fire whistle obsolete yet?

Question

I swear the freaking fire whistle goes off in my town like twice a day on average and it sounds like a freaking huge wounded duck. with all the technology out there these days shouldn't they be able to use freaking pagers or cell phones when there is a fire. Thank god I live 7 blocks from the horn instead of one block. I hope the whistle doesn't go off someday when I'm trying to sell this house.

Answer 1

Do you really know the real reason the whistle is going off? In some small industrial towns a whistle is still blown at lunch and quiting time. Town whistles are also used as warning devices for weather.