That's because the Caledonia fire siren, a 1962 1003 air raid siren, Thunderbolt, was actually a civil defense siren. Last February, CFD retired the 50 year old siren and installed a new ...

As tornado reports in Minnesota have led the nation so far this year, they've had more opportunity than ever to listen for the wail of sirens. Today, Nelson has a Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1000 ...

it did have air raid sirens installed in the 1950s. Justin Birchfiel, who has saved and restored a Knoxville Thunderbolt air raid siren from Prosser and Buffat Mill roads, has said only three ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Jonathan Marr, the deputy director for Sedgwick County Emergency Management, joined “Kansas Today” on Monday, Feb. 27, to talk about Thunderbolt sirens. The sirens ...

On April 22, 1952, the first-ever air raid siren test sounded in Wichita. Some of the oldest Thunderbolt sirens in the United States were still in use across Sedgwick County up until late last year.

Extremely rare, according to a self-described siren enthusiast who recently emailed me. “It’s one of the few that are still up,” wrote Aidan Beaulne. “It is a Federal Signal Thunderbolt ...