How Firefighters are alerted for emergency calls.   First it starts with a emergency call from you the citizen. When tragedy strikes call 9-1-1 A dispatcher for Kanawha County Metropolitan Communications will take the call and broad cast a tone  or tones over the radio that will set off Tyler Mountain Fire Department pagers. These pagers are capable of Beeping or Vibrating to Alerting  the firefighter's or EMT's of a emergency. Also Metro can set off the siren on top of the fire house ( formerly mounted on a pole in front of the fire station.   A Metro dispatcher dispatching a 9-1-1 call     A pager carried by a Tyler Mountain Volunteer firefighter or EMT     This siren can alert firefighters multiple responsive, but mostly for..... House Fires Auto Accidents with confirmed entrapment Chemical Emergencies to alert search and rescue teams that a victim has been found