When a high-pitched whine pierces the normal hum of campus, most students take little notice as a few unlucky residents wander out to the quad, resigned to several minutes of another fire alarm. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tenants at an apartment complex say constant false fire alarms are keeping them up at night and causing them emotional stress. A ...

Firefighters in Illinois responded to 17,437 more false alarms in 2024 than they did three years earlier when the Illinois State Fire Marshal first began tracking those figures. But while some of ...

So far this year, firefighters have responded to 44 alarms. Of that number 98% were false alarms. The New Philadelphia Fire Department responded to 140 fire alarms in 2023 and 114 in 2024. Of those ...

As many as seven trucks manned by volunteers hit the streets every time Greensburg Fire Department gets a call for an automatic fire alarm. They race to an address, not knowing what they’re going to ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A false fire alarm dismissed students from after school activities at the Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School on Tuesday. The Academy of Science said the false alarm occurred ...

DIORIO SHOWS US WHAT THESE CALLS HAVE COST OVER TIME. BETWEEN TIME, MANPOWER AND FUEL. IT TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO GET THESE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT UP AND RUNNING FOR A CALL. AND ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — People in Gulf Shores could start seeing big fines for false fire alarm calls and faulty elevators causing entrapment rescues. Hundreds of these types of calls tie up Gulf ...

Charleroi council took the first steps toward increasing fines for false fire alarms. At Wednesday’s meeting, council voted unanimously to advertise for the adoption of an ordinance that would ...

HAWTHORNE, NJ — Repeated false fire alarms at several locations across Hawthorne drew concern from borough officials, as council members discussed the strain placed on emergency responders and the ...

The Golden State Warriors' 115-110 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night was temporarily delayed after a false fire alarm at Chase Center. Once the situation was cleared, fans were allowed to ...