Definition of fire alarm in US English:
fire alarm
nounˈfaɪ(ə)r əˈˌlɑrmˈfī(ə)r əˈˌlärm
A device making a loud noise that gives warning of a fire.
a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated
Example sentencesExamples
- Hundreds of employees had to evacuate the School Place offices in Kirkwall on Thursday morning after a false fire alarm.
- A single fire crew will be sent to incidents where an automatic fire alarm has gone off, rather than the three or more appliances currently sent.
- This time the ringing noise wasn't the fire alarm, but the dinner bell.
- One girl bolted to the fire alarm and pulled it, setting the siren wailing and then sprinting for the door.
- The offending fire alarm was now completely detached from the wall.
- He hadn't heard a fire alarm and was shocked to see the heavy smoke.
- Staff first became aware of the blaze after smelling smoke in the restaurant and told people they had to leave when a fire alarm was activated.
- That was when the idiots decided to test the fire alarm without the usual warning over the speakers.
- Just a few weeks ago a fire alarm blew during one of my exams.
- The nearest fire department's response time to a fire alarm is at least 30 minutes.
- The longer the silence continued, the more I wanted to pull the fire alarm and run for the nearest exit.
- The cost of installing a fire alarm is in the region of £600, a small investment that could save a life.
- Last May, seven people died in a stampede following a false fire alarm.
- The first few people were leaving the building in response to the fire alarm.
- The classic myth, as described above, is that people exit immediately when they hear a fire alarm.
- The fire alarm sounded at 12.33 am in the early hours of the Monday.
- The fire alarm deploys a curtain covering the paintings, and then activates the sprinklers.
- He was also seen by a guest on the second floor, where the false fire alarm had been activated, but claimed he had been patrolling elsewhere.
- He could feel the heat they generated and for a brief moment wondered how they hadn't set off the fire alarm.
- The fire brigade was called to the scene by the warden of the flats after the blaze triggered a fire alarm.