Database

The Diaphone Database has a total of 558 Diaphone horns at 376 known locations, in 26 different states, and 2 countries, past & present.

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State	Locality	County	Number Had	Type	In Place?	In Service?	Piston Type	Notes
Alaska	Skagway	Skagway	4	B	Yes	No	Unk	Skagway FD former station at 501 State Street
Arizona	Globe	Gila	1	B	No	No	Unk	This horn was on the top on the police building in Globe for over 50 years and was blown at 10 PM until 1990
Arizona	Casa Grande	Pinal	1	B	No	No	Unk	A fire phone was located at the carport that housed the fire truck next to the Police station. An old fire whistle that sounded like a Fog Horn notified members.
California	Benicia	Solano	1	B	No	No	Unk	Removed when new station was built
California	Burney	Shasta	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk
California	Napa State Hosp.	Napa	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	Had Diaphone codes for lost and found patients.
California	Carmichael	Sacramento	2	B	No	No	Unk	Horns were located at Station 1 and Station 2
California	Agnew State Hosp.	Santa Clara	1	Unk	Unk	No	Unk	Diaphone was decommissioned years ago.
California	City of Eureka	Humboldt	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	The city of Eureka Calif. used to have a Diaphone signal that was blown twice every day. Once at noon and again at midnight followed by the city air raid siren. The Diaphone was mounted on top of the cities water tank approx. 200 feet up and the air raid siren was at ground level. Sometime in 1985 they had decided that the horns and siren had outlived their usefulness and were scrapped due to upkeep expense. John Anderson
California	Sonoma State Hosp.	Sonoma	1	Unk	No	Unk	Unk	Had Diaphone codes for lost and found patients.
California	Greenville	Plumas	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	They have a spare reducer and Smith Valve. Horn works just not used.
California	Patton State Hosp.	San Bernardino	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
California	City of Larkspur	Marin	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	One of the most famous Diaphones! Has a Smith Valve.
California	Oroville	Butte	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Installed in 1930 or so and was declared surplus in the late 1970s.
California	City of Orange	Orange	1	B	No	No	Aluminum	Was in the process of being restored after being found. Has a Smith Valve.
California	Red Bluff	Tehama	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk
California	Town of San Anselmo	Marin	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	In service for flood warnings.
California	Tracy	San Joaquin	1	B	No	No	Unk	Tracy fire. Gamewell box system and Diaphone taken down in 1975. The compressor and tank was retired but the Diaphone Smith valve regulator and much of the Gamewell relay stuff was saved and is becoming part of a museum display.
California	City of Sierra Madre	Los Angeles	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	The City of Sierra Madre California still has its system up and running since 1940. It is sounded every day at noon. This Diaphone was featured in the 1955 movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers. - Jim Hill
California	City of Vernon	Los Angeles	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	City of Vernon FD
California	Susanville	Lassen	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	Susanville in the northeastern part of California took their Diaphone out of service in the 1960's. It has been moved a few times and still sits atop the hose tower.
California	Weaverville	Trinity	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Weaverville in far northwestern California installed a Diaphone and a small box network in the early 1950s with a horn and equipment from Redding CA and technical assistance from Ukiah CA. The Diaphone and Smith Valve are still operational and while not TOOTed regularly the horn does go off on its own occasionally! - Jim Armstrong and Ex-Chief Dick BerrienSystem put together with a horn from Redding and a manual from Ukiah.
California	Turlock	Stanislaus	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	1917 Horn was installed in Central Park and emitted a series of blasts which were codes for a particular street intersection. Firefighters would use a codebook to determine where the fire was located
California	Ukiah	Mendocino	2	B	No	No	Aluminum	Had two horns into the mid-seventies with boxes and codes one could look to for locations. Believed to now be the ones owned by Jim Armstrong.
California	Sonora	Tuolumne	1	B	No	No	Unk	City of Sonora air horn alerting system was put in service originally in approx. 1926 and the Gamewell System was in service until approx. 1970. The air horn was removed in 1996 and used for noon test only because the tremendious sound induced labor a month early to a woman two blocks away.
California	Grass Valley	Nevada	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Grass Valley FD. Horn was located on City Hall.
California	Nevada City	Nevada	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
California	Sacramento	Mendocino	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Mendocino State Hospital. Was used to summon volunteers. In place are the Type B a Gamewell Vitaguard Junior Control Unit and original tank.
California	Oakdale	Stanislaus	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Oakdale Fire Department, 325 E G St, Oakdale, CA 95361. Quote from YouYube - It goes off at 7 am, noon, and 6 pm everyday. It was silent for a long time, but was reactivated due largely in part to interest from Shift C in keeping with the town's tradition.
California	Naval Air Weapons Station	Kern	1	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk	This Gamewell Diaphone is up on the hose drying tower and has not been used in anyone's memory.
California	Ridgecrest	Kern	1	B	Yes	No	Aluminum	This GD is on display
Canada	Penticton	BC	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Penticton Fire Department
Canada	Kelowna	BC	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Kelowna FD Station 2, 1616 Water St.
Canada	Kimberly	BC	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Kimberly Fire Hall, 340 Spokane St.
Connecticut	Noroton Heights	Fairfield	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Noroton Heights Fire
Connecticut	Ansonia	New Haven	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	Cromwell	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	East Haddam	Middlesex	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Moodus section. Removed around 1990.
Connecticut	East Haven	New Haven	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	Madison	New Haven	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Connecticut	Manchester	Hartford	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Taken down in 2000
Connecticut	Old Saybrook	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	Rocky Hill VFD	Hartford	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Just outside Hartford.
Connecticut	Seymour	New Haven	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	Shelton	Fairfield	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Connecticut	Stonington - Mystic	New London	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	List of codes available
Connecticut	Westbrook	Middlesex	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Connecticut	Windsor	Hartford	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Atop the public safety complex, 340 Bloomfield Ave Windsor, CT 06095
Connecticut	E. Windsor	Hartford	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	2 yellow horns on the Warehouse Point Fire Department
Connecticut	New Canaan	Fairfield	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	On top of Fire Company No 1, 60 Main St. Their website states, Firefighters were once summoned to the firehouse by a bell, which was replaced by a large horn installed in the tower on top of the firehouse. The fire horn is still prepared for use in the event normal means of dispatching fire units are offline.
