Does Your Firestation Blow Their Sirens Twice a Day ?

[Mikey]

When I lived in Jersey, my local Firestation would blow their sirens twice a day.
Once at 12:00 PM (lunch-time)
Twice at 6:00 PM (around supper-time)

Most towns around me did the same.....

Ever since I moved to PA, I noticed it's the same here.

It it somekind of American law to break ones eardrums twice a day ?
Or is it just a local East Coast thing ?

[toys2cool]

I use to live near one,but I never heard it twice a day

[wayne foundation 07]

Ours only does it at noon on Saturday,good thing too,it scares the heck out of the cats.

[jwyblejr]

Since I've moved to Alabama,I haven't heard it. Only siren I hear around here are tornado sirens.

[DocDrako]

When I lived in Texas, I was startled by Tornado sirens every month when they'd test them, or do drills or whatever.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

That sounds very annoying Mike. I live across the road from a hospital, and am very grateful that the ambulances thoughtfully don't turn on their sirens until they turn out of my street.

[thunderbolt]

In Toluca Ill., They blew the fire/tornado/nuclear bomb horn at noon.

[Hulk]

Not only a East Coast thing, but a North East thing I think. Didn't hear anything like that in Georgia or now in Arizona.

[Action Martin]

When I lived on Long Island (1972-1992) the local fire station blew the siren at noon and around 6 pm every weekday. I don't recall it blowing on the weekends. When I was stationed in Georgia (1992-1995) the base fire department didn't set off the siren. The local departments where I live now in PA only sound their siren when there is an actual call and they need the volunteers to report to the station. And that can be a half dozen times a day, depending on the department.

[mitchedwards]

Every Wednesday unless there is bad weather they sound off the tornado sirens, as a weekly test.