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Most automatic alarms are false. As far as I remember it's more than 90% in Denmark. Accepting an error rate at 98% for Notre Dame should be a no-brainer.
by silvestrov 7y ago
Most automatic alarms are false. As far as I remember it's more than 90% in Denmark.
Accepting an error rate at 98% for Notre Dame should be a no-brainer.
- perfunctory 7y agoI dunno. Do you want fire trucks sirening through the city blocking traffic every day?
- 0xffff2 7y agoThat's already a fact of life in every large city I've ever been in.
- Johnny555 7y agoThere's a cost for deploying firetrucks, both in dollars and opportunity cost -- when you send 5 trucks to Notre Dame twice a week just in case the alarm is real this time, those trucks and firefighters aren't available to respond to a real fire