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Long before the advent of the pagers that firefighters now wear on their waists to alert them of emergency calls and before scanner radios were invented, the bell hanging atop the old Town Hall was rung to summons fire company members to fires. Back then, Thurmont was known as Mechanicstown.

 

Copy of 'Fire Alarm Signals' that were once rung on the Town Hall bell to summons fire company members for fires

 
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