Connecticut	Darien	Fairfield	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Darien Fire
Connecticut	Wethersfield	Hartford	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Company 2 has 2. There are possibly more at Company 3.
Connecticut	Windsor Locks	Hartford	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Windsor Locks Fire
Connecticut	Westport	Fairfield	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Westport Fire Station 4, 555 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880
Connecticut	Connecticut Valley Hospital	Middlesex	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Roof of the boiler/power house
Connecticut	City of Bristol Fire	Hartford	2	B	Yes	No	Unk
Indiana	Madison	Jefferson	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Put in service in the 40s and it would blast the box number in series of three. It was supplied by a 1 inch air line with a 100 gallon surge tank and a 1000 gallon main supply tank. The town called the horn Ferdinand the Bull. When pagers started to be used in the 70s the Bull was retired but the horn is still on the hose tower
Louisiana	Ville Platte	Evangeline Parish	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Ville Platte Sta 2 - Career Dept
Louisiana	Eunice	St. Landry Parish	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Atop Central Fire Station
Louisiana	Jennings Fire Department	Jefferson Davis	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Tower mounted with booster tank.
Louisiana	Houma Fire Department	Terrebonne Parish	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Ground mounted inside the base of a small bell tower with Smith Valve just below.
Maine	Kennebunk	York	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Kennebunk FD
Maine	Rockland	Knox	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Uses a diaphone for firefighter calls and at noontime - Chief Frank E. Ross Owls Head FD
Maine	Scarborough	Cumberland	1	B	No	No	Unk	Engine 5 North Scarborough
Maryland	Hagerstown	Washington	3	B	No	No	Unk	Removed between 2010 and 2014
Massachusetts	Newburyport	Essex	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Canton	Norfolk	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Ashburnham	Worcester	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Used for fire police weather air raid and no school.
Massachusetts	Malden	Middlesex	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Wareham	Plymouth	5	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	One of the five is located at Wareham Sta no 2 at 2368 Cranberry Hwy West Wareham
Massachusetts	Abington	Plymouth	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	FD Sta 2
Massachusetts	Amherst	Hampshire	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Ayer	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Bedford	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Bourne	Barnstable	2	C	Yes	Unk	Unk	Was one at Station 1 - 130 Main Street. Built 1935 (ex HQ as of 2017). May still be in place, unsure. Was one at Station 2 - 14 Thomas Philbrick Road. Built 1890. As of October 2014 Google Maps no longer shows a horn on the tower.
Massachusetts	Dudley	Worcester	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Edgartown	Dukes	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Edgartown FD HQ
Massachusetts	Foxboro	Norfolk	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Foxboro FD
Massachusetts	Franklin	Franklin	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Franklin FD Sta 1
Massachusetts	Georgetown	Essex	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Still active for all fire calls.
Massachusetts	Harvard	Suffolk	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Hingham	Plymouth	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	Hingham FD Sta 3
Massachusetts	Hyannis	Barnstable	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Sold on Ebay in Sept. 2004
Massachusetts	Ipswich	Essex	1	C	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Littleton	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Mansfield	Bristol	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	FD Sta 2
Massachusetts	Marion	Plymouth	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Waltham	Middlesex	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Metropolitan State Hospital
Massachusetts	West Bridgewater	Plymouth	2	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Massachusetts	Millbury	Worcester	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	FD HQ. The town of Millbury MA. still has and uses a diaphone horn at its headquarters station on Elm St. It was rebuilt a couple of years ago by LW Bills Co. of Georgetown MA. and sounds great. This horn sounds 4 rounds of every master box received - 24 hours a day.
Massachusetts	Nantucket	Nantucket	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	We currently use the horns for the Nantucket Fire Department. There is one on HQ and one on station 2. I was wondering about rebuilding and parts availability. We would like to add an additional unit to station 1 HQ as I have a spare but it needs rebuilding. If you have any information I would be very appreciative. Channing Egenberg - Div Chief Fire Prevention Division Nantucket Fire Department
Massachusetts	North Abington	Plymouth	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Northbridge	Worcester	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Norwell	Plymouth	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Onset	Plymouth	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Orange	Franklin	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	Orange FD HQ
Massachusetts	Pembroke	Plymouth	4	B	No	No	Unk	2 on Sta. 1 - 2 on Sta. 3. Pembroke FD Sta 1 - Now owned by Adam
Massachusetts	Provincetown	Barnstable	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	The Town of Provincetown MA. at the tip of Cape Cod currently uses 2 Diaphones mounted on the roof of the Town Hall to summons firemen. It honks the number of the district in town where a fire or emergency may be. Its not very loud and sometimes is mistaken for boats horns in the harbor. Neal Gaffey
Massachusetts	Seekonk	Bristol	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	FD Sta 1 and Sta 3
Massachusetts	Somerville	Middlesex	1	B	No	No	Unk	FD Sta 7
Massachusetts	Shirley	Middlesex	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	8 Leominster Rd on the Fire House.
Massachusetts	Spencer	Worcester	3	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Tewksbury	Middlesex	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	The photo is Tewksbury MA sometime circa 1970. This building is long gone but the chief says the diaphones were moved to the new HQ and they are used to call back firefighters in the event of a major emergency. - Adam Smith
Massachusetts	Three Rivers	Hampden	2	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	Three Rivers FD HQ
Massachusetts	Tisbury	Dukes	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Tisbury FD Station 1
Massachusetts	Townsend	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Uxbridge	Worcester	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Walpole	Norfolk	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Walpole FD
Massachusetts	Waltham	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Walthan FD on Willow St.
