I see this on the news a lot: “a 3-alarm fire occurred today at . . .”.
How many firefighters, vehicles and fire companies (I think they’re called Ladders) are involved in a 1-alarm fire?
What qualifies a fire as a 2-Alarm, 3-alarm, etc. fire?
I’m guessing there are actual numbers of personnel and/or equipment that qualifies a fire as 1-Alarm, 2-Alarm, etc.
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You are pretty spot on. Most fire departments these days operate on a system of alarms. Each one is designed to essentially reach further away from the first area of response. Typically it for not resources like you said, personal , equipment and what not. How each alarm is set up really depends on department, size/manpower, location (city-rural) and volunteer or full time. Obviously it can really go further then that too but you have the general concept correct.
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