ACA Hurricane
Cities Using Or That Have Used The ACA Hurricane Number of Sirens , Operation Status Model
Addyston , OH 1 , Removed MKII-130
Kewaunee , WI At least 4 , Removed and Replaced Later on ( Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant ) MKII-130
Baxter , MN 1 , Removed 130
Benton Harbor , MI About 10 , Removed and Replaced With Whelen WPS Omnidirectional Sirens in 1996 ( Cook Nuclear Power Plant ) MKII-130
Crystal River , FL Approximately 10 , Removed ( Crystal River NPP system ) . All replaced with Whelen sirens MKII-130
Centralia , IL 2 , 1 Removed , 1 In Private Possession 130
Darien , IL 2 , 1 Still Operational , 1 Removed for Private Possession MKII-130
Fayetteville , OH 1 , Removed MKII-130
Garland , TX 4 , Removed . Replaced with Whelen sirens MKII-130
Greendale , WI 1 , Removed . Replaced with an American Signal Corporation T-128 MKII-130
Glendale , WI 1 , Removed MKII-130
Greenville , TX 2 , 1 is out of service as the switch is set to the ( OFF ) position . The Hurricane located near the car dealership has a detached blower , with reports of the siren changing directions . It is assumed active as the power switch remains in the ( ON ) position with no evidence of cut wires . No test videos have been made on this one MKII-130
La Crescent , MN 3 , Removed ( 1 Hurricane MKII-130 is replaced by a Sentry siren and other Hurricane is replaced by a Federal Signal 2001-130 ) MKII-130
Milwaukee , WI 2 , 1 operational . The one at the West Bradley fire station is confirmed to still be working , no sources of replacement . It will only be removed if it ceases operation . The other one is stored at the ASC Headquarters MKII-130
Moore , OK 2 , All Removed and Replaced MKII-130
Oak Harbor , Ohio All removed and replaced with Thunderbolts and XT22s MKII-130
Plymouth , MN 1 , Removed 130
Rolling Meadows , IL 3 , Removed MKII-130 , 130
Spencer , IN 2 , All removed in 1993 . 1 Bought by Private owner , the other one was most likely scrapped MKII-130
Minnetonka , MN 3 , removed 130
Cities using the Hurricane 130
The ACA Hurricane was a 130dB civilian defense siren, created in 1968, and stopped production around 1980, produced by Alerting Communicators of America, now American Signal Corporation. The Hurricane is very similar to the Federal Signal Thunderbolt Series.