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<font size="+2">'''List of municipalities with Telegraph Fire Alarm systems in the United States.'''</font><br><br>
 
<font size="+2">'''List of municipalities with Telegraph Fire Alarm systems in the United States.'''</font><br><br>
'''Up to date as of MARCH 09, 2015'''
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'''Up to date as of JUNE 30, 2018'''
 
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This is an active directory of cities and towns with municipal fire alarm systems.
 
This is an active directory of cities and towns with municipal fire alarm systems.
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*Hartford (Master Boxes only)
 
*Hartford (Master Boxes only)
 
*Meriden
 
*Meriden
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*Middletown (Masters)
 
*Mystic
 
*Mystic
 
*Poquonnock Bridge (Fire district/Groton)
 
*Poquonnock Bridge (Fire district/Groton)
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'''Removed Systems in Conn.'''
 
'''Removed Systems in Conn.'''
*Danbury (?)
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*Danbury  
 
*Danielson
 
*Danielson
*Hartford
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*Rockville (Part of Vernon)
 
*Thompsonville (Part of Enfield)
 
*Thompsonville (Part of Enfield)
 
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===Illinois===
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*Chicago
  
 
===Maine===
 
===Maine===
 
*Auburn (Master Only)
 
*Auburn (Master Only)
 
*Bangor (Master Only)
 
*Bangor (Master Only)
*Portland (System being decommissioned/Masters Only)
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*Portland  
 
*Rumford
 
*Rumford
 
*Scarboro
 
*Scarboro
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===Massachusetts===
 
===Massachusetts===
 
*Abington (Street only. Radiobox Masters)  
 
*Abington (Street only. Radiobox Masters)  
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/athol.html Athol] (System been reduced to 3 circuits)  
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/athol.html Athol] (System being removed, slowly. 2017)  
 
*Avon  
 
*Avon  
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*Bedford
 
*Billerica (Master Only)  
 
*Billerica (Master Only)  
 
*[http://bostonfirebox.com/ Boston]  
 
*[http://bostonfirebox.com/ Boston]  
*Braintree (Adding boxes to their system)  
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*Braintree (Masters Only - 2018)  
 +
*Bridgewater (Masters only) ?
 
*Brockton  
 
*Brockton  
 
*Brookline  
 
*Brookline  
*Burlington (System being removed)
 
 
*Cambridge
 
*Cambridge
*Canton (Slated for removal soon)
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*Chelmsford
 
*Chelsea
 
*Chelsea
 
*Clinton
 
*Clinton
*[http://www.dedham-ma.gov/index.cfm?pid=12813 Dedham]  
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*[[DEDHAM|Dedham]]  
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/dracut-box.txt Dracut]
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/dracut-box.txt Dracut]
 
*Dudley
 
*Dudley
 
*Easton (Being Removed)
 
*Easton (Being Removed)
*Fairhaven
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*Fairhaven (Master Only)
*Fall River (Master Only) (Needs confirmation)
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*Fall River (Master Only, being removed for radio boxes 08-2017)  
 
*Falmouth
 
*Falmouth
 
*Framingham
 
*Framingham
 
*Georgetown
 
*Georgetown
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/gloucester.txt Gloucester]
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/gloucester.txt Gloucester]
*Greenfield  
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*Greenfield (May be removed)
 
*[http://www.hingham-ma.gov/fire/fireboxes.html Hingham]
 
*[http://www.hingham-ma.gov/fire/fireboxes.html Hingham]
 
*Holbrook (Recently repainted and detailed all their boxes)  
 
*Holbrook (Recently repainted and detailed all their boxes)  
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*Lawrence
 
*Lawrence
 
*Leominster
 
*Leominster
*Lynn (Being removed)
 
 
*Marion
 
*Marion
 
*Maynard
 
*Maynard
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*Melrose  
 
*Melrose  
 
*Middleton
 
*Middleton
*Milford
 
 
*Millbury
 
*Millbury
 
*Millis  
 
*Millis  
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*Nantucket  
 
*Nantucket  
 
*Natick  
 
*Natick  
*Needham  
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*[[Needham]] (Mostly removed. Street boxes still mounted, but OOS)
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*New Bedford
 
*Newburyport
 
*Newburyport
 
*Newton  
 
*Newton  
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/northadams.html North Adams]
 
*Northampton (Master Only)
 
 
*Northbridge
 
*Northbridge
*Norton
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*North Reading
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*Norton (Gamewell Shells, electronic boxes. Street boxes being removed.)
 
