Long before phones buzzed in pockets, public life had its own loud operating system. Bells, drums, horns, whistles, and sirens told people when to wake, pray, work, gather, take cover, or pay ...

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 ...

Federal Signal Corporation became the first manufacturer in the fire industry to trademark the sound of a siren, the company announced. The United States Trademark Executor awarded the trademark in ...

In Greek mythology, a siren was a demonic being (half bird, half woman). Later on this idea was transformed in art into a mermaid: a combination of a fish and a woman. Mechanical and electromechanical ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Wailing sirens accompanied by extreme weather conditions are a familiar sound in Northwest Missouri in spring and summer. Severe Weather Preparedness Week, which is ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System will sound as scheduled, officials say. The test is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 1, at 11:45 a.m.

Tests of three new weather sirens near Arlington high schools will be taking place this Friday. The sirens — located at athletic fields at Wakefield, Washington-Liberty and Yorktown high schools — ...