Metropolitan Fire Brigade

The Australian Football League of 2015 became marginally more eventful when an automated fire protection message instructed people to vacate the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The fire alarm, which went off during the Geelong vs. Richmond match, was part of the stadiums emergency warning system. Surprisingly the players, umpires, commentators, and large... number of spectators ignored the alarm to focus on the game. Fortunately for them, the Melbourne Cricket Council later reported the fire safety warning to be a false alarm triggered by a damaged sprinkler. Most people have been mislead by a false fire alarm. The inconvenience of leaving work undone, trekking down long staircases, and evacuating the buildingonly to find that the fire protection system was activated by an electrical fault or an illicit cigarettequite naturally fosters apathy. Repeated false alarms at Seton Hall University, for example, led to its students developing an attitude of absolute indifference when the shrill warning call of their fire safety system was activated. Tragically, when a real fire broke out, many students chose to ignore the alarm. This reluctance to act resulted in three fatalities, and fifty eight students injured. Faulty fire equipment is dangerous and not just because it can fail you in the event of a real fire. The false alarms that malfunctioning fire protection equipment give rise to have disastrous consequences. The annoyance caused by false alarms is a step away from apathy, as numerous fire fighters across the world have pointed out. And apathy is a step away from disaster and death, as the students and teachers of Seton Hall University discovered for themselves. Faulty fire protection equipment is the result of a large number of factors interacting with each other. Smoke alarms, for example, can be triggered by accumulated dust, dead insects in sensory chambers, loose electrical connections, humidity, and unwise positioning. Corrosion, air bubbles, and mineral deposits are the main causes of malfunctioning ...Read More