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 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A mechanical malfunction led to an alarm sounding early Saturday morning near Centennial High School, according to a spokesperson for the Franklin County EMA. The EMA was notified ...

The city of St Louis placed its emergency management chief on leave after the staffer failed to activate the tornado sirens before a deadly twister tore through the Midwestern metropolis, according to ...

Cicadas can sound a lot like sirens or car alarms, the Durham County Sheriff's Office is reminding citizens. A Facebook post read, "Do you hear that humming that sounds like alarms going off in the ...

It is a familiar story on campus: the ringing bells, the loud alarm and the evacuation process — all to find someone burned their popcorn in the microwave. A typical false fire alarm causes disruption ...

ST. LOUIS — Countless residents weren't warned before a historic tornado claimed the lives of five residents in St. Louis on Friday. Numerous residents in the path of the tornado said the city's storm ...