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 ...

The hearty bellows of the town hall fire horn, a familiar sound Medfield residents have known for more than 100 years, are seldom heard these days as ice and snow freeze antique parts in dire need of ...

SIERRA MADRE>> Longtime resident Joe Pergola said he always finds a reason to go outside his home at 5 p.m. It’s simply so he can hear the city’s fire horn blow. “It’s a sweet sound; knowing that we ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Could putting out a fire be as simple as blasting a horn? Researchers at George Mason University say it just might be. Senior engineering students have developed a sonic fire ...