Many residents in Northern California got a MyShake alert Thursday morning about a 5.9 earthquake in western Nevada, but the USGS confirms it was a false alarm and there was no earthquake. The Berkeley Seismological Lab says the Shake Alert early warning system has never before had a false alarm -- until Thursday. Since 2019, they've sent more than 170 correct alerts. | ABC7 News

🚨 Changes to our Automatic Fire Alarm (AFA) response – 1 January 2026 Last year we attended 583 automatic fire alarms - 514 were false alarms. These false alarms used up more than 244 hours of firefighter time and cost over £225,000, taking crews away from emergencies, training, inspections and community safety work. From 1 January 2026, we will only attend non-domestic AFAs when: ✔ A fire is confirmed by someone at the premises (for example, a 999 call reporting signs of fire) ✔ Multiple detec

Fire alarm system testing involves checking detectors, alarms (horns/strobes), panels, and backup power to ensure they work, preventing false alarms by putting the system in “Test Mode,” notifying occupants/monitoring company first, and documenting everything. #study #reels #viralreels #reelinstagram #viral #trendingreels #explore #firefighter #fireconstruction #malaysiatiktok #firesafety #firefightingequipment #onthisday | Delta Fire Services