*Norwood  
 
*Norwood  
 
*[[GWOrange|Orange]]  
 
*[[GWOrange|Orange]]  
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*Sherborne (Slated for removal soon)
 
*Sherborne (Slated for removal soon)
 
*[http://www.somervillelocal76.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=112222&page=Fire20Box20Locations Somerville]
 
*[http://www.somervillelocal76.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=112222&page=Fire20Box20Locations Somerville]
*South Hadley (Status needed...)
 
 
*Shirley
 
*Shirley
 
*Southbridge
 
*Southbridge
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*Sudbury  
 
*Sudbury  
 
*Swampscott
 
*Swampscott
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*Townsend
 
*Upton (Master Only)
 
*Upton (Master Only)
*Wakefield
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*[http://wakefieldfire.org/boxes.html Wakefield]
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/walpole-box.txt Walpole] (Being removed./Masters being kept)
 
 
*Waltham  
 
*Waltham  
 
*Wareham
 
*Wareham
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*West Boylston
 
*West Boylston
 
*West Springfield (Maybe being phased out)
 
*West Springfield (Maybe being phased out)
*Westwood  
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*Westwood (Being removed)
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*Winchester
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*Woburn
 
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'''Removed Systems in Mass.'''
 
'''Removed Systems in Mass.'''
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*Arlington
 
*Arlington
 
*Attleboro
 
*Attleboro
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*Burlington (Radio now)
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*Canton (Confirmed removal 2017)
 
*Cheshire
 
*Cheshire
 
*Chicopee
 
*Chicopee
 
*Easthampton
 
*Easthampton
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*Franklin (Some buildings still have boxes on them. Esp at Dean College 2017)
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*Gardner
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/greatbarrington.html Great Barrington]
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/greatbarrington.html Great Barrington]
 
*Hanson
 
*Hanson
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*Lowell
 
*Lowell
 
*Ludlow
 
*Ludlow
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*Lynn
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*Malden
 
*Marlboro
 
*Marlboro
 
*Mattapoisett
 
*Mattapoisett
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*Milford
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/MONSON.txt Monson]
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/MONSON.txt Monson]
*New Bedford
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/northadams.html North Adams]
*Palmer (Being removed)
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*North Attleboro
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*Northampton
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*Palmer  
 +
*Plainville
 
*Pittsfield
 
*Pittsfield
 
*Randolph (Boxes in Randolph aren't tied to the municipal system, but rather the local alarms of the buildings they are mounted to.)
 
*Randolph (Boxes in Randolph aren't tied to the municipal system, but rather the local alarms of the buildings they are mounted to.)
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*Raynham
 
*Rockland
 
*Rockland
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*Seekonk
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*Sharon (Still some boxes on buildings, tied to local alarms)
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*Shelburne Falls
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*South Hadley
 
*[[SFD|Springfield]]
 
*[[SFD|Springfield]]
 
*Stoughton (Removed in 2014. Some boxes still on buildings as local alarm)
 
*Stoughton (Removed in 2014. Some boxes still on buildings as local alarm)
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/threerivers.html Three Rivers]
 
*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/threerivers.html Three Rivers]
 
*Uxbridge
 
*Uxbridge
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/walpole-box.txt Walpole] (Being removed./Masters being kept)
 
*Webster (A couple remain with microswitches on buildings)
 
*Webster (A couple remain with microswitches on buildings)
 
*Westborough
 
*Westborough
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*Weston
 
*Weston
 
*Weymouth (King Fisher radio boxes)
 
*Weymouth (King Fisher radio boxes)
*Whitman
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/whitman.pdf Whitman]
 
*Williamstown
 
*Williamstown
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*Winchendon
 
*Winthrop
 
*Winthrop
 
*Worcester
 
*Worcester
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*Exeter
 
*Exeter
 
*Goffstown
 
*Goffstown
*Keene  
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*Keene (Master Only)
 
*Laconia (Master Only)
 
*Laconia (Master Only)
 
*Manchester (Master Only)
 
*Manchester (Master Only)
 
*Nashua  
 
*Nashua  
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*Peterborough
 
*Portsmouth
 
*Portsmouth
 
*Seabrook
 
*Seabrook
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'''Removed systems in New Jersey'''
 
'''Removed systems in New Jersey'''
 
*Glen Ridge
 
*Glen Ridge
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*Kearny
 
*Point Pleasant Beach
 
*Point Pleasant Beach
  
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*Depew
 
*Depew
 
*Geneva  
 
*Geneva  
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*Gloversville (2016 confirmed)
 
*Hartsdale
 
*Hartsdale
 
*Havestraw
 
*Havestraw
 
*Hornell
 
*Hornell
 
*Jamestown
 
*Jamestown
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*Johnstown (2016 confirmed)
 
