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Directional Siren - Ten Years On
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<blockquote data-quote="BarMoo" data-source="post: 312758" data-attributes="member: 175089"><p>I wonder if any of you remember this being featured on Tomorrow's world back in 1996. Thankfully, I managed to record the feature and later dumped it onto minidisc.</p><p></p><p>Its had some remedial audio tweaking via PC - and is available as an MP3 to listen to again today.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, ten years on, the wailings of those crass US style sirens still prevail. </p><p></p><p>Apparently, the 'new' (white noise) siren didn't get emergency service workers 'pepp'd-up enough' by the time they reached their emergency - so the idea was dropped.</p><p></p><p>I suspect it was more to do with ego than service: firemen in the fifties with their clappy bell still managed to put out fires ;) </p><p></p><p>Whatever, the idea has had success in directional smoke alarm systems; but, I think that is about it.</p><p></p><p>It was plucky of the Leeds ambulance service to trial it back then - and its sad (IMHO) that the UK couldn't fix something that was and <em>still is</em> broke by applying it across all services.</p><p></p><p>Read more about this dead idea, here <a href="http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/May96/1249.html" target="_blank">http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/May96/1249.html</a></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarMoo, post: 312758, member: 175089"] I wonder if any of you remember this being featured on Tomorrow's world back in 1996. Thankfully, I managed to record the feature and later dumped it onto minidisc. Its had some remedial audio tweaking via PC - and is available as an MP3 to listen to again today. Sadly, ten years on, the wailings of those crass US style sirens still prevail. Apparently, the 'new' (white noise) siren didn't get emergency service workers 'pepp'd-up enough' by the time they reached their emergency - so the idea was dropped. I suspect it was more to do with ego than service: firemen in the fifties with their clappy bell still managed to put out fires ;) Whatever, the idea has had success in directional smoke alarm systems; but, I think that is about it. It was plucky of the Leeds ambulance service to trial it back then - and its sad (IMHO) that the UK couldn't fix something that was and [I]still is[/I] broke by applying it across all services. Read more about this dead idea, here [URL]http://www.pulseplanet.com/archive/May96/1249.html[/URL] . [/QUOTE]
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