Massachusetts	Webster	Worcester	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Massachusetts	Westborough	Worcester	2	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	Westborough still has 2 white Diaphones on their central station but they are not used. I asked the chief what the plans were and he says they have to maintain the system in case of emergency but the tanks are not normally pressurized. The last time he recalled a test was 4 or 5 years ago and he said it got a lot of calls and complaints to 911. - Adam Smith
Massachusetts	Wilmington	Middlesex	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Massachusetts	Falmouth	Barnstable	1	B	No	No	Unk	Falmouth FD Sta 2
Massachusetts	West Dennis	Barnstable	2	B	No	No	Unk	Was on the old station at some point, which was torn down in 1999.
Massachusetts	North Reading	Middlesex	4	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	North Reading Fire 4 atop the right hand side of the building
Michigan	Ypsilanti	Washtenaw County	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Michigan Firehouse Museum
New Hampshire	Fitzwilliam	Cheshire	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Eagle Engine Co. 1
New Hampshire	Lancaster	Coos	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New Hampshire	Hudson	Hillsborough	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Hudson FD HQ - Now owned by Adam
New Hampshire	Mount Osceola Waterville Valle	Grafton	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	The Bull Moose Horn. Type B housing with a modified projector
New Hampshire	North Country - Newport	Sullivan	1	B	No	No	Unk	Big Bella
New Hampshire	Hinsdale	Cheshire County	2	C	Yes	Unk	Unk	On a tower at Hinsdale Fire Dept
New Hampshire	Hampton	Rockingham County	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Hampton Fire Rescue on the roof near the antennas
New Jersey	New Milford	Bergen	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	Station 1
New Jersey	Morristown	Morris	4	Unk	No	No	Unk
New Jersey	Cape May	Cape May	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Diaphone is on the old Franklin Street School next door to the firehouse. The Diaphone is still in use today. It is activated by the career personnel from the firehouse. The code it sounds is from the locations of the old pull station fire alarms which were located throughout the city.
New Jersey	Bridgeton	Cumberland	2	B	Yes	No	Unk
New Jersey	Bound Brook	Somerset	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Kneilworth	Union	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Trenton Psychiatric Hospital	Mercer	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
New Jersey	Hasbrouck Heights	Bergen	2	B	No	No	Unk	LODD - Structure Fire
New Jersey	Neptune	Monmouth	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	Neptune First Aid Squad. Replacement aluminum piston by Adam Feb 09
New Jersey	Chatham	Morris	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the Chatham Borough Fire Department, One Fire House Plaza, Chatham, NJ 07928
New Jersey	Avenel	Middlesex	1	B	No	No	Unk	Used to be a black Diaphone over the parapet at fire HQ
New Jersey	Bay Head	Ocean	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
New Jersey	Bogota	Bergen	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Still have boxes
New Jersey	Closter	Bergen	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk
New Jersey	Waldwick	Bergen	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Was reported to have had a Gamewell Diaphone on the police tower which was taken down in 2000.
New Jersey	Cedar Grove	Essex	4	B	Yes	No	Unk	Cedar Grove FD North End Firehouse on E. Lindsey East of Stevens Rd.
New Jersey	East Newark	Hudson	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	East Newark Vol. Fire Dept. Also have boxes. Still sounds one blast each alarm to open the door unless it is a pull box.
New Jersey	Edison	Middlesex	5	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Two diaphones on Co. 3 Raritan Engine all others have been removed. Diaphones used to be on FD HQ - Plainfield Ave off Woodbridge had a very sour note one on fire house at end of Municipal Boulevard. Same kind of arrangement as Franklin Square and Musnon FD on LI.
New Jersey	Englishtown	Monmouth	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Horn was at the old FD building that was torn down. Valve sold on eBay to Adam in Oct. 05
New Jersey	Fords	Middlesex	1	B	No	No	Unk
New Jersey	Freehold Borough	Monmouth	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Several active horns. We do a 2 rounds of 1 at 12:15 daily and a full 3 round box test on Saturday at 12:15. - Mike FD Member
New Jersey	Garwood	Union	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Horn is a type B with a homemade projector. Boxes
New Jersey	Ho-Ho-Kus	Bergen	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Horns on the NJ Transit Train Station tested at 4:00pm Daily Boxes
New Jersey	Haledon	Passaic	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	On Fire Co. 2
New Jersey	Parsippany	Morris	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Greystone Park State Hospital, Fire house on Lowery St.
New Jersey	Lambertville	Hunterdon	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Union Fire Co. 1
New Jersey	Leonardo	Monmouth	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Both still in use at the fire house by the pier complex.
New Jersey	Little Falls	Passaic	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Working as of May 2006.
New Jersey	Lodi	Bergen	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Lodi PD
New Jersey	Mahwah	Bergen	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Horn on Miller Road Firehouse Co.1
New Jersey	Manasquan	Monmouth	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
New Jersey	Maywood	Bergen	4	Unk	Unk	No	Unk	2 On Police HQ - 1 north on a pumping station which is now reportedly gone and one on Peerless fire house. System pulled and horns inactive some years back.
New Jersey	North Haledon	Passaic	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Horn on Co. 2 firehouse tested daily at 6:00pm
New Jersey	Point Pleasant Beach	Ocean	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Had 2 but only 1 still in use
New Jersey	Riverdale	Bergen	1	B	No	No	Unk	Silver horn was mounted on top of the south fire house prior to 1965, it was removed after a fire on April 24, 1974.
New Jersey	Ramsey	Bergen	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Horn is on Their Island Ave. Fire Headquarters. Boxes
New Jersey	Raritan Borough	Somerset	2	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	Raritan Borough Fire Dept. Diaphones at both its firehouses. Activated by the Gamewell fireboxes the Diaphones blew three rounds of the 2 or 3 digit box number until April 1998. When the boxes and circuits were removed the Diaphone at the North Thompson St. firehouse 1956 was silenced. During a renovation in 2000 the air compressor system and the Diaphone were removed. The Diaphone located on top of the hose-drying tower at the historic 1883 firehouse at 16 Anderson St. Was converted by myself to a radio system activated by our Plectron paging system that sounded 3 rounds of 5 Call To Quarters. This system has just recently been turned off May 2003 during an exterior building renovation so as not to blow the workers off the roof. This is an historic renovation to restore the building to the way it looked in 1883 pre Diaphone. The Diaphone has been moved into the tower behind the louvered vents. I have not had an opportunity test the system as work continues. It is doubtful that it will return to regular use again. Noise complaints from neighbors were becoming more vocal. It makes no sense to annoy the community that this department depends on for financial support. The neighboring town Of Somerville still utilizes boxes and I think 3 horns. - Lou Laine Engineer Raritan Fire Department
New Jersey	Ridgewood	Bergen	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Horn removed when Old Fire HQ was demolished Boxes still in service
New Jersey	Rutherford	Bergen	2	B	Yes	No	Aluminum	Rutherford FD 1 horn is located atop of Borough Hall and the other is atop of the Union Ave Firehouse. Both are out of service.
