Fire alarm

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building etc. of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.

    "Should the automatic fire alarm sound, the gas from the [carbon dioxide] bottles may be released in the engine compartment by operating a pull handle in the driver's cab."

  2. 2
    an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke wordnet
  3. 3
    The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
  4. 4
    a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out wordnet
  5. 5
    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"

Etymology

From fire + alarm.

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