My Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector had a false alarm at 1:30 a.m. As it turns out, they aren't that uncommon. Here's what you can do.

False alarms cause a major drain on public resources as first-responders will never stop responding to any call out. Here's our guide to everything you need to know about false alarms.

In fact, as false alarms have grown over the past four years, so have calls for service, which were up nearly 16% in 2024 from 2021. During those four years, ...

Users intuitively understand the connection between false alarms and response times. 80% of security owners rated “very valuable” the ability of video verification to enable police to respond ...

The false alarms have been caused by a malfunctioning water heater at a North Carolina school, crushed bottles at a festival in New York City, and popping balloons at a Florida mall.

Too often, intrusion detection systems either suffer too many false positives or create a false sense of security. Successful deployment means understanding the trade-offs and striking the right ...

In a year, police receive more than 4,500 alarms (an average of more than 12 per day), and more than 90 percent of them are false, Maui Police Department Capt. Clarence Kenui Jr.

Out of 4,447 alarm calls in 2016, 74.8 percent were false alarms, 3,326 calls, according to department data. In 2017, that rose to 3,686 out of 4,059 calls, about 90.8 percent.

A false alarm reduction program is desperately needed as soon as possible. As of late September, New Orleans was on pace for 50,781 alarm calls in 2015, a roughly 5 percent rise from 2014.

FOLEY, Ala. - Tonight, FOX10 News is looking into a false alarm that led to mass panic at Foley High School.School officials said it all started when a teacher overheard a student talking about a ...

San Antonio is considering raising the false alarm fee for all unpermitted burglar and fire alarms to $250. The fees for permitted systems would not change.