The United States does not have a federally mandated set of rules for the fire alarm industry; instead, we have a patchwork of rules that vary across all 50 states and more than 80,000 jurisdictions.

When fire crews arrived, they saw flames coming from the building. It was then escalated to a 2nd alarm around 7:40 a.m. and then a 3rd alarm just after 8:15 a.m. Chopper 6 flew near the scene ...

It did not have a fire alarm system, local media reported Thursday. The fire broke out early Wednesday at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed, among other things, the equipment ...

A three-alarm fire broke out near a beach in Marshfield on Wednesday, drawing firefighters from neighboring towns to help quell the blaze, officials said. Around 12:30 p.m., fire officials in ...

Residents of 726 Commonwealth Ave. said they could barely hear the fire alarms in their dormitory after a small fire on Oct. 11 which disrupted asbestos building material. Boston University residence ...

Nuisance False Alarm Call: The activation of a fire alarm system through a mechanical failure, equipment malfunction or improper maintenance or installation of the system, but does not include the ...

(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) OAKLAND — Amid weather conditions that recalled a devastating fire decades ago, firefighters on Friday managed to beat back a five-alarm blaze in the Oakland ...

Once on scene, the Baltimore City Fire Department found a vacant 2-story commercial building in flames. A second alarm was pulled at 1:52 a.m. and additional units responded to the scene.

SOUTH Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service were called out to more than 4,500 ‘false alarms’ over the last year increasing the workload on already stretched services across the town.Home Office figures ...

“Smoke alarms are fundamental life safety tools and I’m urging all our residents to be sure they’re in place on every level of your home,” Nantucket Fire Chief Michael Cranson is quoted in ...