ADAMS TWP — Supervisors raised the alarm Monday, Nov. 10, about a growing number of false alarms diverting the attention and resources of the township’s two volunteer fire departments.

“We have way too many false alarms in our township,” Supervisors Chairman Russell Ford said. “When the alarm goes off, you have to go, but there are excessive false alarms for no apparent reason in this township.”

According to Talo Capuzzi, chief of the Adams Area Fire District, false alarms made up 10 of the 40 calls the district responded to in October. Similar statistics for the Callery Volunteer Fire Department, the other department that covers Adams Township, were not immediately available.

“Six of them were at the same residence and seven of them were all at Adams Pointe,” Capuzzi said.

In total,

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