New Jersey	Sandy Hook	Monmouth	1	B	No	No	Unk	Naval Weapons Station Earle. Sold on eBay to Adam on 10-2-05
New Jersey	Somerville	Somerset	3	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	West Paterson	Passaic	3	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	West Paterson 1 - Mary Street - 40.9022 -74.1967 Freestanding in Woodland Park West Paterson 2 - McBride Avenue - 40.8936 -74.2092 West Paterson 3 - Rifle Camp Road - 40.8909 -74.1871
New Jersey	Westwood	Bergen	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Woodbridge	Middlesex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	On their HQ.
New Jersey	Caldwell	Essex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Carlstadt	Bergen	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Kenilworth	Union	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Port Monmouth	Monmouth	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Port Monmouth Fire Co. 1, Port Monmouth NJ, Middletown Township
New Jersey	Mountainside	Union	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Roselle Park	Union	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Scotch Plains	Union	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Springfield	Union	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Also have a Gamewell disk type horn
New Jersey	Verona	Essex	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Winfield	Union	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New Jersey	Iselin	Middlesex	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Our Gamewell Diaphone that is still in operation since 1946. Our Diaphone is located at our Headquarters on Auth Ave. in Iselin NJ. We use a Harrington Air Control Panel and electric solenoid to operate our horn. When our Gamewell valve did not work the cost for rebuilding the valve was more than the Harrington valve. It does not have the traditional two tone sound of the Gamewell valve but is very reliable. Our horn originally operated 24 hours a day but due to the use of pagers and complaints from the public we only operate the horn from 8:00am to 9:00pm. Steve Freeman
New Jersey	Butler	Morris	4	Unk	No	No	Unk	Had 4 horns from 50s to late 90s
New Jersey	Borough of Red Bank	Monmouth	3	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Fire horn blasts are a part of Red Banks emergency response system. The fire horns in Red Bank are part of the Gamewell horn system which has been in use since 1916. The two primary horns are on the roof of the Union Hose Company on Shrewsbury Avenue and the other is on the roof of the Independent Hose Company on Mechanic Street.
New Jersey	Madison	Morris County	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Madison FD. Last known to have sounded 9-11-2018. Sits in the cupola of the Hartley Dodge Memorial building, site of the former Fire Station
New Jersey	Hightstown	Mercer County	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Hightstown Engine Co. No. 1. Located on top of the tallest part of the station. They are piped upside-down.
New Jersey	Hamilton	Mercer County	1	B	No	No	Unk	Was atop the old Enterprise Fire Station.
New York	Seaford	Nassau	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Report of Diaphone and two Tyfones - GONE. This is the HQ building on Southard Avenue. There is a big old Federal model 5 up there along with what looks like a candleabra which must have been where the horns were. The center flange looked bigger than the outer ones so Im guessing thats where the Diaphone was. Wayne Whitehorn
New York	Greenport	Suffolk	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
New York	Brentwood	Suffolk	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center Fire Brigade
New York	East Rockaway	Nassau	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Single Diaphone on the Atlantic Avenue rescue station.
New York	Freeport	Nassau	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	Co. 4 on Sunrise Hwy.
New York	Beacon	Dutchess	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Willard H. Mase Hook And Ladder
New York	Owego	Tioga	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	Ocean Beach - Fire Island	Suffolk	1	B	No	No	Brass
New York	Blasdell	Erie	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the Blasdell Fire Department, 121 Miriam Avenue, Blasdell, NY 14219
New York	Potsdam	St. Lawrence	1	C	Yes	Yes	Unk
New York	Scotia	Schenectady	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Scotia Fire Department Headquarters on Mohawk Ave. Has a homemade ice shield over the piston housing.
New York	Saranac Lake	Franklin	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	Haverstraw	Rockland	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Horns are about a third of a mile apart on the roofs of the Municipal Building and Firehouse no 3 and they test daily at 1800 hrs
New York	Little Falls	Herkimer	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	On a tower and active 24 hrs a day and blows out the location codes manually by the dispatcher
New York	Sloatsburg	Rockland	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk
New York	Tappan	Rockland	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Blows box codes and tests daily at 1800 hrs
New York	Ossining	Westchester	3	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Blows box codes and all 3 test at noon
New York	Mount Kisco	Westchester	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	2 horns on village hall that blow box codes and are tested daily at 1800 hrs
New York	Spackenkill	Dutchess	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of Croft Corners FD, 7 Spackenkill Rd.
New York	Upper Nyack	Rockland	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Freestanding Diaphone off of Route 9w. Originally located in Hook Mountain State Park. Tank is 300 gallon capacity.
New York	Rensselaer	Rensselaer	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	505 East St. The Fire Alarm Building. Across the street from the Amtrak station
New York	Catskill	Greene	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Located behind the Village of Catskill Bldg, 422 Main St. Can be better seen from the 20 blk of North St. Not in daily use but are operational if needed.
New York	Falconer	Chautauqua	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the Community Building.
New York	Baldwinsville	Onondaga	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the Village of Baldwinsville PD
New York	Montauk	Suffolk	1	B	No	No	Unk	Horn was in place until 1962 when the old firehouse was sold and the new one was erected in its place.
New York	Kingston	Ulster	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of a tower on the 1908 Fire House at 19 East OReilly Street
New York	Elmsford	Westchester	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Live Oak Engine Company 1.
