| Definitions | | fire alarm |
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noun
- An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
- The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm (
- 1)
- (firefighting) 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
Translations: - French: alarme incendie , avertisseur d'incendie
- German: Feueralarm , Feuermelder
- Italian: allarme antincendio
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: alarma de incendios
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, the sound or other warning made by a fire alarm (- 1))
Etymology: fire + alarm
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