Emergency sirens
 

Uh... do they set them off just for fun?

Ours just went off.

Yet again. It's gone off 4 times since we started renting here, 4 weeks ago. All completely different days and times.

Anything happen? :(

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its to summon the volunteer fire fighters to a "shout".
first one I heard I thought "oh my god here comes 'the big one'"! :lol:

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Uh... and a "shout" is what, exactly?... :)

No rumbles since we got here, and no fires in our area...

Have felt rumbles before in Illinois, and have seen fires from the refineries... but nothing closer than that.

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a shout is a callout to a fire or whatever :)

One caught us out whilst we were in Blenheim, didn't know if we should run for cover :eek:

shop assistant had a good laugh when we asked what it was

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fire service also have to cut people out of the odd RTA.............so there may not be an obvious fire, also they provide cover over a suprising area so I'd imagine that some of those were to fires or false alarms, there is a public webpage that lists the last week's NZFS calls, I'll PM it to you if you are interested in how the siren and incidents are related!! :sneaky:

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Good laugh? Uh... OK... :blink: I'm assuming she was also a newbie being made fun of...

"cut people out of the odd RTA"

In English please? Thanks! :wub: :confused:

Please do, thanks luvvie! :)

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Shorthand for "road traffic accident". (Well at least it is in the UK):)

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Hey Maz, at 12 noon on Saturday, when it sounds just once (instead of the usual twice) that's just the test! If you go past the fire station at Plimmerton, there is a board in the front telling you what the last call out was for and where - don't know if they have that at every station?! :thumbsup:

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Super, thanks! :thumbup:

Aha very interesting, thank you! :thumbup:

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mmm..........actually the poster was the person on the end of the joke..........and the assistant could be male, female or whatever............ :p
Fire Service also do quite a few other things that require emergency attendance, like floods, some medical recoveries, kids trapped in railings, etc
Sorry that we are jargonised but that is how these things grow on you.

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We live right opposite the Fire Station and yep that siren is very loud! In fact it recently broke and they had to get a new one. When my parents visited last time we were in the rental down the road and the siren wasn't too loud there but I'll have to warn them about it now we are so close.

OH is one of the volunteers there, his pager usually goes off just a few seconds before the siren sounds.... hes usually the first one there as we live the closest.

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..... ooooer!! Just after I typed this the siren went off! :ohmy:

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The one in Renwick can go off at any time!

I always get the beginning of Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Two Tribes" in my head for hours afterward!:blink: