Massachusetts Cities and Towns with operating box alarm systems

• Amesbury
• Arlington
• Ashburnham
• Ayer
• Bedford
• Belmont
• Boston² - courtesy Eliot M. Belin
• Braintree
• Burlington
• Cambridge^2,3
• Chelsea
• Clinton
• Deerfield
• Dracut
• Foxboro¹ - courtesy Bob McNally
• Everett
• Gardner
• Gloucester
• Greenfield
• Haverhill
• Hingham
• Holliston
• Hudson
• Leominster
• Lynn
• Lynnfield
• Malden
• Medford
• Melrose
• Merrimac
• Milton
• Natick - courtesy Dave Lounsbury and John Herring
  • Box locations - Includes Running Cards!!
• Needham
• New Bedford (697 boxes, and still adding! Info and pics, but no list)
• Newbury
• Newburyport
• Newton
• Northampton
• Orange - one of the first 60 fire alarm systems ever installed! - courtesy Lt Bob Laford, OFD
  • Box locations
• Peabody
• Plymouth
• Quincy²
• Revere
• Salisbury
• Saugus
• Sharon
• Shelburne¹
• Shirley
• Somerville
  • Box Locations
• Spencer
• Springfield
• Stoneham
• Taunton (radio)
• Walpole - replacing telegraph boxes with wireless beginning 2003
  • Box Locations¹
• Wakefield
• Wellesley
• Westboro
• West Springfield

Cities and Towns in Massachusetts known to have removed their systems

• Cohasett
• Hull
• Scituate

¹ - Department has horn
² - I have the list for this department on paper, but do not have the time to scan them in
³ - radio tapper in service