Every year, San Francisco firefighters respond to emergency calls from a street alarm box system that ... away from one of the 2,040 antique red iron boxes that use telegraph technology, and ...

RENSSELAER -- The red-and-white fire alarm boxes hanging on telephone poles around the city will go silent June 1. City workers will cover the estimated 61 boxes with hoods, taking them out of ...

A lot (but not all) of them are red and sit prettily on sidewalks with the ability to call the fire department and the police. Fire alarm call boxes have been around for more than a hundred years ...

Throughout New York City, you may be familiar with these red fire alarm boxes that are supposed to summon the fire or police department in the event of an emergency. But how do they work?

Use those little-noticed fire alarm red boxes, he said. They rely on that old yet reliable technology: The telegraph. “If you’re having any issues, medical-related or EMS or fire-related ...