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 ...

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 ...

Livingston North has become the first area in West Lothian to have no false fire call-outs. There were zero false alarm calls in the last three months - almost two years after Scottish Fire and Rescue ...

The Scotia Fire Department responded to almost 30 false alarms in June. Fire officials say the calls that started after a change in water pressure at The Glenville Business and Technology Park are ...

The fire service says false alarms are frequently triggered by cooking fumes, dust, or a lack of maintenance, leading to ...

A new investigation into fire incidents in England has revealed that a massive 93.7% of callouts to student halls of residence are false alarms. The study, conducted by health and safety consultants ...

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (WWLP) – The South Hadley Police Department is reminding those with alarm systems to ensure they are operating correctly after responding to over 330 false calls this year. In a ...

Traditional standalone security systems have inherently faced challenges related to false alarms and false dispatches. The integration of situational-awareness technologies presents a proven solution ...

The high frequency of false burglary alarms in Tulsa has caused such a burden for the police department that a new response system may be needed. A study on the number of false alarms in Tulsa showed ...