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But local officials in the Lisle-Woodridge fire district went ahead anyway and recently invalidated fire-alarm monitoring contracts with security firms such as ADT so that they could take over that service.
Trashy Politics: Why Dallas Is Dealing in Garbage Merrill Matthews 2011
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Also, install a fire-alarm bell in control towers.
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"Even now, I see myself applying for jobs I am way overqualified for," said Figeroa, who was laid off from his job as a commercial fire-alarm inspector in 2009.
Are Credit Checks Keeping The Jobless Out Of Work? Laura Bassett 2010
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"Even now, I see myself applying for jobs I am way overqualified for," said Figeroa, who was laid off from his job as a commercial fire-alarm inspector in 2009.
Are Credit Checks Keeping The Jobless Out Of Work? Laura Bassett 2010
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"So you're in favor of the fire-alarm theory, as we call it, to explain TMA-1?"
Tin 2010
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"It used to be at work or with friends, you would pull out your pack and pass them around," the 32-year-old fire-alarm technician says.
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Some were obvious — and tragic: the club had no sprinkler or audible fire-alarm systems.
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Some were obvious — and tragic: the club had no sprinkler or audible fire-alarm systems.
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The Internet and THOMAS have given the American people dramatically greater ability to conduct fire-alarm oversight of the legislative process than ever before.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Read the Bill — A Reply to Eric: 2009
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When the fire-alarm bell sounded at 12: 30 Tuesday afternoon, only one person took it as a sign of trouble -- the principal, Karen Curtner, who knew that no fire drill was scheduled.
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