fire alarm

noun

: a device that makes a loud sound to warn people when there is a fire

Someone set off the fire alarm.

Examples of fire alarm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Police and firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Oak Terrace housing complex, located at 53 Conrad St., around 2:30 a.m. where the first officer on scene spotted smoke coming from one of the apartments and a person who was unable to get out, according to the Naugatuck Fire Department. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025

Ole goes to the hotel where Rebecka is staying and gets her out by triggering a fire alarm. —Isadora Wandermurem, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025

About 10 minutes in, students and staff were rattled by yet another blaring sound: the fire alarm. —Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025

The three people who were inside the building at the time of the fire escaped safely after being alerted by the building's fire alarm and sprinkler system activation, Evans said. —Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025

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Kids Definition

fire alarm

noun

: an alarm sounded to signal the outbreak of a fire

also : a device for sounding such an alarm