*Lyons
 
*Lyons
 
*Newburgh
 
*Newburgh
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*Arlington
 
*Arlington
 
*Baldwin
 
*Baldwin
*Batavia
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*[http://www.necrat.us/gamewell/batavia-removed.pdf Batavia] (Locations list courtesy, Paul Dibble)
 
*Cananandigua  
 
*Cananandigua  
 
*Cohoes
 
*Cohoes
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*Franklin Square
 
*Franklin Square
 
*Freeport
 
*Freeport
*Freeport 
 
 
*Garden City
 
*Garden City
 
*Hempstead
 
*Hempstead
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*Horsehaven
 
*Horsehaven
 
*Hudson
 
*Hudson
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*Ilion
 
*Kenmore
 
*Kenmore
 
*Long Beach
 
*Long Beach
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*Saranac lake
 
*Saranac lake
 
*Saratoga Springs
 
*Saratoga Springs
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*Skaneateles
 
*Syracuse
 
*Syracuse
 
*Tonawanda
 
*Tonawanda
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===Ohio===
 
===Ohio===
 
*Akron
 
*Akron
 
'''Removed systems in Ohio'''
 
'''Removed systems in Ohio'''
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*Cincinnati
 
*Cleveland
 
*Cleveland
 
*Dayton
 
*Dayton
 
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===Pennsylvania===
 
===Pennsylvania===
 
*Carbondale
 
*Carbondale
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'''Removed systems in Rhode Island'''
 
'''Removed systems in Rhode Island'''
 
*East Providence (Radio boxes)
 
*East Providence (Radio boxes)
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*Pawtucket
 
*Warwick
 
*Warwick
 
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*Burlington
 
*Burlington
 
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===Washington===
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*Centralia
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*Longview

Revision as of 22:50, 19 April 2021

gamewelllist.jpg

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)






California

  • Nevada City (Boxes in place, status needed)
  • San Francisco


Connecticut

  • Allinex Chemicals (Wallingford)
  • Ansonia
  • Derby
  • Hartford (Master Boxes only)
  • Meriden
  • Middletown (Masters)
  • Mystic
  • 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

  • Abington (Street only. Radiobox Masters)
  • Athol (System being removed, slowly. 2017)
  • Avon
  • Bedford
  • Billerica (Master Only)
  • Boston
  • Braintree (Masters Only - 2018)
  • Bridgewater (Masters only) ?
  • Brockton
  • Brookline
  • Cambridge
  • Chelmsford
  • Chelsea
  • Clinton
  • Dedham
  • Dracut
  • Dudley
  • Easton (Being Removed)
  • Fairhaven (Master Only)
  • Fall River (Master Only, being removed for radio boxes 08-2017)
  • Falmouth
  • Framingham
  • Georgetown
  • Gloucester
  • Greenfield (May be removed)
  • Hingham
  • Holbrook (Recently repainted and detailed all their boxes)
  • Holliston
  • Holyoke (Combination 100mil and Radio)
  • Hopedale
  • Hudson
  • Lancaster
  • Lawrence
  • Leominster
  • Marion
  • Maynard
  • Medway
  • Medfield (Master Only)
  • Medford
  • Melrose
  • Middleton
  • Millbury
  • Millis
  • Milton (Police boxes too)
  • Nantucket
  • Natick
  • Needham (Mostly removed. Street boxes still mounted, but OOS)
  • New Bedford
  • Newburyport
  • Newton
  • Northbridge
  • North Reading
  • Norton (Gamewell Shells, electronic boxes. Street boxes being 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
  • West Springfield (Maybe being phased out)
  • Westwood (Being removed)
  • Winchester
  • Woburn


Removed Systems in Mass.

  • Adams
  • Amesbury
  • Arlington
  • Attleboro
  • Burlington (Radio now)
  • Canton (Confirmed removal 2017)
  • Cheshire
  • Chicopee
  • Easthampton
  • Franklin (Some buildings still have boxes on them. Esp at Dean College 2017)
  • Gardner
  • Great Barrington
  • Hanson
  • Hanover
  • Lee
  • Lenox
  • Lexington
  • Lowell
  • Ludlow
  • Lynn
  • Malden
  • Marlboro
  • Mattapoisett
  • Milford
  • Monson
  • 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 (Being removed./Masters being kept)
  • Webster (A couple remain with microswitches on buildings)
  • 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
  • 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

  • Bellows Falls
  • Brattleboro
  • Rutland
  • St. Albans
  • St. Johnsbury
  • Springfield (Master Only)

Removed Systems in Vermont.

  • Burlington


Washington

  • Centralia
  • Longview