Campaign to reduce false fire service call outs is launched

dailyrecord.co.uk:

The fire service has launched a campaign to reduce the thousands of false alarms it attends each year.According to the latest statistics, firefighters responded to a total of 28,713 such incidents over the course of 2019 – resulting in around 54,000 unnecessary blue light journeys.Fire alarm systems are designed to provide an early warning of fire so that members of the public have ample time to exit a building and make their way to a place of safety.Unfortunately, the vast majority of signals from these systems are not generated by fire but other causes such as a fault in the system or cooking, steam, dust, smoking or vaping.This can lead to crews being turned out unnecessarily to what is a false alarm – otherwise known as an unwanted fire