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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by baggy_trough on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:16AM (#20458229)
Wonder why the system didn't call the fire department itself. Why bother with the human element of the guard at all? This is Notre Dame we're talking about.
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by kweks on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:33AM (#20458319)
Most major monuments in France have resident firemen, for this reason.
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by userbinator on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:30AM (#20458301)
Too many false alarms?
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by londons_explore on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:47AM (#20458396)
One sensor detecting a fire can be a false alarm. More than one sensor detecting a fire is very rarely a false alarm, and really ought to call the fire department.
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by silvestrov on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:29AM (#20458679)
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.

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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by Johnny555 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:54PM (#20463322)
There'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
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by perfunctory on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:38AM (#20460610)
I dunno. Do you want fire trucks sirening through the city blocking traffic every day?
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by 0xffff2 on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:51PM (#20462180)
That's already a fact of life in every large city I've ever been in.
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Re:Notre-Dame came closer to collapsing than people knew by giancarlostoro on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:52AM (#20458425)
Do we know this to be true? If the alarm is going off for a good solid few minutes it might be worth a checkup.
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