Word: alarming
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...FOUR-ALARM FIRE...
Harvard and Cambridge officials say this ensures a quicker response than simply waiting for someone near the fire to hear an alarm and call the fire department...
Hawkes and Carbone said the new system, based on the University's fiber optic network, will have more readily available information about disabled students who live in a building where there is a fire. A new system would also be capable of "automatic retransmission," sending the alarm through the control center straight to a fire department...
...Every alarm received at the control center is treated as a real fire, Carbone said. He acknowledged, though, that "real, working, damaging fires" are rare...
...fire alarm at the control center can mean burning toast, an overheated washer or dryer or a closed flue in a student fireplace...