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FIRE ENGINE long approach and drive away.wav

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logancircle2

April 6th, 2016

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Sound effects > Vehicles
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

A fire engine approaching, then slowly passing, then disappearing into the distance. This was in Gallery Place in Washington, DC, during rush hour, so traffic was slow; thus, a longer than usual siren.

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ambiance
ambience
ambient
atmosphere
background
city
engine
field-recording
Fire
general-noise
noise
siren
soundscape
street
traffic

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:28.872

File size

15.0 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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7thfilms

5 months ago

Hi logancircle2,
Thanks for sharing your work, I have used it in on my experimental short film "STEAM WARS" https://youtu.be/okVm8vxK5Lg
Full credits at the end of the video.
Keep the great work!

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trueLuminus

4 years, 1 month ago

Nice! I used it for my burning chaos vid here: https://youtu.be/A0DeWq6woes

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htater88

7 years, 9 months ago

Nice quality. Thank you!

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pinky_j83

8 years, 2 months ago

apt sound for a fire engine :)

robsmithtx

9 years, 3 months ago

Great sound! I used this for my audiobook project:
https://rnephismith.bandcamp.com/album/tx-history
Attribution here:
https://txhistoryonline.wordpress.com/sound-effects-used-in-audio-version/

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