 An electric siren was installed in 1928 after a complaint that the previous alarm sounded more like a call to breakfast than an alarm of fire.In 1928, another downtown fire caused $150,000 in damages, to two grocery stores, the plumbing shop owned by Fred Messinger, a restaurant, and a cottage.Briarcliff and Ossining firefighters saved the nearby Municipal Building, though the homes of Fire Chief Joseph Johnson and a police lieutenant were destroyed.