New York	Harrison	Westchester	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Harrison FD on tower. Hard to see
New York	Morrisonville	Clinton	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Morrisonville FD
New York	Carthage	Jefferson	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
New York	Lancaster	Erie	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of Lancaster FD. Has a shroud over the cylinder presumably to keep it from freezing in the harsh Buffalo weather.
New York	Scarsdale	Westchester	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Station 1, Post Rd. near Popham Rd.
New York	Hawthorne	Westchester	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Atop the Hawthorne Fire Department
New York	Deer Park	Suffolk	2	B	No	No	Unk	Had 2 Diaphone's on HQ. One faced North and the other one faced South/East towards West Islip and they were not mounted on the same pipe. They were on each side of a tower on separate pipelines. They were painted silver and removed about 1981.
New York	Brighton	Monroe	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Brighton FD Headquarters. Removed about 1999 when the station was renovated.
New York	Canastota	Madison	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New York	Clyde	Wayne	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	It is rumored there may have been a second Diaphone. The original was on a platform above the municipal building on South Park Street. It was removed in the 80s.
New York	Town of Colonie	Albany	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Fuller Rd. FD - Installed 1960
New York	Corning	Steuben	2	Unk	Yes	No	Unk
New York	Cortland	Cortland	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New York	East Rochester	Monroe	1	B	No	No	Unk	East Rochester FD - Currently enclosed in a glass display case at their fire station. Matt W.
New York	Eastchester	Westchester	5	Unk	No	No	Unk	Eastchester NY FD had 5 fire stations and a Gamewell Box System throughout a 10 plus square mile town and all of their diaphones sounded in unison when a box was activated. It was pretty awesome to listen to them echoing from all directions..... its unfortunate but their system was removed a few years ago. John Fleischmann
New York	Fairport	Monroe	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Fairport FD - Removed about 20 years ago. A quick story about the horns: East Rochester and Fairport are neighboring towns. On clear nights you couldnt tell whos horn was sounding it wasnt uncommon to have guys my dad one of them get out of bed in middle of the night and go to the firehouse only to find out it was not for Fairport. Matt W
New York	Frankfort FD	Herkimer	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
New York	Geneva	Ontario	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	I wanted to let you know that the City of Geneva NY still uses street boxes and diaphones. One points north and the other west-southwest. Geneva is located 30 miles east of Rochester in the Finger Lakes region. Matt W
New York	Gowanda FD	Erie	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	Village of Green Island	Albany	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Green Island FD. Currently active however theyre off line at the moment for repair to the air supply line. The Large bell was the Village fire alarm and from what I understand was used until about 30 years ago when the horns were installed. - John B.
New York	Stony Brook	Suffolk	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	In the cupola around back, next to Stony Brook Fire. It sounded every day at noon until people complained.
New York	Homer FD	Cortland	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Im also working on getting a sound recording of our horns sounding at noon on Saturdays. They blow 4 rounds of 6. We use still use them for alarms anytime we go out. - Mahlon Irish Jr.
New York	Hudson FD	Columbia	4	B	No	No	Unk	All Diaphones are now gone and in talking with several people no one is sure where they went. Webmaster 1 on Washington 1 on Edmonds 2 on Hoysradt.
New York	Hudson Falls FD	Washington	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	We no longer have call boxes but the horn is still activated for fire calls and Tuesday night truck check. - Joel Patten - Assistant Chief - Hudson Falls Fire Department - Hudson Falls NY
New York	Irondequoit	Monroe	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	St. Paul Blvd FD - The horn is no longer automatically activated. There is a button in the radio room where it can be manually sounded. Matt W
New York	Irvington FD	Westchester	4	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	We still have a four direction Diaphone in service located on Village Hall located at 85 Main St. The Town Hall is across the street from the Fire House. It has been there for a number of years. - Peter Roy - 2nd Assistant Chief - Irvington Fire Department - Irvington NY
New York	Larchmont FD	Westchester	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Website with Diaphone Honk Decoder
New York	LeRoy	Genesee	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk
New York	Lyons	Wayne	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Only one Diaphone still exists. The other was removed about 87 or 88 for repairs and never placed back. 2 honks are sounded when back in service. Boxes.
New York	Marcellus	Onondaga	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Marcellus Volunteer Fire Department - Date Unknown. The Fire Department purchased a Gamewell System as its 4th warning system. It consisted of an air horn connected to control boxes which were supposed to be placed in various parts of the village. However the only one installed was on the front of the fire barn which are now the village offices and the telephone operator continued to operate the siren manually.
New York	City of Middletown	Orange	1	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk	Recently the system broke down and there is an ongoing debate as to whether to repair the system or scrap it.
New York	New Hartford	Oneida	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	New York Mills	Oneida	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	Newark	Wayne	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Newark Village FD
New York	Niskayuna	Schenectady	1	B	No	No	Unk	Niskayuna Fire District No 1 - Horn removed when firehouse was renovated.
New York	Norwood	St. Lawrence	2	B and	Yes	Unk	Unk	Norwood has had diaphones for a long time. First one had a huge old clockworks mechanism with weights. It is reported that they have several Type B horns and a Type C.Diaphone serial no 49789 Tag - oct 25 1910 - nov 22 1910 30 1912 mar 4 1916 april 14 1925Chub Purves - we have a working gamewell horn with code wheels. we use one horn but have two good spares our neighboring dept. gave us. they also have another gamewell horn almost twice as big ... we tried it once but did not appear to have enough volume. we got a real low tone. we use a piston compressor with 80 gal. tank piped to two 4ft. by 9ft.tanks up to a 40 gal. tank to a 1 inch 24 volt solonoid to the horn.
New York	Pleasantville	Westchester	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Located on the Washington Avenue firehouse - Manville Road off Rt. 117 and it is painted a metallic bronze finish and has a weathervane attached to the top of it.
