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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A three-alarm fire call will bring triple the amount of firefighters, trucks, and equipment to the scene of the fire. Any fire alarm dispatch that goes past 2 is considered a very big fire that could take considerable time to completely extinguish.
A 2 alarm fire is the last level of fire alarm before firefighters really begin to take the fire and the danger involved more seriously.
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