Hurricane 130

Hurricane 130
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Company	Alerting Communicators of America
Produced	1968-1981
Type	Electromechanical
Sound output	130

The Hurricane was an Electromechanical siren manufactured by Alerting Communicators of America. It was an 8/10 port dual tone siren, meant to compete with Federal Signal's Thunderbolt siren series at the time. Two known models were produced. First came the Hurricane 130, which was a rectangular horned model that closely resembled Federal's Thunderbolt siren. Later on, A.C.A. opted to change the design of the Hurricane to make it stand out from the Thunderbolt and avoid potential lawsuits over the two similar designs. Aside from that, they decided to correct some design flaws that were discovered in the original model. These changes to the design include, pole mounted vertical blower, controller removed from blower assembly and housed in it's own cabinet, and most notably, the horn changed from rectangular to round. This model was dubbed the Hurricane 130 MKII by the company. In 1981, A.C.A. ceased production of the Hurricane in favor of the P-50.

A Hurricane two years before being removed in Garland, Texas

Cities using the Hurricane

Cities Using Or That Have Used The ACA Hurricane	Number of Sirens, Operation Status	Model
Addyston, OH	1, Removed, in private possession	130 MKII
Baxter, MN	1, Removed	130
Normal, IL	2 (Exact number unknown), Removed	130 MKII
Crystal River, FL	Approximately 10, Removed (Crystal River NPP system)	130 MKII
Centralia, IL	1, Removed In 2010, Recently changed ownership into the hands of a collector in Michigan.	130
Darien, IL	2, 1 Still Operational, 1 Removed for Private Possession.	130 MKII
Fayetteville, OH	1, Removed	130 MKII
Garland, TX	4, Removed	130 MKII
Greendale, WI	1, Removed	130 MKII
Greenville, TX	2, most likely inactive	130 MKII
La Crescent, MN	3, Removed (1 Hurricane was replaced by a Sentry siren and other Hurricane was replaced by a Federal Signal 2001-130)	130 MKII
Milwaukee, WI	2, 1 operational. The other one is stored at the American Signal Corporation Headquarters. More were installed in the city at one time	130 MKII
Rolling Meadows, IL	3, replaced in the 1980s with Alertronics	130
Oak Harbor, OH	(Exact number unknown), Removed (Part of the Davis-Besse NPP System). Replaced with a system of 2001-SRN's in the mid-late 1990's	130 MKII

A Hurricane at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant in Oak Harbor, OH. The system of Hurricanes were replaced in the mid-late 1990's

Hurricane 130 MKII in Milwaukee, WI.