So far this year, firefighters have responded to 44 alarms. Of that number 98% were false alarms. The New Philadelphia Fire Department responded to 140 fire alarms in 2023 and 114 in 2024. Of ...

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 fire alarm system was disabled in April during maintenance work conducted by West Penn Power. According to Greensburg-Salem Superintendent Ken Bissell, the outage occurred when a surge ...

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A bizarre scene played out at TD Garden after the Knicks cobbled together their second consecutive comeback win in Game 2 over the Celtics, as fire alarms blared after the 91-90 win, interrupting ...

Five people are out of their home after a fire in the city of Lebanon that reached a second alarm Tuesday afternoon. According to Lebanon County dispatchers, the first calls came in at 4:20 p.m ...

OAKLAND — A two-alarm fire broke out Thursday afternoon in the East Oakland hills. The fire ignited around 1:05 p.m. in the Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Reserve, behind the 7500 block of ...

Firefighters from multiple towns responded to a multi-alarm fire in Hudson Sunday night. The Hudson Fire Department said the fire was at an apartment building located at 6 Charles Street.

The fire alarm boxes have been part of firefighting since their introduction in 1852. The Rensselaer boxes were made by The Gamewell Co. of Medway, Mass., which is still in the business today as ...

2-alarm fire destroys York County house, causes $500,000 in damage The homeowner was asleep when the fire started, the fire chief said. ... Updated: 8:27 AM EDT Mar 25, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ ...

Upon arrival, firefighters discovered several paper bales on fire and, due to heavy wind conditions, a second alarm was initiated — calling for additional SFD units. The conditions began to ...