Put these in the truck for your technicians who inspect, install, or troubleshoot fire systems, and they will thank you for ...

When modern technology isn’t available for calling in emergencies, fire boxes are still a reliable way to summon help in several Schuylkill County communities, local advocates for the vintage ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY is repairing select fire alarm call boxes on Staten Island following a recent “large scale outage,” according to a department spokesperson. The FDNY said that the copper ...

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.

The city’s fire and electrical departments are scheduled to take the outdated master box fire alarm system offline on June 1.