Today, as I was opening my front door after a long day of work, my alarm went off. In a frenzy, I dialed 9-1-1. The police arrived, and an officer told me I have to deactivate my alarm when I get home. FML.

"hay my smoke alarm is going off I think I'll go running over to it to investagate" ya that's a real good idea

I hope for the sake of humanity that this is a fake. Who the heck doesn't check if there's actually a fire before ringing the fire brigade? You may just be the dumbest person on Earth.

Typically, the sound of it going off because of a fire should be different from when you need to change the batteries. The smoke alarm should sound more like an alarm clock, while a signal to change the batteries should be a longer beep with longer pauses between them. I don't know, just a guess.

YDI dummy!!!!

I thought that generally a smoke detector periodically emits a single "chirp" when the battery is low, but will start making a sound like an alarm clock when it actually detects smoke.

ra-tard

Please check your general area for smoke/fire before overreacting if you have a self smoke alarm. Another guy broke his leg jumping out of his bedroom window with a false alarm. (Obvious you can't check the whole building for fire when you live in a dorm.)

Since when do smoke detectors "go off" when the batteries are low? In my house some of the detectors are ancient and some are new, but all of them just chirp every minute or two when the batteries are low. YDI for not even sniffing the air for smoke, and you REALLY deserve it if you can't tell the difference between a low battery chirp and a full out alarm.

stoopyd!!! who calls 9-1-1 just because their smoke alarm went off?! i just go and check it the i take the batteries out retard!!!!