Vicinity Box 1 : A fire alarm box adjacent to one already pulled for a fire; it usually gets a reduced response on the assumption that it was pulled for the original fire, which already has a full response. See: Adjacent Box
Ralph W. Burklin & Robert G. Purington, Fire Terms: A Guide to Their Meaning and Use, National Protection Association, Boston, MA 1980 USA. (Guide: Meaning and Use, Nat Prot Association Fr Srvc - Amer) {457}