A caller uses an alarm box telephone to notify the Fire Department of an emergency. Photo by Howard La Chanse. (Howard La Chanse / Syracuse Herald American) Syracuse had several catastrophic fires ...

There's almost no part of the city that's more than two blocks away from one of the 2,040 antique ... alarm, a telegraph wheel taps out a message to the nearest fire station, announcing the box ...

Many local fire departments abandoned their box alarm systems in the 1980s and 1990s. Antique boxes tend to land in their fire museums or on eBay, where on a recent day of Internet haggling ...

There’s almost no part of the city that’s more than two blocks away from one of the 2,040 antique ... alarm, a telegraph wheel taps out a message to the nearest fire station, announcing the ...

Initially, the Kleinstuber Combination Post Company manufactured these vintage boxes. By 1920, the Fire and Police Alarm Post Company opened its factory at 45th and Mitchell Streets. Over the ...

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 ...

C. (WNCT/CBS Newspath/WKRC) - A fire chief restored a vintage fire truck for fallen firefighters' and first responders' "last alarm." The chief, from Goldsboro, North Carolina, told WNCT that he ...

THEY’RE JUST A BACKDROP TO LIFE THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT. TED: THERE ARE 1200 FIRE ALARM BOXES IN BOSTON, THE OLDEST FIRE ALARM SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, THE TECHNOLOGY, IF YOU COULD CALL ...