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The Hurricane was an supercharged electro-mechanical siren manufactured by Alerting Communicators of America. It was available in 8/10, 10/12, 8/12 port, or single tone 8, 10, or 12 port configurations, but only 8/10 port models were produced. There was also a multi-signal option available upon request per the manual, likely to compete with the Thunderbolt 1003, but such models were never produced. It was 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 because of the underperformance of the original square horn, to a rounded horn which improves sound, and improves the carrying distance thus performing as intended at 130dB other then the 125dB as the original 130 did. Aside from that, they decided to correct some design flaws that were discovered in the original model. These changes to the design included a pole mounted vertical blower, controller removed from blower assembly and housed in its own cabinet, and most notably, the horn changed from rectangular to round. This model was dubbed the Hurricane 130 MKII by the company. It also utilizes a 30 HP blower motor, as opposed to Federal Signal's Thunderbolt's 7.5 horsepower blower motor. This blower feeds pressurized air into the siren, which massively improves its performance. Without the blower, the Hurricane is incredibly quiet. Blowers on ACA Hurricane sirens became known for their unreliability, often due to lack of maintenance.
The corporation continued production of the Hurricane until 1981, when it was replaced in ACA's lineup with the significantly more powerful 50HP ACA Penetrator-50, which proved to be both louder, and more reliable. Hurricanes are very rare, as most of them have been replaced by newer sirens. As of March 2022, a single ACA Hurricane 130 MKII remains in service, in Milwaukee, WI, with the rest abandoned in place or in private collections. A single example of a Hurricane 130 MKI is in private collection after its removal from Centralia, IL.