Communications

Also in 1932, a bell was mounted on the fire hall for use as a fire signal.  Up until that time, a member would run the Baptist Church and ring the bell rapidly from a rope on the outside of the church as a fire signal.  In 1935, a siren was installed on the roof of the fire company's building.  The siren was wired up so it could be sounded from the telephone exchange or from a call button on the front of the fire hall.  When dial phones replaced the telephone exchange operators, a push button was installed in the Laceyville Hotel with a phone to take incoming fire calls. Today communication has changed greatly. The fire calls are reported through 911 call system connected to the Wyoming County Emergency Communication Center located in Tunkhannock Pennsylvania.  The calls are dispatched over the airways to different frequencies that activate the tones of the emergency services in the location where help is needed.  The members of our fire company carry a Motorola Pager which activates when there is a call.  The Line Officers, Fire Police, and Safety Officers also carry handheld radios which are used to communicate to each other and the the trucks responding to the scene of the radios in the trucks.  We can communicate within our company as well as with the other companies that we are working with at or around the scene.