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 ...
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 ...
Editor's note: This column is the first of two parts on Pittsfield's fire alarm system. From the earliest days in school, baby boomers were given lessons on what to do to report a fire. Of course ...
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 ...
RENSSELAER -- It's almost time for last call for the city's 75 iconic fire alarm boxes. The red-and-white cottage fireboxes date back to when the telegraph was the quickest means of communication and ...
Every year, San Francisco firefighters respond to emergency calls from a street alarm box system that was in use when horses still pulled the engines. There's almost no part of the city that's more ...
(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 ...
LEOMINSTER — There are still about 71 fire-alarm boxes on red poles with white horizontal stripes scattered around the city streets, but they are tired looking and seem out of place in a digital world ...
BOSTON - One of America's oldest cities has some pretty old fire alarm boxes as well, and Boston is looking for proposals from vendors on how to upgrade the city's network of 2,200 fire alarm boxes, ...
A federal judge on Monday once again struck down the city’s plan to remove fire alarm boxes from New York‘s streets – saying it would discriminate against the deaf. The city had sought to lift a ...
Editor's note: This column is the first of two parts on Pittsfield's fire alarm system. From the earliest days in school, baby boomers were given lessons on what to do to report a fire. Of course ...
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