MAHANOY CITY – Beginning Thursday, the familiar bright red Gamewell fire alarm pull boxes on utility poles throughout the borough will be taken out of service until further notice. Mahanoy City Fire ...

In our newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast, we’re doing a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we’re ...

WOLFEBORO -- In an era of enhanced 911, two-way radios, smartphones and GPS devices, the town has decided to retire its telegraph fire alarm system. "It's with a sense of sadness; there is a lot of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X POTTSVILLE – Firefighters and volunteers have been making sure fire alarm boxes in the city still ...

EXETER – The red emergency boxes affixed to buildings serve as a reminder of the role the general public played alerting fire and EMS of an emergency. But in the age of smart phones and GPS, emergency ...

The bright red and white boxes with peaked "roofs" once dotted street corners throughout the area -- providing a lifeline at a time when few people had telephones at home to report fires. Today they ...

Fire protection systems—sprinklers, alarms, detectors, suppression units, and monitoring networks—form the backbone of a ...

Nov. 2—MAHANOY CITY — Beginning Thursday, the familiar bright red Gamewell fire alarm pull boxes on utility poles throughout the borough will be taken out of service until further notice. Mahanoy City ...

HANOVER, Pa. (WHTM) — One of the fastest ways to report an emergency dates back to the 1800’s, and one Midstate community still has the system in service. The Borough of Hanover passed an ordinance to ...

(CNN) — When the Massachusetts 911 system for emergency calls stopped working on Tuesday afternoon, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox noted the city already had a backup solution in place. Use ...