I understand the important roles our volunteer firefighters play

North Cape May - I understand the important roles our volunteer firefighters play in community safety. However, fire whistles are outdated, and are from a time when pagers, cell phones and radios were nonexistent. The Erma whistle is one of the longest and most obnoxious sounds. At least cut it's audible time in half. If police patrolling 24 hours a day can get away without a whistle screaming, so can firefighters.