dᵻspˈaɪt lˈæk ʌv pˈɑːpjʊlɚɹ ɐwˈɛɹnəs ðætðə bˈɑːksᵻz stˈɪl wˈɜːk, ɐ fˈaɪɚ bˈɑːks wʌz jˈuːzd tə ɹᵻpˈoːɹt ɐ fˈaɪɚɹ ɪn bˈɔstən ɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪtiːn dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ɐ nˈaɪn dˈæʃ wˈʌn dˈæʃ wˈʌn ˈaʊɾɪdʒ.
Despite lack of popular awareness that the boxes still work, a fire box was used to report a fire in Boston in December 2018 during a 9-1-1 outage.