Different Police Siren Sounds

The purpose of siren

Different Police Siren Sounds

Nowadays sirens are an necessary tool in police work, useful for law enforcement.

How sirens works for function?

One reason is due to usage of sirens.Sirens and lights signal to be  warning to criminals.

When police use sirens

Police sirens combined three main sounds, different situations tend to use different voices.

For example, when the situation urgent and law enforcement officers need to arrive quickly, Shouting/siren sounds will be appear；Relative sounds of sirens also be appear if drivers or passerby should give away.

In addition, police use emergency vehicle lights as well.

In a word, sirens can uese in many situations and fields, including fire, rescue ,sirens can be changed under related environment from emergency vehicles.

Different types of siren

Police sirensare mainly used in public security, fire, rescue, emergency rescue etc,different types of sirens are used in different fields,eight basic sounds of siren.

click here about different sounds of siren

Such as Air horn, Hi-Lo, Hype Lo, Hyper Yelp, Manual Wail, Wail, Whoop, Yelp

Yelp

This is most commonly used sounds in law enforcement. alternations between high and low voice, combined with emergency lights, quickly attract the attention of drivers and passerby for avoidance.

Wail

The voice exchange between high and low voices, compared voice of Yelp, it’s much slower, but longer howling.

Hi-lo

this is European-style sirens for its sounds. completely different from previous two sounds, usage seldom times.the voice widely used in the emergency services bureau in Europe.

Air horn

This sound higher voice quickly and lower slowly, with long time and harsh voice.unlike other sounds, this sound is air-operated. continue to work its function even though the electronic siren not working.

What does siren sound like

when we hear sounds of siren loudly,mainly from fire engines, ambulances, police vehicle, etc.,  but the sound we hear is the feeling of Wee-oww.

What do different sirens mean?

Different sirens are mainly according to different occasions, enabling drivers and passerby to give away, and enabling emergency vehicles to hear sounds of sirens at the same time for avoidance.

Are there different siren in different emergencies situation?

many fields can use Sirens. mainly change its sound of sirens.used in different emergency situations for each sounds,there are several sounds appear as above.

The siren changes over time

With the development of technology, the old siren have been eliminated, now mainly electronic siren can be directly connected to power supply, control power in the driver’s room and change sound of the siren.Electronic siren to be maintain easily compared old types.

Issue for siren and speaker compatibility

When purchase siren, usually need speaker matching with siren.should consider the siren and the siren loudspeaker compatibility issues.

Incompatible alarms and speakers can cause problems that cannot be repaired.

For example,100W siren match with a 150W speaker,siren will burn out; 150W siren match with 100W speaker,speaker will burn out.

Compatibility are key before purchasing siren and speakers.

Available power range and siren volume

Basic standard power of siren is 100W, with different requirement, different power siren appear.

pa system controls the volume of the alarm.

police vehicle’s sounds louder than ambulances due to different install locations.also related with different usage areas.

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