A False Alarm is defined as what?

• A. Any fire that has been reported to the fire service turn up and then find that there is no incident
• B. A deliberate hoax
• C. A nuisance call
• D. A minor fire

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is what a false alarm means in practical fire safety terms: it’s when the fire service is dispatched because someone reports a fire, but when they arrive there isn’t a fire or any incident requiring their action. That’s exactly what the described option conveys—the responders turn up and find there is no incident. Other notions mentioned, like a deliberate hoax, a nuisance call, or a real minor fire, involve different situations: a hoax is an intentional mislead, a nuisance call is an unnecessary or misleading report, and a minor fire is a real incident. So the definition that matches the practical, operational understanding is the one stating that the fire service turns up and finds no incident.