The FDNY said that the copper mechanical pull handle style boxes on Staten Island were the ones that experienced the outage.

Massachusetts’ public safety answering system received an average of 8,800 calls per day in 2023, according to the statement. While many cities have removed the fire alarm boxes, the outage ...

Together, the men pushed city officials to install a municipal fire alarm system. After much resistance, the measure passed in 1851. With call boxes on the streets, the fire alarm system ...

Either way they are updating the new system today so that only the alarm company can put the system in standby mode. Also, per my dispatch center, the call for that fire came from 911, not from ...