fire bells
Emergency warning chimes
Fire bells are bells rung to signal a fire, historically used to alert communities and summon firefighters before modern alarm systems.
The term also refers to the bells mounted on fire trucks.
The fire bells rang through the night as volunteers rushed to the station.
- sirenWailing alert device
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- warningAlert about danger
- brigadeLarge military unit
- station houseLocal police facility
sound the alarm · alarm · alert · red alert · ringer · notification · pull the alarm · tocsin · signal · hazard · clapper · heat sensors · sprinkler systems · evacuation plans · smoke detectors · exit signs · evacuation routes · gong
- firefightingfirefighters, firehouse, flashing lights, emergency lights, ladder trucks
- bellscowbell, cowbells, doorbell, handbell, toll
- fire safetysmoke detectors, evacuation plan, smoke alarms, sprinklers, assembly point
- soundmarksclock towers, foghorns, ship horns, town criers, bugle calls
emergency type signaled
fire bellsburglar alarm
Intrusion detection device
intruder alarm · security alarm · silent alarm · motion sensors · door alarms
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