A sentinel of safety on York's streets since 1884, the city’s Gamewell fire alarm system is shutting down. It’s hard to imagine a 140-year-old communication system still in operation in an age where ...

Nov. 2—MAHANOY CITY — Beginning Thursday, the familiar bright red Gamewell fire alarm pull boxes on utility poles throughout the borough will be taken out of service until further notice. Mahanoy City ...

NORTH ADAMS — Thud, thud, thud, thud. Thud, thud, thud, thud. On Tuesday, the city officially decommissioned its Gamewell telegraph fire alarm system, also known as call boxes, of nearly a century and ...

A discussion by officials about whether to silence for good York's Gamewell system brought plenty of debate at city hall his week, with officials weighing the value of the aging system. But that talk ...

HANOVER, Pa. (WHTM) — One of the fastest ways to report an emergency dates back to the 1800’s, and one Midstate community still has the system in service. The Borough of Hanover passed an ordinance to ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X POTTSVILLE – Firefighters and volunteers have been making sure fire alarm boxes in the city still ...

York City will be finally retiring its fire alarm system, a 19th-century response mechanism that has already been phased out over several years. Maintaining the city's Gamewell alarm system at the ...

NORTHFORD, Conn.—The E3 Series fire alarm and communications system from Gamewell-FCI, a division of Honeywell, is now listed to a new Underwriters Laboratories standard, according to a company ...