New York	Port Jervis	Orange	4	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	As of 2005 all horns were down except one on a tower.Port Jervis had 4 Diaphones in different locations throughout the city. One was on a tower at the rear of Delaware Engine Co. 2 and Fowler's Rescue and Salvage Co. 3 on Hammond Street in downtown Port Jervis. Another was on the community building near the intersection of Orange and Canal Streets in uptown along with a Federal Model 5 siren. The third was on the Tri-States Hose Co. 6 firehouse in Tri-States with another Model 5. The fourth was to the rear of the Excelsior Engine Co. 5 firehouse in West End with another Model 5 siren. The horns were activated by some 50 Gamewell street boxes and could be activated manually by a dispatcher. There were several special codes that could be transmitted based on the specific emergency. All of the Diaphones and street boxes were removed in the late 1990's and I do not know their whereabouts. The Diaphone near Hammond Street is the only one that remains. I am not sure if it is operational or not or if it is used for any alerting at all.
New York	Silver Creek	Chautauqua	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	Silver Creek FD. Horns removed about 2009.
New York	Walden	Orange	2	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	One is operational and the other is awaiting repair. Both sit on the municipal building.
New York	Yorkville	Oneida	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
New York	Amityville	Suffolk	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Amityville LI FD
New York	Baldwin	Nassau	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	Baldwin FD had a twin Diaphone setup at the back of their Grand Avenue firehouse. Unsure if it is still there.
New York	Belrose Terrace	Nassau	1	B	No	No	Unk	Belrose Terrace FD had a single type B Diaphone up on the fire house at north end of 242 Street.
New York	Bethpage	Nassau	8	Unk	No	No	Unk	Bethpage FD had 1 on HQ and 2 on a pole behind Sta.3. Total of 8 were had on 5 stations.
New York	Edgewater Park	Bronx - NYC	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Edgewater Park Vol FD Bronx County, NYC.
New York	Elmont	Nassau	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Elmont FD Had one white diaphone on the fire alarm bureau on School Road. Their Gamewell system had almost 400 street school and racetrack boxes when it was up and operational.
New York	Farmingdale	Nassau	1	B	Yes	Yes	Brass	Farmingdale FD has 1 on Headquarters Described years ago by Newsday as An elephant with a backache! - Sounds everyday at Noon.
New York	South Farmingdale	Nassau	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	South Farmingdale FD. 2 on Headquarters. No longer used but when they did they blew unusually LONG blasts.
New York	Floral Park	Nassau	3	Unk	No	No	Unk	Floral Park FD. 1 on each of their 3 stations two of their three Diaphones were removed 4 years ago - The one remaining is silver in color and was formerly at the Alert Engine company on Atlantic Avenue. It was locally known as The Dying Goose. This one was pitched at A-flat over middle C. Village Hall had a blood-red Diaphone.
New York	Franklin Square	Nassau	1	B	No	No	Unk	Franklin Square and Munson FD
New York	Garden City	Nassau	3	Unk	No	No	Unk	Garden City FD. 1 on each of their 3 stations.
New York	Garden City Park	Nassau	3	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Garden City Park FD - Home of the famous Bullfrog Diaphone. 2 on Fire Headquarters - 1 on Station 2 - It is still there and has been painted bright red and is next to the skeleton tower supporting a large siren.
New York	Glen Cove	Nassau	4	B	Yes	Yes	Brass	2 currently on their Fire House
New York	Glenwood	Nassau	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	Glenwood FD has 1 on their Fire House at Sta. 2. It was recently refurbished.
New York	Hempstead	Nassau	4	B and	No	No	Unk	Hempstead FD had 1 on a tower in a cemetery this was a LARGE Diaphone and much louder than the others in town. They had a second Type C Diaphone in addition to the one near Greenfield Cemetery: it was on a 20-foot tower near a pumping station off the intersection of Clinton Road and Yale Street. This was a loud Diaphone. It was relocated to a nearby water tower in 1973 and removed by 1977.
New York	Hicksville	Nassau	4	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Hicksville FD 2 on Sta. 2 and 2 at Headquarters on Marie St.
New York	Kings Park	Suffolk	2	B	Unk	No	Unk	Kings Park Psychiatric Center - 2 mounted on a 50-foot-high turret and the projectors were natural copper
New York	Lawrence-Cedarhurst	Nassau	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk
New York	Long Beach	Nassau	4	B and	Yes	Unk	Unk	Had three sites: one double Diaphone high atop City Hall Fire HQ. It may still be there. Was there as late as 1992. One single on top of a low building containing the air tank and compressor etc - this horn was no more than 15 feet off ground level in the center median of Park Avenue at Franklin Boulevard now removed and another single also REMOVED on the top of the west-end firehouse at West Park Avenue at Louisiana Avenue.
New York	Lynbrook	Nassau	3	Unk	No	No	Unk	Lynbrook FD 1 on Headquarters.
New York	North Bellmore	Nassau	4	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	North Bellmore FD 2 on each of their 2 stations. Still active as of 11-05
New York	Malverne	Nassau	1	B	Yes	Unk	Aluminum	Malverne FD. Was down for repair at one time.
New York	Manhasset	Nassau	2	B	Yes	No	Unk	Manhasset-Lakeville FD 2 on their former Sta. 2. The other 4 houses use diaphragm type horns.
New York	Mineola	Nassau	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Mineola FD
New York	New Hyde Park	Nassau	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	New Hyde Park FD. 1 at Headquarters and 1 at Estate Engine House.
New York	Port Washington	Nassau	5	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Port Washington FD has 3 still active, 2 on Flower Hill Hose Co - 1 on Protection engine house & 2 at their substation in Manorhaven
New York	Riverhead	Suffolk	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Riverhead FD Station 2
New York	Saltair - Fire Island	Suffolk	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Saltair F.D. Diaphone is at the water treatment sewer plant near the Ocean on a tower. Horn faces North.
New York	Shelter Island	Suffolk	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Shelter Island F.D., at the Heights station
New York	Smithtown	Suffolk	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	Smithtown FD had two gray Diaphones on their Elm Avenue firehouse. Somewhere in the early 1980s these were replaced with two diaphragm air horns.
