I live in Illinois and attend as a freshman in East High school
In this school year alone, mostly in second quarter, the fire alarm was pulled 8 times by various students, all of which were pranks.
I knew a friend who was one of those students, Aaron Hartman, he pulled of of the first two (Both in first quarter, he got expelled 4 weeks later.
at University, some students used to smash fire safety signs, and a letter came around telling us any offender would be out of University.
Guess what, after getting the grades to get in, and effectively getting one-shot at a government grant, the offender was caught re-offending and was kicked out. (the offender was from a deprived area and had no private funds, unemployment was very high at the time).
May 22nd, 2010 at 7:26 pm
It’s a criminal offence to mess with fire safety equipment
and probably a large fine
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May 22nd, 2010 at 8:08 pm
umm…getting expelled?
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May 22nd, 2010 at 8:44 pm
suspension , just like you said
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May 22nd, 2010 at 9:30 pm
It is a criminal act to send a false alarm. Your friend(s) are flirting with a criminal record or jail time.
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May 22nd, 2010 at 10:13 pm
at University, some students used to smash fire safety signs, and a letter came around telling us any offender would be out of University.
Guess what, after getting the grades to get in, and effectively getting one-shot at a government grant, the offender was caught re-offending and was kicked out. (the offender was from a deprived area and had no private funds, unemployment was very high at the time).
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May 22nd, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Apart from it being dumb and childish it also diverts emergency services.
All fire alarm reports are treated equally, those involving locations with large numbers of people (schools, colleges, prisons, churches, theaters, clubs etc) have high priority because of the possible loss of life.
If emergency services are attending a school fire alarm which is a prank other people could be dying horribly in a burning building because fire crews are not there.
Pranks are fine when you are in kindergarten but anybody that pulls stuff when they are over 5 years old needs therapy.
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May 22nd, 2010 at 11:38 pm
your family is fined one pig, you are dealt 150 lashes from a switch made of stinging nettles, your crops are burned, and your house is destroyed.
if it happens again we slit your throat, drink your blood, and cannibalize the corpse.
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May 22nd, 2010 at 11:56 pm
mess with fire safety equipment
and probably a large fine
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