My Experience Of A False Alarm

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A false alarm is a nuisance which leads to some form of frustration and annoyance, thus should not be taken as any form of joke. Such action causes unnecessary panic towards our community as it also bring resources or any kinds of emergency services to a site where they are not needed. Over some time, repeated false alarms in a certain area may cause occupants to start to ignore all alarms, knowing that each time it will probably be a fake. This will affect the lives of the community as a whole as it will become more problematic in the future. For instance, an alarm which will be assumingly taken to be “fake” or “false” after a few pranks or so earlier in the past could ultimately lead to a loss of life, therefore to eliminate such tragedy the whole of our community should act responsibly towards their actions. In this case, a false alarm is no laughing matter. To ensure whether or not our actions can be understandable or rather reasonable, we have to consider the consequences of the decision that will be made. When a sensor operates (the fire alarm), it is hardly false, and it is usually a true indication of that danger is approaching. Again, activating a false alarm is highly inconvenient, annoying and bothering. I fully understood the outcome of causing too much nuisance to the police or the fire department. In addition to that, other people too get worried and anxious if such incident happens supposedly aware that an actual fire broke out. Lets say if this happens again (causing another false alarm) people will just ignore it and in result they could have died or suffer a terrible injury. Likewise, after too many audible fire alarms are found false, most people no longer pay attention. After sentencing, a defendant may simply be ordered to pay fines and costs, and be released. As a defendant, I may also be ordered to participate in community service, or to spend

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