Fire Alarm Signals

Ever wonder what the numbers signify when the fire alarm sounds throughout the city? Well, we have tracked down an old copy of the code, and it is reprinted here for your use.

FOR ALL SCHEDULES

National guard Mobilization – 15 Strokes

(P) Private Box (G) Ghost Box

2 — Recall

3 — Emergency

4 — Ambulance Call

6 — Lincoln School

7 — Franklin Apartments

8 — St. Mary’s School — Seymour Avenue

9 — Griffin Hospital

12 — Main Street at Olivia Street

13 — Caroline Street at First Street

14 — Main Street at Factory Street

142 — Housatonic Lumber Co.

16 — St Mary’s Church

17 — Main Street at Minerva Street

18 — Water Street (Center)

181 — Police Department (G)

19 — Call All Firemen to Quarters

21 — Elizabeth Street at Third Street

22 — Elizabeth Street at Sterling Theater

222 — Caroline Street at Third Street

223 — Sterling Towers, Olivia Street

224 — Minerva at Lincoln School

226 — St. James Church

227 — Webster Bank, Main & Elizabeth

223 — Court House — Olivia Street

23 — Caroline Street at Fourth Street

24 — Minerva Street at Fifth Street

25 — Sixth Street at Anson Street

26 — Elizabeth Street at Cottage Street

27 — Fifth Street at Oak Street

28 — Fifth Street at Olivia Street

282 — War Memorial, 5th & Olivia St. (City Hall)

29 — Main Street at Elizabeth Street

31 — Caroline Street at Cottage Street

32 — Seymour Avenue at Garden Place

321 — Adult Basic Education — Ninth Street

322 — Irving School — Garden Place

325 — Jewish Synagogue Center

33 — Seymour Avenue at Atwater Avenue

331 — Smith Street at Fall Street

332 — Smith Street at Ninth Street

335— Derby Finishing – Derby Printing, Hawkins Street

34 — Hawkins Street at Ninth Street

341 — Fire Alarm Headquarters – Cottage St.

35 — Hawkins Street at Ninth Street

36 - Hawkins Street at Seymour Avenue

37 — Olivia Street Near Cottage Street

38 — Tenth Street at Emmett Avenue

39 — Kellogg Farm, Hawthorne Avenue (G)

41— Roosevelt Drive at North Avenue

412- Roosevelt Drive at Cullens Hill (G)

42 — Roosevelt Drive Near A Street

421 — Pink House Cove (G)

422 — Stratford Chemical – Roosevelt Drive at B Street

43 — Roosevelt Drive at F Street

432— Park Avenue at D Street

44 — Roosevelt Drive at Camptown

443 — W. E. Bassett Co. - Roosevelt Drive at D St.

45 — Roosevelt Drive at Derby Cellular

47 — Lakeview Terrace off Roosevelt Drive

48— Roosevelt Drive at Buckingham Road (G)

49 — Cedric Avenue at Grove Street

51 — Old New Haven Ave. at Rockwell Place

511 — High Street at Academy Hill.

512 — New Haven Ave. at Shelton Street

513 — Mt. Plaint Street (Center)

514 — Paugassett Hook & Ladder Co.

516— Sodom Lane at David Humphreys

517 — Marshall Lane at Albert Street (G)

518— Marshall Lane at George Street (C)

519 — Incinerator —Land Fill Site (G)

52— New Haven Avenue at Prospect Street

523 — Chapel Street (Center)

524 — High Street (Center)

526 — McLaughlin Terrace

528 — Ianotti Lane (G)

53 — New Haven Avenue at Bank Street

531— Academy Hill at Laurel Ave. (C)

532— David Humphreys Road at Sunset Drive

533— Hillcrest Avenue – Kings Court

534 — Dirienzo Heights.

535 — Pleasant View Avenue at Sherwood Ave

536 — East End Hose Co. (G)

537 — Howard Avenue at Ida Avenue (G)

538 — Marshall Lane at Chestnut Drive (G)

539 — Prindle Avenue at Coe Lane (C)

54 — Derby Avenue at Main Street

541 - Bradley Terrace and King’s Court

542 - Orange.-Derby Shopping Center (G)

543 — New Haven Avenue at Sodom Lane (G)

544 – Bradley School

545 — Caldor’s, New Haven Avenue (G)

546— Orangewood West, New Haven Avenue.

548 — Orangewood East (G)

549 — Hotchkiss Hose Co. (P)

55 - Academy Hill at Paugassett Road

551 — Belleview Drive (G)

552 — Sodom Lane at Shagbark

555 — Marshal Lane Manor Nursing Home

561 — David Humphrey’s Road at O’Sullivan Road

56 — Derby Avenue at Mt. Pleasant Street

57— Derby Avenue at Mansfield Street

58 – St. Michael’s School

59 — Sentinel Hill at Garfield Avenue

61 — Smith Street at Eighth Street

611 — Derby Neck Road at Silver Hill Road (G)

612 — Silver Hill Road (C)

613 — Great Hill Road at Radio Transmitter (G)

614 — Derby Neck Road at McConney’s Farm (G)

62— Hawthorne Avenue at Seventh Street

63 — Hawthorne Avenue at Ninth Street

64— Hawthorne Avenue at E Street

65 — Hawthorne Avenue at Laurel Place

66 — Coppola Terrace at Evelyn Road

67 — Chatfield Street at Coon Hollow Road (G)

68 — Hawthorne Avenue at Talmadge Street

69 — Patty Ann Terrace

71 — Maple Street (Center)

712 — Spring Street and Mohawk avenue

715 - Division Street at South Division Street

72 – Fairview Terrace at Lewis Street

726 – Derby Convalescent Hospital – Chatfield Street

73 – Atwater Avenue at Valley View

74 – Seymour Avenue at Mountain Street

75 – Emmett Avenue at Mountain Street

77 – Silver Hill at St. Michael Cemetery (G)

78 – VARCA Center

79 – Derby High School

88 – C. D. Mobilization

15 Blasts – National Guard

Box 3 Four Times at 6:45 A.M.