also for some reason Frisco TX sometimes has a female voice and alternates to male other times. Is it possible they actually use the voice live on microphone? Also sometimes the speed they say it is different.

[@theaolguy]

+Colten Fritz (Coltenator) This siren is the same as what st.luice used to had. but sadly, its gone. But the voice KIND of sounded the same as st.luice (i seen 55 sirens) and turkey point (5...). St.luice Officially kept these voice and yet, Even the new 4004's have this. But my response to this is no, they have many different voices and different type of people doing it.

[@ChicagoSirens]

Also forgot to add, looks like it's made to sound in a certain direction. Rotor never rotates 360 degrees.

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

I know the rotation is customizable. I was talking about the crackle the voice makes when it faces the camera.

[@aether9747]

That’s so it doesn’t rip wires that are connected from the drivers to the controls

[@cody7089]

Does anyone know what the fast wail signal indicates?

[@noahrhoden1145]

Codydasavage could mean anything the city wants it to be

[@dinkindane]

IDK. Where I used to live in Vernon Hills, they used it for tornadoes

[@dinkindane]

Does this siren have a differe testing schedule than the rest of Illinois or does it go off at 10:00

[@CoolSirens1000T]

This one goes at 10 am like the other sirens

[@dinkindane]

@@CoolSirens1000T Oh ok. Thx for the info

[@ccfan81]

Cool siren, great video!

[@emvvehicles_8]

Is this siren that warns about deadly plants? LOL

[@LukiRudaka]

No, It warns about a nuclear plant meltdown, which can result in catastrophic explosion with fallout

[@ghousted865]

0:31 power plant alarm made whelen 3000/3016 and 2001-130 alert so this is not a test

[@dinkindane]

The voice literally says, “This is a test of the plant warning system”

[@ScarOne314]

0:32 Do I hear Cyclone doing pulse in the backround?

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

That is some sort of diaphragm horn. I don' know where it is exactly, but it was coming from the north somewhere within the plant.

[@southcarolinasirens01]

@@MidwestSirenProductionsit’s a game well diaphone

[@TrainsandGaming1]

If you listen you can hear diaphones too in the start around 0:31

[@ZeeJBC]

I don’t the 2001 SRN

[@ChicagoSirens]

Sounds ok to me! Great video!

[@stephensnell5707]

Not perfect as it also has some crackling sounds as can be heard in the Video

[@ZillionPrey]

is it normal that the siren sounds kinda "broken"?

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

Due to the fact that this unit has its original analog controller and still functions, pretty normal. The main alert sound is OK, but the voice is a bit "low quality" due to age and the lack of good sound pickup back in the 80's.

[@emvvehicles_8]

Midwest Siren Productions wait this thing is 30???

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

Yup a WS-3000; aka the 3016. Whelen marketed these as the WS-3000-16 IIRC

[@dinkindane]

@@MidwestSirenProductions Does it have ESC-864?

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

@@dinkindane It depends on when this was installed. If installed before 1984 (IIRC), then it would have a WS-3000 controller. If installed after that point then it would have an analog ESC-864. I'm honestly not the most knowledgable on electronic sirens so I'm not the best one to ask lol.

[@dianemckimmy5701]

1:13-1:14 whoo wee

[@positionlightproductions6187]

What's that horn thing sounding off in the background?

[@TheCasualSirenEnthusiast]

I swear in the back ground I hear some form of air horns

[@dianemckimmy3261]

Or ws 3016

[@MattCraftVids]

is this at a nuclear power plant?

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

Nope these were at the Ingredion plant, they dealt with corn products I believe. AFAIK these should have been replaced recently with 3V8-H-B's by now.

[@MattCraftVids]

@@MidwestSirenProductions why would they need a plant siren if it can go nuclear?

[@АиачвСмцвси]

🎉

[@QuentinRichardsthe2012brony]

Nice.

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

Foul language is not welcome here...consider this your first strike...

[@user-sz7ic5rp1e]

Siren Hunters Ok..

[@gio11138]

WHY ARE U TRYING TO COPY ME!

[@jacob9062]

What is that sound in the background at 32:00

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

The video isn't even that long. So we have no clue what you mean.

[@jacob9062]

@@PlatinumEagleStudios Sorry my bad auto correct and also I meant the 2001 in the background lol

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

@@jacob9062 lol dammit, autocorrect 🤦‍♂️

[@stephensnell5707]

@@jacob9062 the auto correct function on a Smartphone can be switched off by going into the Settings

[@delaneymckimmy-fs4gv]

1:13

[@theray2009]

Address?

[@dinkindane]

This siren is behind the Bedford Park Water Department

[@Tigers9596]

UFO first three seconds

[@Tigers9596]

Sirens & Aviation Never mind. they are planes.

[@llamalluvv]

We are directly under one of the departure paths for Midway Airport. That's why so many planes can be seen in the video

[@Tigers9596]

Kristy Moore Cool. Most of the sirens in my city are right in the southern departure path of Detroit Metro. Thanks!

[@АиачвСмцвси]

😅

[@fireman746]

That Whelen is junk. Needs replacement!

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

They were actually just switched out a few months ago. Table Rock got the contract; all four were replaced with Sentry 3V8-H-B’s.

[@ianssirenproductions]

These sirens have since been replaced with sentries

[@Tigers9596]

Is that a diaphone in the background?

[@Tigers9596]

@dylan kendo I know now lmao

[@Tigers9596]

@Brody S. huh

[@dinkindane]

@♪ Caden’s Siren Recordings ♪ No that’s a diaphone