Residents of an apartment block say they are "on edge all of the time" due to faulty alarms going off day and night. Heat ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Greensburg City Council approved an ordinance that would hold property owners accountable for faulty fire alarms. Meaning alarms that go off as a result of a mechanical issue, not due to flames or ...

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 ...

Smoke alarms save lives, but if they shriek every time you sear a steak or run a hot shower, you are more likely to silence ...

Greensburg firefighters say they're tired of racing to calls that turn out to be nothing. They say nearly one in five alarms they respond to is false, and now the city's ready to crack down on ...

Oneonta’s fire chief reported a sharp rise in false fire alarms to the city’s Legislative Committee Tuesday, Feb. 25 and continued to urge members to consider raising the nuisance alarm fee to curb ...

An AI-generated image of a high school reportedly on fire in Soweto, caused panic yesterday, but EMS confirmed no incident ...

The University has responded to almost 40 false fire alarms sounded from pull stations in the Graduate College since the middle of February, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser. The ...

SAN ANTONIO – It’s not just a break-in that can cost you as a homeowner; a false alarm could, too. And if you don’t have an active permit for your system, that price could soon be higher under the ...