“I could feel it in my chest,” Tristan said, with a smile. Tracie said she could feel the vibration, it emitted so much noise. “That’ll start to hurt your ears after a little bit.” “That’s loud!” Chuck exclaimed, with a laugh. Tristan plugged in the siren, and less than a few seconds later, it launched into full-on deafening warning mode. Other neighbors like Tracie Thomas walked over with her son to see, and hear, the big moment up close. He filled his truck with his wife, kids, and kids’ friends. “Got off work, and was calling me, says, ‘We going to go down there! And I know where the address is,’” Chuck said. This time, people showed up to hear the siren.Ĭhuck Slaymaker said his kids kept asking to go hear the siren. Tristan let it go for several minutes at midnight on New Year’s Day, but people commented online that they didn’t hear it.Īfter getting requests to set the siren off again, Tristan decided to run a second time at 6 p.m. Hundreds of people commented, excited and ready for the blast of noise. Police and fire gave Tristan the green light, so he passed out fliers to alert veterans, and posted about it on Facebook.
#FEDERAL SIGNAL STH 10 FULL#
“It would have been the first chance I’ve had to set it off full blast, and also it would have been a good way to ring in the New Year without spending money on fireworks,” Tristan said. He figured that many people in Magna would have never heard an air raid siren before, which gave him an idea: Why not fire it up at midnight on New Year’s Day? With technology like Reverse 911 and cell phone alerts, Tristan explained how sirens are starting to fade in many communities. He said a friend’s family drove him to pick up the 400-pound mammoth noisemaker. It was from the tiny town of Lynndyl, Utah near Delta. “It was my first chance to really get a siren that’s like this,” he said.Ī siren group Tristan is a part of online found the Federal Signal STH-10 siren for sale at an auction.
Outside of Tristan’s home, a few other sirens sit in the backyard, including his newest, biggest purchase. He said there are about 220, spread across the state. The 16-year old has even mapped out every single emergency warning siren in Utah. The process ends up creating the siren noise. Tristan twirled the metal inside the siren, explaining that a motor draws air into a chamber, then splits the air up and spits it out of notches. “This was probably used on a police car,” he explained. He held up a small siren that he said dated back to the 1930s. Really cool, and unusual- a siren enthusiast and collector. Tristan Gillett doesn’t really remember how this hobby started, but it’s one he’s been interested in since he can remember. If you live in Magna near the west end, you may have heard the latest item in his collection. MAGNA, Utah- A Magna teenager is sharing his hobby with the entire community.
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