False Alarms
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False Alarms

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 15, 20261 hr 9 min

On this episode of Two Vollies and a Guest, hosts Jerry Knapp and Tim Pillsworth sit down with Kim Weppler, chair of the Rockland County (NY) Chiefs false alarm committee and long‑time code enforcement pro. During their conversation, they tackle automatic fire alarm overload. They discuss how false alarms are burning out volunteers, draining resources, and risking responses to real fires. Weppler offers solutions to these challenges, with a nod to engineering, education, and enforcement, aka the "three Es."

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All right, welcome to Two Volleys and a Guest. This is episode number 10. My name is Jerry Knapp. My co-host is Tim Pillsworth

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and he'll be on here in just a second. Today our topic is false alarms. What can you do about false alarms? We all know that they're burning out our members,

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especially in the volunteer side. So we'll get into that in just a minute. I just wanna remind you, the mission of Two Volleys and a Guest

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