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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 2—MAHANOY CITY — Beginning Thursday, the familiar bright red Gamewell fire alarm pull boxes on utility poles throughout the ...

POTTSVILLE – Firefighters and volunteers have been making sure fire alarm boxes in the city still work. There are 99 Gamewell boxes attached to telephone poles throughout the city, the oldest dating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 6—PORTLAND, Maine — Not long before Portland's Great Fire of 1866, the city's part-time fire chief visited Boston. While ...

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 ...

Models in larger sizes have been added to company’s line of fire alarm boxes. The powder-coated red fire alarm boxes provide easy identification of electrical products that house fire alarm system ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A cyclist rides past a non-operational public safety call box at Woodfords Corner in Portland. The box started out yellow and then was painted red. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN PORTLAND, Maine — Not ...