根据政府及有关部门提供的数据,2010-2011年,英国消防处理了超过337 000起的火灾误报警,每年用于处理这类误报警事件的费用超过10亿英镑。显而易见,政府在减少这些误报警及其花费方面的压力是多么巨大。与这些巨额开支并存的还有一些容易被忽视的风险。例如,消防队在处理一起误报警时,则无法顾及同时发生的真正的紧急事件。1减少误报警消防机构正在积极采取措施降低误报警的成本。当接收到火灾报警时,首先是减少消防车出动的数量, According to data provided by the government and relevant departments, over 337,000 fire alarms were handled in the UK in 2010-2011 and more than £ 1 billion was spent annually to handle such false alarms. Obviously, the pressure on the government to reduce these false alarms and their costs is enormous. There are some easily overlooked risks associated with these huge expenses. For example, the fire brigade can not handle the simultaneous real emergency when dealing with a false alarm. 1 Reduce false alarms Fire agencies are actively taking measures to reduce the cost of false alarms. When receiving a fire alarm, the first is to reduce the number of fire engines dispatched,