Emergency alarms at night - anyone has info?

[Valérie Lechêne]

Hello neighbors,

I wanted to check if anyone has information about recent fire related activity on our block. This past Friday around 4am, approximately four fire trucks came through our street with whistling alarms. They left after 5 minutes. Then on Sunday night (last night) roughly the same time, a gas detector alarm was sounding for about 20 minutes.

As a light sleeper extraordinaire, I couldn’t help but notice these sounds. I'm grateful our emergency management systems work. And I'm curious if anyone knows what prompted these events or has any information to share. Just want to make sure everything is okay.

Thanks! 

Val

[Leslie Gaines-Ross]

Great question. It woke me up too and I saw the fire engines on the block and I asked a few  people on the block. A lot slept through it. Wonder if it was related to all the gas related work happening on Garfield. 

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Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross

On Mar 31, 2025, at 7:51 AM, Valérie Lechêne <v.le...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[David Tomczak]

Studies have been done showing that the majority of alarms are not helpful and often cause more accidents.

Does a gas leak really justify the noise pollution? 

I often see emergency vehicles just using their alarms simply to get to go through lights. It's annoying.

[Akbar Lotfipour]

They don’t appreciate being late for happy hour hours at end of day 

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Studies have been done showing that the majority of alarms are not helpful and often cause more accidents.

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[suemirabile]

I don't think snarky comments and suppositions as to why lights and sirens are being utilized are beneficial to this group.

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