It's no secret that a siren system is a powerful tool to alert motorists to the presence of an emergency vehicle. However, you may have noticed that a fire apparatus like a truck, quint, or engine ...

A big, red truck with flashing lights emitting a sound picked for maximum impact. Everyone notices, looks and gets out of its way as it speeds past. But why do the sirens of fire and emergency ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The sound of a fire ... say those sirens leave them with serious hearing damage. About 4,500 current and former firefighters have filed a lawsuit against Federal Signal ...

The suit names American LaFrance LLC, Kovatch Mobile Equipments Corp., Mack Trucks Inc., Pierce Manufacturing Inc. and Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC, as well as the siren maker Federal Signal Corp ...

If you’re over the age of 6, you can pretty much immediately identify whether a siren belongs to a police car, an ambulance, or a fire truck by ... with Federal Signal’s Q-Siren: States ...

That's why all new rural metro fire trucks will have federal sirens, so drivers can hear them so they can pull over to the right side of the street. Metro Fire Assistant Fire Chief Jay Karlik said ...

An old fire truck is back home ... 10 years ago as the truck was used to irrigate the owner’s land. The Federal Q Siren still runs and the lights work. However, the engine doesn’t run and ...

Q. Yesterday I was driving east on Ball Road in Cypress toward a green light but traffic was stopped. Then I see, at Valley View Street, an Orange County fire truck with siren and emergency lights on.

What’s next, suing because the fire is too hot? A retired firefighter has filed a lawsuit complaining that the firetruck sirens he heard ... Trains and garbage trucks come in at 100dB.

The suit names American LaFrance LLC, Kovatch Mobile Equipments Corp., Mack Trucks Inc., Pierce Manufacturing Inc. and Seagrave Fire Apparatus LLC, as well as the siren maker Federal Signal Corp ...