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Being at university (actually finished now) I live in a Hall of Residence.

Every summer, the fire alarm goes off on a daily basis, at completely random times of day and night. I do not know why, but it does.

What is the goddamn point of a fire alarm, when everyone's reaction to it is "Oh for fuck's sake!" *Increases volume on iPod* or worse *Goes back to sleep*

Seriously. The management is going to get someone killed, and they do not even give a f---.

(And yes, I am typing this to a backdrop of AWOOOGA! AWOOOGA!)

STFU!!!

:headbang:

I like the one in our office. No siren, no 'AWOOGA".

A funny chime, then a female voice saying, "A fire has been reported in the building. You must leave the building now, by the nearest evacuation stairwell. Do not use the elevators."

Then the chime is heard again, and she repeats.

Rather like those computers in the movies that say, "you now have 30 seconds to reach minimum safe distance..."

What University are you at by the way? Uni of Kent?

Manchester.

I like the one in our office. No siren, no 'AWOOGA".

A funny chime, then a female voice saying, "A fire has been reported in the building. You must leave the building now, by the nearest evacuation stairwell. Do not use the elevators."

Then the chime is heard again, and she repeats.

Rather like those computers in the movies that say, "you now have 30 seconds to reach minimum safe distance..."

Like the self-destruct sequence from Star Trek.

And TG, the point of the fire alarm is to let you know that Katie on the fifth floor (you know, the cute brunette) burnt her popcorn in the microwave.

Makes me wonder what else is going on in yiour "residence":

1. Residence mates pulling alarm lever to be annoying.

2. Smoking in unauthorized areas or to close to the smaok detectors.

3. Mechanical break down of system.

4. you have just now become aware of it after putting it out of your mind fro the entire previous semester...

One of my friends lived in a res hall, a different one that I was in. He had 4 fire alarms in the course of one night. That is sort of what sparked both of us go out and buy an apartment. That and the fact that it's roughly .5 the cost.

There are no levers, and it is a summer only thing. Never happens any other season. Theory around here is, that the sensors malfunction as a result of high ambient temperatures. Which around here is about 20 deg C, LOL. Useless system.

Pot-smokers down the coridoor on the ground floor don't seem to affect it during winter, and that is their most active season, so I doubt it is people's smoke.

Manchester.

I'm at Salford and that happens here as well - maybe the company that installed the alarms decided to rip off the Manchester unis?

Rather like those computers in the movies that say, "you now have 30 seconds to reach minimum safe distance..."
And then adding "... if can still hear me, you're screwed." :)

Being at university (actually finished now) I live in a Hall of Residence.

Every summer, the fire alarm goes off on a daily basis, at completely random times of day and night. I do not know why, but it does.

What is the goddamn point of a fire alarm, when everyone's reaction to it is "Oh for fuck's sake!" *Increases volume on iPod* or worse *Goes back to sleep*

Seriously. The management is going to get someone killed, and they do not even give a f---.

(And yes, I am typing this to a backdrop of AWOOOGA! AWOOOGA!)

STFU!!!

:headbang:

Chances are, it is people THERE setting it off. I've had similar problems with a storefront located on the first floor of "Coloseum Lofts", a residential and commercial building, which services VCU students.... Pranksters in the building would go into the parking garage (rear of the building) and set off the fire alarms... This would happen when college was "in session", about 9 times per week (generally 2-3 times on weekends)... And would mysteriously stop during the summer months when college was for the most part out.

Leave it to pranksters to abuse things like this.