New York	Valley Stream	Nassau	5	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	Valley Stream FD. 1 on each of 4 stations. All taken down but Clearstream Avenue fire house where the horn is inactive.
New York	West Hempstead	Nassau	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	West Hempstead FD
New York	West Sayville	Suffolk	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	West Sayville FD. Black Diaphone replaced in the 90s
New York	Westbury	Nassau	2	Unk	No	No	Unk	Westbury FD. 2 on Headquarters - 2 natural-patina copper Diaphones were replaced in 1988 one at one time with single-bell diaphragm horns -painted a matching sea-foam green - which are still in use.
New York	Northport	Suffolk	2	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	Northport headquarters firehouse. We have Two of the Diaphones on the firehouse that sound at the same time. For the past twenty years weve used an electric timer to sound the horns and originally used a Gamewell transmitter box which is still hooked up in the dispatch office and can be used as a back up incase the electric timer should fail. For fire calls the horns are sounded twenty times 5 blasts in a group repeated four times and for an ambulance call the horns sound two blasts. And a noon Mon-Sat they sound one blast. - Brett Jones
North Carolina	Laurinburg	Scotland	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	On a pole beside the towns former fire station in the 400 block of Farley Street
North Carolina	Concord	Cabarrus	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Recently restored. Used for tornado and storm warnings.
North Carolina	Biltmore Forest	Buncombe	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Located atop of the old stucco Town Service Dept bldg behind 355 Vanderbilt Road, Asheville, NC 28803.
North Carolina	Lenoir	Caldwell	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Lenoir FD
North Carolina	Marion	McDowell	1	B	Yes	N	Unk	Marion FD. The horn is operational though not in regular service anymore. They activate it with a pull cord in the bay, usually testing it once a week. It was apparently on another building (possibly the old firehouse) and moved to this location some years ago. They keep it for historical reasons and in case of emergency. It blew a 4 digit location code when in service. They also have a Gamewell ticker tape machine.
North Carolina	Gibsonville	Alamance	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Gibsonville FD. On tower. 217 Piedmont Ave.
North Carolina	Oxford	Granville	1	B	Unk	Unk	Unk	Webmasters note: I drove through Oxford about a year ago and did not see any signs of this Diaphone. Maybe I wasnt looking in the right place?
North Carolina	Rhems Fire and Rescue	Craven	1	B	No	No	Aluminum	Now privately owned by Matt Wells.
North Carolina	Winterville	Pitt	1	B	Unk	No	Unk	Winterville Fire Dept. Out of service being repaired. Should be back in service shortly - 1-2005
Ohio	McDonald	Trumbull	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	On top of the police, fire, govt building, pointed downward. 451 Ohio Avenue, McDonald, OH
Ohio	Windham	Portage	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Windham Fire. We started using it in 1923. It was the first warning system we had until we bought a 3500rpm cue siren that mounts on the pole. So after we installed the siren we kept using the Airhorn just as a keep sake for the Fire Dept. We also have the old alarm box with the old phone on it the bell and all the hardware for the paperstrip that prints out when it sounds. - Mike 2nd Assistant Chief
Oregon	Coos Bay	Coos	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Town adjoins North Bend - additional horns may be present
Oregon	La Grande	Union	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Oregon	North Bend	Coos	1	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk	Dept uses a diaphone to signal noon each day. It is also used to call the volunteer firefighters to the fire. It blasts out long and short signals as a code to give city coordinates of where the fire is. The fighters leave work and meet at the location. The horn is located on top of a tower on top of the largest hill in town. It can be heard for many miles out beyond the city. This has been used from about 1960. I would need to check to see if it was still in use. Paul Albertson
Pennsylvania	Sunbury	Northumberland	2	Unk	Yes	No	Unk	I just wanted to tell you that Sunbury Pa discontinued their Gamewell system in June 2004 thus silencing two more diaphones. Richard Sees
Pennsylvania	Swarthmore	Deleware	2	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Swarthmore Fire Co
Pennsylvania	Tamaqua	Schuylkill	2	B	No	No	Aluminum	Now use Clark Cooper horns
Pennsylvania	Edwardsville	Luzerne	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Forty Fort	Luzerne	2	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Kingston	Luzerne	2	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Black and a white horn. Independent Fire Co. Sprague Avenue. 2nd horn at former fire station and out of service.
Pennsylvania	Lemoyne	Cumberland	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Nesquehoning	Carbon	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	Plymouth	Luzerne	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	Schuylkill Valley	Schuylkill	3	B	No	No	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	West Hazleton	Luzerne	1	Unk	No	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	Mount Pleasant	Westmoreland	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Swissvale	Allegheny	1	B	Yes	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	West York	York	1	Unk	Yes	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	Stroudsburg	Monroe	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	East Stroudsburg	Monroe	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Acme Hose Co.
Pennsylvania	Carlisle	Cumberland	1	B	No	No	Unk	Piston is possibly brass. Horn is in a display case in their Fire Department Museum.
Pennsylvania	Wesleyville	Erie	1	B	Yes	No	Unk
Pennsylvania	Connellsville	Fayette	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk
Pennsylvania	Emmaus	Lehigh	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	Horn is on the police station just under the fire sirens
Pennsylvania	Morrisville Fire	Bucks	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Sewickley	Allegheny	1	Unk	Yes	Yes		In the cupola on top of the Fire Station and Govt. Building, 601 Thorn St.
Pennsylvania	Honesdale	Wayne	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the City Hall building. 958 Main Street, Honesdale, PA
Pennsylvania	Scottdale	Westmoreland	1	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk	On top of the Scottdale Central Fire Station, 317 Pittsburgh St, Scottdale, PA 15683.
Pennsylvania	Carbondale	Lackawanna	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Clearfield	Clearfield	1	B	No	No	Unk	Was on top of the clock tower on the County Courthouse. It had an odd custom trumpet that split the sound in different directions.
Pennsylvania	Ashland	Schuylkill	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	Chester	Deleware	3	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Borough of Eddystone. In 1988 Eddystone Emergency Management with the support of local industry installed an Emergency Notification System. The system consists of two diaphone air horns located at 2nd and Saville Ave. and the other at 12th & Saville Ave. In the event of any emergency which threatens the safety of residents such as a hazardous material spill or fire tornado flash flood etc. the system will be activated.
