non-residential properties

Fire service to stop attending non-residential false alarms that "waste public money"

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has announced it will no longer attend automatic fire alarms for non-residential properties during weekday daytime hours.

The policy change will come into effect from 1 November and will apply between the hours of 8am and 6pm.

The Service says that false alarms arising from automatic fire alarm systems result in increased ‘blue light’...