# What's up with these European sirens I'm hearing?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 29, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-these-european-sirens-im-hearing/498088 "2009-05-29T21:11:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-these-european-sirens-im-hearing/498088/21 "2009-06-02T18:04:43Z")

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> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#):
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> There’s also a siren on some British ambulances that interjects a burst of static (it’s supposedly easier to work out which direction the ambulance is coming from). IME, it’s pretty rare to hear it, though.

I guess that’s the “shish” after the “wow wow wow” in the Independent article I found. You hear it fairly often in London.

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