ATI HPSS
The ATI Soundblaster HPSS (High-Power Speaker Station) is an electronic outdoor warning siren manufactured by Acoustic Technology, Inc (ATI) that is used to alert citizens of tornadoes, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, fires and so on. The recent HPSS systems use high-powered electronic speakers, which can be independently arranged to provide directional or omnidirectional coverage, depending on installation. The HPSS16 provides up to 1600 watts of continuous power to drive up to four 400-watt speaker units, whereas the larger 3200-watt HPSS32 can drive up to eight 400-watt speakers. They can also be used as public announcement (PA) systems, and can play a number of programmed tones. Options include solar-powered operation pre-recorded voice messages. ATI also sold rotational units of the HPSS16, and HPSS32, called the "HPSS16R" and "HPSS32R", that are now discontinued.
Areas known to use HPSS systems
- San Francisco, California - This system is unique, in that it features the sound of the decommissioned Federal Signal STL-10 sirens that the HPSS units replaced
- Casitas Dam, Ventura, California (This system is unique, in that they look like the Federal Signal Directional Speaker Array (DSA) sirens), but can have 7–8 speakers per stack, and gray caps on the speaker cones).
- Indian Point Energy Center, New York
- Owasso, Oklahoma - System of sixteen HPSS32 sirens.
- Israel has 3100 sirens as a part of its warning system, and 300 of them are HPSS32 sirens.
- Sedgwick County, Kansas and the City of Wichita 27 ATI HPSS32 units are part of the system's 150 sirens.
- Forsyth County, Georgia
- Frisco, Texas ATI HPSS32 units.
- Fort Riley, Kansas 2 ATI HPSS16 units.
- Del City, Oklahoma 8 ATI HPSS16 units.
- Malmstrom AFB, MT 6 ATI HPSS16 units
- Pasig, Philippines has 1 ATI HPSS32 unit.
- Battle Creek, Michigan has four rotating 1600 watt ATIs, dubbed the HPSS16R. They run 575hz alert for tornado warnings.
- Menominee, Michigan has three rotating ATI HPSS32R units
- Pensacola NAS, Florida, ATI HPSS16 (mostly), the sirens on Pensacola's navy base are mostly used for tornado warnings and they play the colors in the morning and evening. When a warning is issued, these siren sound ATI's version of wail signal during tornado warnings. Attack signal or other signals have not been used yet. These siren are silently tested on Fridays.
- University of West Florida In Pensacola, Florida, ATI HPSS16 sirens here are used for chemical spills, weather warnings, lock downs, and they play a daily Westminster chime tone at noon.
- Arnold, Missouri 7 ATI HPSS32 units which replace the old Whelen WPS 3016 Sirens.[1]
- Ketchikan, Alaska maintains a system of 3 ATI HPSS32 units which are tested audibly on the 15th of the month at noon. These sirens are used to warn for tsunamis or in the event of a dam failure.[2][3]
- Hudson County, New Jersey has an unknown number of HPSS sirens. They are supposedly used for nuclear emergencies.[4]
References
- ↑ Arnold Missouri Siren Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YAnYjdAmq8
- ↑ "Third siren added to city's hazard warning system". 26 August 2015. https://www.krbd.org/2015/08/26/third-siren-added-to-citys-hazard-warning-system/.
- ↑ "Google Sites". https://sites.google.com/site/greaterketchikanarealepc/all-hazard-siren-information.
- ↑ "Emergency siren tests startle residents". https://newjersey.news12.com/story/34885755/emergency-siren-tests-startle-residents.