[Scan-DC] [OT] Four-Alarm Fire in Baltimore Last Night

[Andrew Clegg]

Can someone help me understand the meaning of "alarm" in the context of an
"n-alarm" fire? Does a "four-alarm fire" mean that there were four separate
dispatch calls made, each adding equipment to the fire-fighting effort? Or
does four-alarm mean that four different stations responded to the fire? Or
does it mean something else?

Tnx,
Andy

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Subject: [Scan-DC] [OT] Four-Alarm Fire in Baltimore Last Night


http://www.abc2news.com/Default.aspx

Big link that will get broken, so I'll beat them to it.

http://www.abc2news.com/
news/local/story.aspx?content_id=fd2fb350-6ccd-487c-8c59-a6f1a052507c
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