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Fire alarm

An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

📖 Definitions of "Fire alarm"

noun
  1. 1

    An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

  2. 2

    The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.

  3. 3

    An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.

    "A four fire-alarm fire ripped through a row of 2.5 story frame dwellings during the early morning hours"

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