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The Japanese engines all seem to have mechanical "growler" sirens on the roof, in addition to electronic speakers. Which audible devices are used in service on an emergency call?

Added by Michael Feldman on 08 January 2010.

Michael, Jacques sent me a sound file some time ago and the "growler" sirens were in use on turnouts with the Officer calling out on the speaker to "get out of the way," or something similar,,,,

Added by Pav on 16 January 2010.

Pav is our "Growler" man - just loves those Mechanical Syrens.

Is it true that you own Stock Shares in "Federal Signal" - the "Federal Q Siren" manufacturer ?

BTW I didn't know that the "Q" sound was trade-marked - learn something new every day !

Regards,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 18 January 2010.

Sirens typically used nowadays by the emergency services are by Patlite, their sirens are amazing and have hundreds of features such as multitone, handheld control, turn signal integration (automated messages playing when the vehicle indicates to turn to announce said activity) and many others. My favorite is the Patlite SAP-520 PB-G (basic function model mainly used by police) and in general all of the SAP-500 series models.

Added by Slayde on 10 May 2025.

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