A false fire alarm at the state Capitol caused evacuations as the legislative deadline loomed. Advertisement. About Our Ads; About Our Ads ...

An overboard alert, which triggered an emergency response onboard MSC Seashore, thankfully turned out to be a false alarm.

Hudson High School and Hudson Academy were placed under a temporary “controlled campus” status early Monday as the Pasco ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The City of Temple is implementing changes to its False Alarm Reduction Program that it says will improve efficiency.

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 ...

RALEIGH, North Carolina -- Kazeem Oyeneyin has lived in his home in Raleigh for the past five years and this wasn't the first time his home security system has been tripped by mistake. Typically, he ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Lubbock Police Department is defending the city’s updated alarm ordinance after residents and business owners criticized the policy online as a “cash grab” for the city.

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 or disable them than to trust them. The real fix is not to lower your guard, ...