List of municipalities with Telegraph Fire Alarm systems in the United States.
Up to date as of JUNE 30, 2018
This is an active directory of cities and towns with municipal fire alarm systems.
- Information on this page came from personal confirmation, several older sources, The Gamewell Facebook group and Gary Spohn
- Known lists are linked as well.
- Removed systems are listed below active ones.
- Also check out Bob Karpowicz's New Jersey site Backtaps.com
(Key to above image: from left to right:
Brockton, MA BOX 1312 Legion Pkwy & Main St
Plymouth, MA BOX 421 State Road so of Rocky Hill Road
Milton, MA Police signaling BOX 15 Adams St Opp. Washington St
Quincy, MA BOX 1896 N.F.P.A. 1 Batterymarch Park
Holbrook, MA BOX 82 West Shore Rd @ #17)
Contents
California
- Nevada City (Boxes in place, status needed)
- San Francisco
Connecticut
- Allinex Chemicals (Wallingford)
- Ansonia
- Derby
- Hartford (Master Boxes only)
- Meriden
- Middletown (Masters)
- Mystic (Still there, 2024)
- Poquonnock Bridge (Fire district/Groton)
- Putnam
Removed Systems in Conn.
- Danbury
- Danielson
- Rockville (Part of Vernon)
- Thompsonville (Part of Enfield)
Illinois
- Chicago ©
Maine
- Auburn (Master Only)
- Bangor (Master Only)
- Portland ©
- Rumford
- Scarboro
Removed systems in Maine
- Kennebunk
- Ogunquit
- Millinocket
- North Berwick
- South Berwick
- South Portland
- Sanford
- Wells Beach
- York
Massachusetts
- Avon ?
- Bedford
- Billerica (Master Only) ©
- Boston
- Braintree (Masters Only - 2018)
- Bridgewater (Masters only) ?
- Brockton
- Brookline
- Cambridge
- Chelmsford
- Chelsea
- Clinton ?
- Dedham (2024)
- Dracut
- Fairhaven (Master Only)
- Fall River (Master Only, being removed for radio boxes 08-2017) ©
- Falmouth
- Framingham
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Hingham
- Holbrook (Recently repainted and detailed all their boxes)
- Holliston
- Holyoke (Combination 100mil and Radio) (Some boxes remain - 2024)
- Hopedale ?
- Hudson
- Lancaster
- Lawrence
- Leominster ?
- Marion ?
- Maynard
- Medway
- Medfield (Master Only)
- Medford
- Melrose
- Middleton
- Millbury
- Millis
- Milton (Police boxes too)
- Nantucket
- Natick
- Newburyport
- Newton
- Northbridge
- North Reading
- Norton (Gamewell Shells, electronic boxes. Street boxes mostly removed.)
- Norwood
- Orange
- Peabody
- Plymouth (PDF)
- Quincy
- Revere
- Rockland
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus (Masters Only)
- Sherborne (Slated for removal soon)
- Somerville
- Shirley
- Southbridge
- Stoneham
- Stow
- Sudbury
- Swampscott
- Townsend
- Upton (Master Only)
- Wakefield
- Waltham
- Wareham
- Watertown
- Wayland
- West Boylston
- Westwood (Being removed)
- Winchester
- Woburn
Removed Systems in Mass.
- Abington
- Adams
- Amesbury
- Arlington
- Athol (System being removed, slowly. 2017)
- Attleboro
- Burlington (Radio now)
- Canton (Confirmed removal 2017)
- Cheshire
- Chicopee
- Dudley
- Easthampton
- Easton
- Franklin (Many buildings still have boxes on them.)
