Inside the fire service, repeated short horn bursts are often tied to evacuation or urgent hazard warnings, especially on ...

The discomfort of waking from an alarm is evident: The sound jolts and jars us out of our much-needed state of restoration, the vital sleep most of us lack. However, discomfort pales in comparison to ...

The Vallejo Fire Department (VFD) announced this week the completion of the installation and deployment of its new tone alert system in all active firehouses. The VPD stated in a news release that it ...

There's a 140-year-old bell mounted outside the new Albany Fire Station 11. It was originally used to alert — or, to use the modern term, "tone out" — firefighters so many years ago. Now it stands as ...