Committee okays $20,000 for digitizers to improve school alarm notifications to dispatch
September 12, 2026 | Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
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Committee members approved $20,000 to replace two outdated fire-alarm digitizers at JCS and the Yale School so alarms reliably reach dispatch in a digital format.
School and fire officials described past failures of the old milliamp copper circuits (including outages after storms) and said digitizers convert alarm signals into digital data that dispatch can use to locate the alarm zone. Staff said prior replacements cost about $8,500–$10,000 apiece and the request estimated $10,000 per remaining site; the committee voted to approve $20,000 for the upgrades.
School and fire officials described past failures of the old milliamp copper circuits (including outages after storms) and said digitizers convert alarm signals into digital data that dispatch can use to locate the alarm zone. Staff said prior replacements cost about $8,500–$10,000 apiece and the request estimated $10,000 per remaining site; the committee voted to approve $20,000 for the upgrades.
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