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Fire alarm   /fˈaɪər əlˈɑrm/   Listen
Fire alarm

noun
1.
A shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out.
2.
An alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke.  Synonym: smoke alarm.






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"Fire alarm" Quotes from Famous Books



... have just dozed off to sleep when I hears this bell ringin' somewhere. I couldn't quite make out whether it was a fire alarm, or the z's in the back of the dictionary goin' off, when Vee calls out ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford

... Laycock Song of the Canadian Cradler Stanzas to Rev. J. B. Howard and Family Grumblings Verses on the Railroad Accident near Copetown A Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Thomas Fawcett A Tribute to the Memory of Mr. Richard Folds To the Humming Bird To the Same Fire Song The Fire Alarm My Old Arm Chair A Tribute to the Bravery of my Cousin, Mrs. T. A. Cowherd Canadians' Welcome to the Prince of Wales Brantford's Welcome to the Prince of Wales, 1860 A Call for Help to Garibaldi ...
— The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse - Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects • Thomas Cowherd

... a dozen men. Where they had come from I do not know. They were rushing here and there across the lawn and vaulting the fence. They did not seem to notice me at all. I heard one of them shout, "The fire alarm won't work! You can't save the house!" Everything seemed confused. Other people were coming down the street, running and shouting, sparks burst out somewhere and whirled around and around in a cloud, as if they were going up into the black sky on ...
— The Blue Wall - A Story of Strangeness and Struggle • Richard Washburn Child

... eyes. Here was a situation that had not been rehearsed by Jim. He wondered whether he ought to ring the fire alarm or call the police. Edith ...
— Colorado Jim • George Goodchild

... has been devised, which excels any system heretofore used and is unique in its mechanism. The third rail for conveying the electric current is covered, so as to prevent injury to passengers and employees from contact. Special emergency and fire alarm signal systems are installed throughout the length of the road. At a few stations, where the road is not near the surface, improved escalators and elevators are provided. The cars have been designed to prevent danger from fire, ...
— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous



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