The third kind of false alarm is down to faulty equipment. In some older schools, the fire alarm may be as old as the building itself and may have a variety of different detectors and call points from ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The water didn’t run out for firefighters, but the demands of battling the Mountain Fire taxed the supply system and affected water pressure, officials said Thursday. The issues emerged ...

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Thomas was organizing a supply drive from 11 ... Watch: Smoke alarms installed by Virginia Beach firefighters help family escape fire Smoke alarms installed by Virginia Beach firefighters help ...

The blaze destroyed nearly a dozen emergency vehicles and caused between $21.5 million and $25.9 million in damage. No one was injured. The stations, which opened a year ago, didn’t have a fire alarm ...

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 ...