This essentially turned Holmes’ design into the first modern fire alarm. Burglar alarms get triggered in different ways. Motion sensors —such as those that use infrared light— are sometimes placed in ...

Automatic fire alarms are cause for multiple alerts every day to Butler County Emergency Services, and they are usually single alarms that don’t warrant a full staff fire department response. But on ...

The borough will also educate residents on how alarms work, how to test them and how to have a home fire escape plan. Their first visit will be to Noorvik on May 9.

The Fort Worth Near Southside fire grew fast into a six-alarm blaze. Learn how roof and building designs challenged firefighters during the response.