fire alarm

English

Etymology

fire +‎ alarm

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 of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
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

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)

• Danish: brandalarm (da) c
• 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)
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• Kazakh: өртхабарлағыш (örtxabarlağyş)
• 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

• Danish: brandalarm (da) c
• Dutch: brandalarm (nl) n
• Finnish: palohälytys (fi)
• French: alarme incendie f
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• 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

• Danish: brandudrykning c, udrykning c
• Finnish: hälytys (fi)
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• Japanese: 火災警報 (kasai keihō)
• Norwegian: brannutrykning c
• Swedish: brandkårsutryckning c

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