Long before firefighters carried electronic pagers or received text alerts, a bell would ring throughout the town alerting the community to danger. That tradition still rings true in Lake Mills, ...

ST. LOUIS — The City of St. Louis will test the storm siren system again Wednesday afternoon as the St. Louis Fire Department continues the transition into control of the system. The test will begin ...

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 ...

To the untrained ear, the sound of a siren wailing through the air can come as a surprise. In more than 40 communities in ...