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Getting an alarm "the old fashioned way" - Guest - 02-23-2013 I saw a video a while back of Chicago Fire from the 90's catching an alarm from the phone call to dispatch to the alarm ringing in the housewatch.  Does anyone have any videos or pics of fire departments that still get their alarms "the old fashioned way?" Getting an alarm "the old fashioned way" - Guest - 02-25-2013 I'm sure you can youtube both the Boston and Newark FD's, they still do it old school. Boston taps out box numbers over the radio and Newark still has a bell system in all of their stations.  They count the number of bells and go if assigned.