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Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:28:45
A
fire
alarm
is a
device
that when
activated
sounds an
alert
indicating that a
fire
has been detected within a
building
. The trouble with
fire
alarms is that they are so
tempting
to
activate
. They are always there with their
red
and
white
faces, standing out against the
pale
paint
of the
wall
s. The
red
lettering which reads "
PULL HERE
" just makes
me
want to
pull
it!
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JarickCWAL
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Sat Feb 17 2001 at 15:37:38
As a general rule,
fire alarm
s not linked to a
fire drill
will always be when it is least inconvienient for everyone around, and at least twice as inconvienient when you live in
residence halls
or
dormitories
on the campus of
your University of choice
.
Continuing with the sweeping generalizations, when fire alarms go off, you will either be
studying for a test
,
sleeping
,
going to sleep
,
watching a movie with your significant other
, or
just getting up
. In the rare circumstances when the alarms don't inconvienience you immediately, you will invariably be forced to stay outside for
half an hour
in weather that is at least ten degrees
below freezing
with
gusts of wind
at and above thirty miles per hour. Sometimes, you get both- depends on how much
karma
you've been saving up.
Most fire alarms are triggered by the same people- those individuals who
smoke in a non-smoking section
, and people who are making
microwave popcorn
under the influence of
booze
,
weed
,
pr0n
, or
anime
. Surprisingly enough, when the trigger can be traced, he/she in the future refrains from doing something stupid that would force everyone from their comfortable rooms. Maybe it's the
duct tape
that their door gets plastered with. I dunno.
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melknia
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Sun Jun 24 2001 at 16:46:24
Means of warning
occupant
s of a building that a
fire
(
smoke
) is present, so that they might
escape
before it reaches them.
In earlier times
watchmen
who sat in high perches were the only warning. Many of these
watch towers
were part of the
fire hall
, and are still standing in many places.
Modern fire
alarm
s are
automatic
, and there are a few types.
Thermostat
alarms detect a rise in the
temperature
and go off when there is a quick rise in temperature or when the
temperature
reaches a set point.
Photo-electric
cell activated alarms detect the darkening of the room by smoke. (It seems to me this alarm would be the least effective and the most annoying, going off everytime you try to
set the mood
.)
Radioactive
alarms are the most
sensitive
and
reliable
. They contain a small amount of radioactive material with
ionize
s the air in a small compartment. The
battery
or power source supplies the compartment with a small
current
which flows through the ionized air. When products produced by
combustion
enter the compartment they reduce the
electric
al flow and the
alarm
is set off.
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