fire alarm
noun
: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire
Someone set off the fire alarm.
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Deputies investigated, and said that the man who died had broken into the building and pulled the fire alarm.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This past one was especially hard for those in Chicago who responded to a fire alarm at a home in Logan Square (think about all that heavy gear on a 90-plus-degree day) and arrived to find a 4-year-old stabbed to death and his 10- and 13-year-old siblings also stabbed.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
City officials first became aware of the recuperative care facility in late May when the Brooklyn Center fire department responded to a fire alarm call at Suburban Studios.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
Since 1996, state law has required all new nursing homes to have an emergency generator that powers safety features such as emergency lighting and exit signs, fire alarm systems, nurse call systems, telephones and medication and life-saving equipment.
—Terri Langford, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This past one was especially hard for those in Chicago who responded to a fire alarm at a home in Logan Square (think about all that heavy gear on a 90-plus-degree day) and arrived to find a 4-year-old stabbed to death and his 10- and 13-year-old siblings also stabbed.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
City officials first became aware of the recuperative care facility in late May when the Brooklyn Center fire department responded to a fire alarm call at Suburban Studios.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
Since 1996, state law has required all new nursing homes to have an emergency generator that powers safety features such as emergency lighting and exit signs, fire alarm systems, nurse call systems, telephones and medication and life-saving equipment.
—Terri Langford, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Fire alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20alarm. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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