- Gardner ©
- Great Barrington ©
- Greenfield
- Hanson
- Hanover
- Lee
- Lenox
- Lexington
- Lowell
- Ludlow
- Lynn
- Malden
- Marlborough
- Mattapoisett ©
- Milford
- Monson
- Nahant
- Needham ©
- New Bedford
- North Adams
- North Attleboro
- Northampton
- Palmer
- Plainville
- Pittsfield ©
- Randolph (Boxes in Randolph aren't tied to the municipal system, but rather the local alarms of the buildings they are mounted to.) ©
- Raynham
- Rockland
- Seekonk
- Sharon (Still some boxes on buildings, tied to local alarms)
- Shelburne Falls
- South Hadley
- Springfield ©
- Stoughton (Removed in 2014. Some boxes still on buildings as local alarm)
- Taunton (Removed in the early 1980's)
- Three Rivers
- Uxbridge ©
- Walpole
- Webster (A couple remain with microswitches on buildings)
- Wellesley ©
- West Springfield
- Westborough ©
- Westfield
- Weston
- Weymouth (King Fisher radio boxes)
- Whitman ©
- Williamstown
- Winchendon
- Winthrop
- Worcester
New Hampshire
- Allenstown
- Berlin
- Claremont (May be mostly removed?)
- Concord
- Derry (Master Only)
- Exeter
- Goffstown
- Keene (Master Only)
- Laconia (Master Only)
- Manchester (Master Only)
- Nashua
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth
- Seabrook
- Somersworth's General Electric plant.
- Wolfboro
Removed systems in New Hampshire
- Salem
New Jersey
- Bogota
- Hackensack
- Hawthorne (Masters on Schools)
- Ho Ho Kus (Diaphone still connected)
- Little Falls
- Pompton Lakes
- Ridgewood
- Rutherford
- Teaneck
- Verona
- West Patterson
Removed systems in New Jersey
- Glen Ridge
- Kearny
- Point Pleasant Beach
New York
- Auburn
- Bellerose
- Buffalo
- Cortland
- Depew
- Geneva
- Gloversville (2016 confirmed)
- Hartsdale
- Havestraw
- Hornell
- Jamestown
- Johnstown (2016 confirmed)
- Lyons
- Newburgh
- New Hyde Park
- New York City ©
- NYC Subway (Gamewell movements in custom enclosures)
- Nyack
- Penn Yan
- Schenectady
Removed systems in New York.
- Albany
- Arlington
- Baldwin
- Batavia (Locations list courtesy, Paul Dibble)
- Cananandigua
- Cohoes
- Cooperstown
- East Rochester
- Elmont
- Elmyra
- Fairport
- Fairview
- Franklin Square
- Freeport
- Garden City
- Hempstead
- Hicksville
- Horsehaven
- Hudson
- Ilion
- Kenmore
- Long Beach
- Middletown
- Mt Vernon
- Newark
- North Tonawanda
- Ogdensburg
- Olean
- Oneida
- Oneonta
- Oswego
- Peekskill
- Poughkeepsie
- Rensselaer
- Rochester
- Rockville Centre
- Rome
- Saranac lake
- Saratoga Springs
- Skaneateles
- Syracuse
- Tonawanda
- Troy
- Utica
- Valley Stream
- Watertown
- Watervliet
- Westfield
- Whiteplains
- Yonkers
Ohio
- Akron
Removed systems in Ohio
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Dayton
Pennsylvania
- Carbondale
- Corry
- Hanover
- Jeannette
- Mahanoy City
- Pottsville
- Shenandoah
- St. Clair
- Tamaqua
- Washington (Masters only)
- York
Removed systems in Pennsylvania
- Cressona
- Erie
- Emmaus
- Philadelphia
Also see Removed list from John Trimble
Rhode Island
- Brown University (Private system)
- Burrillville (Pascoag District)
- Cranston (Master Boxes Only)
- East Greenwich
- Kingston Fire District
- Narragansett
- Newport Naval Base
- North Kingstown
- Providence
- South Kingstown ©
- Union Fire District
- University of Rhode Island
- Wakefield
- Westerly
- West Greenwich
- Woonsocket
Removed systems in Rhode Island
- East Providence (Radio boxes)
- Pawtucket
- Warwick
Vermont
- Brattleboro
- Rutland
- St. Albans
- St. Johnsbury
- Springfield (Master Only)
Removed Systems in Vermont.
- Bellows Falls
- Burlington
Washington
- Centralia
- Longview