For many students, it may seem like emergency blue lights on campus are perpetually broken or even obsolete now that almost everyone has a cellphone.

Boston University Blue Light Emergency Phones were restored to service after being inoperable since Sept. 13., according to a BU Alert sent on Sept. 19. BU Spokesperson Colin Riley wrote in an email ...

There are also emergency blue light phones, which are typically placed in areas that tend to be more isolated at night, such as an empty parking garage and particularly dark areas on a walkway.

The blue light phones are Harvard’s emergency phone system. Such systems are colloquially known as blue light phones for the colored light that accompanies each box.

The ambulance was not conveying any patients at the time, but was on a blue light run and this caused a considerable and potentially life-threatening delay in getting to that patient, who was ...

Drivers need to let emergency services through if they have blue lights flashing and sirens on - but it's important to be ...

An ambulance with its blue lights on and sirens whirring was involved in a crash with a van at a busy Midlands junction. The collision took place on the A449 Wolverhampton Road at the junction ...

There are also emergency blue light phones, which are typically placed in areas that tend to be more isolated at night, such as an empty parking garage and particularly dark areas on a walkway.