誤ご警けい報ほう

noun

false alarm; accidental alarm

Refers to an alarm that is triggered without a real threat, such as a fire alarm set off by cooking smoke or a security alarm caused by a pet.

• 煙けむり探たん知ち機きの誤ご警けい報ほうで、全ぜん員いんが避ひ難なんした。

  Everyone evacuated because of a false alarm from the smoke detector.

• 誤ご警けい報ほうが頻ひん発ぱつすると、本ほん当とうの緊きん急きゅう時じに反はん応のうが遅おくれる。

  If false alarms occur frequently, responses to real emergencies will be delayed.