fire alarm

noun

: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire

Someone set off the fire alarm.

Examples of fire alarm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Firefighters responded to the Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine, at 4 Devine St., at 9:15 p.m. when the building’s fire alarm was tripped and multiple people called 911 to report a dryer fire that was filling the building with smoke, according to the North Haven Fire Department. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025

Green is good, while amber means something — maybe a fire alarm or an unattended bag — is being investigated, so stewards should be alert. —Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 10 May 2025

One person pulled a fire alarm inside the library, prompting demands by protesters to be let go without the precondition of their identity. —Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025

If a fire alarm blaring and flashing lights throughout the ballpark delaying the game for 10 minutes wasn’t enough, how about this? —Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025

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Kids Definition

fire alarm

noun

: an alarm sounded to signal the outbreak of a fire

also : a device for sounding such an alarm