Pennsylvania	Charleroi	Washington	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Charleroi VFC Station No 33 Diaphone is located on the roof of the borough building
Pennsylvania	Cressona	Schuylkill	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	Dupont	Luzerne	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Frackville	Schuylkill	2	B	No	No	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	Greensburg	Westmoreland	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Greensburg Hose Co. No. 7 and Engine Co. No. 8
Pennsylvania	Lansford Borough	Carbon	1	C	Yes	Yes	Unk	Located on US 209 nine miles west of Jim Thorpe PA. Noon test. Confirmed by Wayne.
Pennsylvania	Mahanoy City	Schuylkill	2	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	Minersville	Schuylkill	2	B	No	No	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	North Braddock	Allegheny	1	B	No	No	Unk	North Braddock VFC No 3
Pennsylvania	Penbrook	Dauphin	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Penbrook FD
Pennsylvania	Phoenixville	Chester	1	B	No	No	Unk	The Borough of Phoenixville had used a Diaphone horn to alert the fire department up until the mid to late 1980s. It had been mounted on top of a building in a steel mill in town which has since been demolished.
Pennsylvania	Rankin	Allegheny	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Pennsylvania	Reading	Berks	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Horn was given to Royersford PA
Pennsylvania	Royersford	Montgomery	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Humane Fire Co. No. 1. Horn was acquired from Reading PA.
Pennsylvania	Saint Clair	Schuylkill	2	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	Shenandoah	Schuylkill	1	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum
Pennsylvania	South Brownsville	Washington	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk
Pennsylvania	Stockdale	Washington	1	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	Station No 17
Rhode Island	Matunuck	Washington	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk	Matunuck Fire
Rhode Island	North Scituate	Providence	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	For the love of our heritage and the respect to our old-timers we have attempted to maintain a Gamewell Diaphone Air Horn for alerting our old quaint village that the volunteers are coming. However all good things must come to an end and the Horn has been retired. Website quote
Rhode Island	Newport	Newport	3	Unk	Yes	Yes	Unk	At our HQ station we have 3 Gamewell Diaphone horns on the roof of the building that are still in use. We sound them for 2nd & 3rd alarm fires to call in the on-call shifts. The station was built in 1931 and we had new tanks and the horns revamped about 10 years ago. And these horns are LOUD! Dave Egan - firefighter
Rhode Island	Coventry	Kent	1	Unk	Unk	No	Unk	Washington Fire District
Rhode Island	Watch Hill	Washington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	1946
Rhode Island	Wakefield	Washington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Rhode Island	Tuckertown	Washington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Rhode Island	Tower Hill	Washington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Rhode Island	Manville	Providence	1	Unk	Yes	Unk	Unk	Manville Fire Department, 112 Old Main St, Manville, RI 02838
Rhode Island	West Warwick	Kent	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	West Warwick FD Sta 2, 834 Main Street.
Rhode Island	Harrisville	Providence	1	B	Yes	No	Unk	Harrisville FD
Rhode Island	Ashaway	Washington	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	Ashaway Fire District 213 Main St, Ashaway, RI 02804
Rhode Island	Cranston	Providence	1	B	No	No	Unk	Cranston FD Sta 6.
South Carolina	Hartsville	Darlington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Hartsville FD mid-way up comms tower behind station
South Dakota	Kimball	Brule	1	Unk	Unk	Unk	Unk
Texas	Dupont Orange	Orange	5	B	Yes	Yes	Aluminum	These horns are from the Dupont plant. 3 are used at any one time and the other 2 are on the shelf in reserve. They have all been refurbed by Adam.
Utah	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	SLC FD. Had a Smith Valve.
Vermont	Brattleboro	Windham	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Vermont	Waterbury Village	Washington	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Vermont	Pittsford	Rutland	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk
Vermont	Bristol	Addison	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Bristol VT Sta 1
Vermont	Morrisville	Lamoille	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Installed and working since the late 60s early 70s. It's activated using a Gamewell 3 Fold Master Alarm Box and Gamewell VitaGuard MarkII Master Control.
Vermont	Springfield	Windsor	2	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Springfield Fire
Vermont	Lyndonville	Caledonia	2	B	Yes	N	Unk	Lyndonville Fire Department, 316 Main St, Lyndonville, VT 05851
Vermont	Winooski	Chittenden	1	B	Yes	Unk	Unk	Winooski FD on top of hose tower
Virginia	Covington	Alleghany	1	Unk	No	No	Unk	The air horn is no longer in service. The Gamewell system was taken out of service in the 1950s however we continued to use the horn into the 1980s. Our dispatchers activated the air horn manually from our dispatch center using two Gamewell alarm boxes one for fire calls and one for rescue squad calls. We even relocated the horn compressor air tank and Gamewell boxes when we moved into a new station in 1969. By the 1980s all firefighters and squad personnel were carrying pagers and the horn was aggravating our neighbors. We actually had two horns one in service and the other ready to install when the one in service required maintenance. Neither horn can be located at this time however your inquiry has renewed an interest in finding them again for display with other fire memorabilia. The Gamewell boxes air tank and compressor are still in place. Jerry Burks - Ex Chief
Virginia	Salem	Roanoke	1	B	Yes	Yes	Unk	Still in place and operational.
Virginia	Troutville	Botetourt	1	B	No	No	Aluminum	Horn was taken down in 2013 and presumed to be sold.
West Virginia	Harman	Randolph	1	B	No	No	Unk	Was on permanent loan from Lewisburg WV. Webmaster now owns the projector from it.
West Virginia	Lewisburg	Greenbriar	1	B	No	No	Unk	The original Diaphone. Was last on permanent loan to Harman WV. Webmasters note - Lewisburg is in quite close proximity to Covington VA where a Diaphone used to be located.
State	Locality	County	Number Had	Type	In Place?	In Service?	Piston Type	Notes