fire alarm

English

Etymology

fire +‎ alarm

Noun

fire alarm (plural fire alarms)

An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
(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

Related terms

fire alarm pull station
fire alarm control panel
fire alarm system

Translations

device which warns people of a possible fire

Chinese:
Mandarin: 火警 (zh) (huǒjǐng)
Dutch: brandalarm (nl) n, brandmelder m, brandschel
Finnish: palohälytin, palovaroitin
French: alarme incendie f, avertisseur d'incendie
German: Feueralarm (de) m, Feuermelder (de) m
Greek: συναγερμός πυρκαγιάς m (synagermós pyrkagiás)
Hungarian: tűzjelző (hu)
Ido: incendio-avertilo
Italian: allarme antincendio
Japanese: 火災警報機 (kasai keihōki)

Kazakh: өртхабарлағыш (örtxabarlağış)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brannalarm m

Nynorsk: brannalarm m
Portuguese: alarme de incêndio m
Russian: пожа́рная трево́га f (požárnaja trevóga)
Spanish: alarma de incendios f, alarma anti-incendio m
Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

sound or other warning made by a fire alarm

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: brandalarm (nl) n
Finnish: palohälytys (fi)
French: alarme incendie f

Japanese: 火災警報 (kasai keihō)
Norwegian: brannalarm m
Portuguese: alarme de incêndio m
Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n

response to a fire by the fire department

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hälytys (fi)

Japanese: 火災警報 (kasai keihō)
Norwegian: brannutrykning c
Swedish: brandkårsutryckning c

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Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fajratentigilo

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