DES MOINES, Iowa — When a fire alarm goes off it usually is a fire. But, in recent years, fire alarms have been used in active shooting scenarios to create chaos. Senate File 2191 passed out of ...

The building is equipped with a Class E fire alarm system. This system is comprised of smoke and heat detectors, fire alarm pull boxes and a standpipe and sprinkler system. Typically, alarm bells will ...

At 2:42 he gave the first alarm. At 2:44 the first company of firemen got there, sirens screaming. The situation: a flash fire had started in the rear-basement stair well of the school’s north ...

The fire happened in the early hours of the morning in June Guests were lucky to escape a serious hotel blaze with their lives after fire alarms did not sound ... to raise the alarm, allowing ...