fire alarm

English

Etymology

From fire +‎ alarm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fire alarm (plural fire alarms)

1. An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building etc. of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
   • 1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 395:

     Should the automatic fire alarm sound, the gas from the [carbon dioxide] bottles may be released in the engine compartment by operating a pull handle in the driver's cab.

2. The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
3. (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

Derived terms

• fire alarm horn
• fire alarm pull station
• fire alarm system
• pull the fire alarm

Translations

device which warns people of a possible fire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火災報警器 / 火灾报警器 (huǒzāi bàojǐngqì), 火警 (zh) (huǒjǐng)

• Danish: brandalarm (da) c
• Dutch: brandalarm (nl) n, brandmelder (nl) m, brandschel
• Faroese: eldvarnari
• Finnish: palohälytin (fi), palovaroitin (fi)
• French: alarme incendie (fr) f, avertisseur d'incendie m
• German: Feueralarm (de) m, Feuermelder (de) m
• Greek: συναγερμός πυρκαγιάς m (synagermós pyrkagiás)
• Hungarian: tűzjelző (hu)
• Icelandic: brunaboði m
• Ido: incendio-avertilo
• Irish: aláram dóiteáin m
• Italian: allarme antincendio m
• Japanese: 火災報知機, 火災報知器 (かさいほうちき, kasai hōchiki), 火災警報機, 火災警報器 (かさいけいほうき, kasai keihōki)
• Kazakh: өртхабарлағыш (örtxabarlağıš)
• Khmer: សំឡេងរោទ៍ភ្លើង (sɑmleing roo phləəng)
• Korean: 화재경보기(火災警報器) (hwajaegyeongbogi)
• Malay: penggera kebakaran
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brannalarm m

  Nynorsk: brannalarm m

• Plautdietsch: Aunmalda m
• Portuguese: alarme de incêndio m
• Russian: пожа́рная трево́га f (požárnaja trevóga)
• Spanish: alarma de incendios f, alarma anti-incendio f, alarma antiincendios / contraincendios f
• Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n
• Tagalog: alarma sa usok
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: thiết bị báo cháy

sound or other warning made by a fire alarm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火災警報 / 火灾警报 (huǒzāi jǐngbào)

• Danish: brandalarm (da) c
• Dutch: brandalarm (nl) n
• Finnish: palohälytys (fi)
• French: alarme incendie (fr) f
• Irish: rabhadh dóiteáin m
• Japanese: 火災警報 (かさいけいほう, kasai keihō)
• Korean: 화재경보(火災警報) (hwajaegyeongbo)
• Norwegian: brannalarm m
• Portuguese: alarme de incêndio m
• Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n

response to a fire by the fire department

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 消防出動 / 消防出动 (xiāofáng chūdòng), 火警出勤 (huǒjǐng chūqín)

• Danish: brandudrykning c, udrykning (da) c
• Finnish: hälytys (fi)
• Japanese: 火災警報 (かさいけいほう, kasai keihō)
• Korean: 화재경보(火災警報) (hwajaegyeongbo)
• Norwegian: brannutrykning c
• Swedish: brandkårsutryckning c

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