In message
, at
06:50:40 on Sun, 17 Jul 2011, D7666 remarked:
On Jul 17, 2:32*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

No its is not the fire alarm.

Inspector Sands is an alert (or alarm if you must) to advise station
staff that a fire alarm point has been activated.

The difference between a fire alarm and a notification that a fire alarm
has been activated is so small that it beggars belief.

No it is not.

Oh, I see. A fire alarm is a bit of equipment, that spends most of its
time not being alarming.

Meanwhile, a fire alarm "sounding" is often abbreviated to "a fire
alarm". Or as you have earlier called it a "fire alert".

Inspector Sands is a "Fire alarm, alerting staff", is that good enough?

I presume what you really meant, was to try to differentiate between a
fire alarm and a call to evacuate public from the premises.

You presume wrong then.

OK, I've taken that into account above.
--
Roland Perry