When a fire breaks out in Oyster Bay overnight, volunteer firefighters are alerted to the blaze. A text is sent. A radio relays the information. Then a loud fire horn blares through the hamlet. The ...

Philadelphia residents should not be alarmed if they hear sirens blaring on Thursday night. The sirens are part of a citywide fire drill being conducted by the fire department. All 63 of the city's ...

Parents at Clara E. Coleman Elementary School in Glen Rock wanted the fire siren atop the school silenced. Too often, they said, learning at the school is randomly interrupted by the loud whine of the ...