Fire alarm just went off in the apartment building

IM0

scared the **** out of me, cue running around the place trying to stop smoke alarms then realising it wasnt them. being confused while standing on a chair while your ears bleed is not a good situation to be in.

weird, always thought fire alarms were a hall feature, not inside everyones apartment :eek: :mad:

The King of Moo

I understand now why people post "Cool story, bro."

IM0

The King of Moo wrote: »

I understand now why people post "Cool story, bro."

but it is a cool story

stupidusername

our ****tin fire alarms are constantly going off. if there ever is a fire, there'll be at least 80 people dead here.

Yeah Yeah Yeah

How alarming ! Cool story even though.

IM0

stupidusername wrote: »

our ****tin fire alarms are constantly going off. if there ever is a fire, there'll be at least 80 people dead here.

I never knew every appt had one! . is this common knowledge or am I a tit
and what sets them off anyway

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Bring back buckets of sand I say. (they double up as big ashtrays too).

stupidusername

well i'd imagine most new buildings would have them.

Sparklepants!

IM0 wrote: »

I never knew every appt had one! . is this common knowledge or am I a tit
and what sets them off anyway

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it law to have them in apartment buildings and such?

fasttalkerchat

IM0 wrote: »

I never knew every appt had one! . is this common knowledge or am I a tit
and what sets them off anyway

I think its a legal thing. I'm sick of turning mine off every time I have a shower. If there ever is a fire I'll have the code typed in before the curtains are even singed

IM0

stupidusername wrote: »

our ****tin fire alarms are constantly going off. if there ever is a fire, there'll be at least 80 people dead here.

can you turn them off, and if so how. annoying bastards :mad:

stupidusername

IM0 wrote: »

can you turn them off, and if so how. annoying bastards :mad:

there shouldn't be an easy way to turn it off, though I imagine it'd depend on the type.

fasttalkerchat

IM0 wrote: »

can you turn them off, and if so how. annoying bastards :mad:

Mine has the code written on it. I didn't disable it permanently in case there was ever to be a fire in another apartment.

IM0

mine just looks like a smoke alarm but has no button, place to put a code there must be a central one for the whole block or something which has the code?

fasttalkerchat

IM0 wrote: »

mine just looks like a smoke alarm but has no button, place to put a code there must be a central one for the whole block or something which has the code?

Yea its the central one I mean.

That reminds me. I meant to ask here if its illegal to remove fire extinguishers from a rented property? They look terrible and one was constantly damaging the door so I keep them in a cupboard in the spare room.

delw

stupidusername wrote: »

our ****tin fire alarms are constantly going off. if there ever is a fire, there'll be at least 80 people dead here.

Same here,people don't even bother to look out any more

delw

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

Yea its the central one I mean.

That reminds me. I meant to ask here if its illegal to remove fire extinguishers from a rented property? They look terrible and one was constantly damaging the door so I keep them in a cupboard in the spare room.

As far as i know it is illegal to tamper or remove a fire extinguisher,could be wrong though

golden lane

i would say...only if the fire extinguishers...make it fit for habitation.....

policarp

Some one having a barbie and didn't invite you. . .
Rotten Ffers. . .

Brandog

Eh shouldn't you be getting out of the building if the alarm goes off. I believe leaving your charred corpse for the firemen is never a pleasant experience no matter how many times they see it:(

fasttalkerchat

Brandog wrote: »

Eh shouldn't you be getting out of the building if the alarm goes off. I believe leaving your charred corpse for the firemen is never a pleasant experience no matter how many times they see it:(

Normally you know when its from your apartment so its safe to turn it off.

leggo

Quick! Look mildly discomforted and stand around to see if anything else does something about it because you're too lazy to panic! Then sit back down, if they don't, and be reasonably assured that no fire has occurred without actually having any evidence to back it up!

golden lane

Brandog wrote: »

Eh shouldn't you be getting out of the building if the alarm goes off. I believe leaving your charred corpse for the firemen is never a pleasant experience no matter how many times they see it:(

clean your teeth...........first.....

IM0

Brandog wrote: »

Eh shouldn't you be getting out of the building if the alarm goes off. I believe leaving your charred corpse for the firemen is never a pleasant experience no matter how many times they see it:(

leggo wrote: »

Quick! Look mildly discomforted and stand around to see if anything else does something about it because you're too lazy to panic! Then sit back down, if they don't, and be reasonably assured that no fire has occurred without actually having any evidence to back it up!

I went and looked around. it says which appt it is on the board and then I had a look there with my nose. alls clear :cool:

FanadMan

Used to rush out everytime the alarm went off anywhere in the building. Eventually after 15 or 20 late night runs to the street I decided to ignore them - damn students burning toast! Suggest stretching a condom over the sensor if you want to stop the alarm starting in your appt. It works but if your landlord/fire inspector sees it, you'd be in for a big fine.

Also, was the whole Priory Hall thing about the builders not install proper fire alarms in the place. Think that in appt blocks, they are mandatory. Is kinda important because if a fire started a couple of floors below you, by the time you decided that the alarm has been going too long, your means of escape could be blocked off.

Damn! Know the alarms here are going to go off tonight and because of what I just wrote, I'm gonna be one of the first down the stairs.

Feckin students burning toast!! :mad: lol

LH Pathe

quick, check the emergency staircase n see if some creepy feckin yoke altogether isn't pullin herself up the stairs

yermanoffthetv

Haha ha haha ha. Is that my phone? Shure if it was a fire id see it and shimmy around it to safty. Same again there Paddy *burp*

mconigol

Worst feeling in the world setting off your buildings fire alarm at 2 in the morning on a week night!

Lionel Messy

Talk to a neighbour about it and get a sense of community going

keano_afc

Are you in Bray by any chance OP?

Nothingbetter2d

IM0 wrote: »

scared the **** out of me, cue running around the place trying to stop smoke alarms then realising it wasnt them. being confused while standing on a chair while your ears bleed is not a good situation to be in.

weird, always thought fire alarms were a hall feature, not inside everyones apartment :eek: :mad:

most apartments shouldn't have smoke detectors.... they are supposed to have heat detectors.

As most kitchens in apartments are also part of the living room everytime you cooked something the damn smoke detector would go off... this is not a problem with heat detectors.

Oink

Here's my take on it: Sometimes I burn toast. There. That's my god-given right. It happens to the best of us.

If that's enough to set off a feckin piece of crap fire alarm yoke, then I suggest that the piece of crap is not designed properly. Seriously. A fire alarm that goes off every time you burn a slice of friggin toast? WTF???

Just saying.