diff --git a/alarmdecoder/decoder.py b/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
index f377e57..9398c1f 100644
--- a/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
+++ b/alarmdecoder/decoder.py
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ class AlarmDecoder(object):
             self._alarm_status, old_status = message.alarm_sounding, self._alarm_status
 
             if old_status is not None:
-                self.on_alarm(status=self._alarm_status)
+                self.on_alarm(status=self._alarm_status, zone=message.numeric_code)
 
         return self._alarm_status
 
diff --git a/examples/alarm_email.py b/examples/alarm_email.py
index 40ff91d..573d174 100644
--- a/examples/alarm_email.py
+++ b/examples/alarm_email.py
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ def main():
     except Exception, ex:
         print 'Exception:', ex
 
-def handle_alarm(sender, status):
+def handle_alarm(sender, **kwargs):
     """
     Handles alarm events from the AlarmDecoder.
     """
-    text = "Alarm status: {0}".format(status)
+    status = kwargs.pop('status', None)
+    zone = kwargs.pop('zone', None)
+    text = "Alarm status: {0} - Zone {1}".format(status, zone)
 
     # Build the email message
     msg = MIMEText(text)