Tag: Cressona
Fire alarm boxes “thing of the past” in Pennsylvania community
July 10, 2014SSN Staff
CRESSONA, Pa.—This borough is eliminating its fire alarm striking boxes along Cressona streets, according to the Republican Herald news publication.
The Borough Council on June 2 voted to do away the boxes, the Republican Herald said in a July 10 report.
"It's a thing of the past," James Krammes Jr., assistant fire chief for the borough, was quoted as saying of the system.
According to borough records, the system consists of 24 fire alarm boxes and six push button boxes. A siren at the borough...