False alarms sicken KGUV residents

Kelvin Grove, 20 May - The frequent incidents of false fire alarm has caused a concern for the majority of Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV) residents. It had brought disruption to the peace and serenity for the whole community, whether they reside in KGUV, Campus Living Village (CLV) or the neighbouring Herston.

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According to some residents of KGUV, they lost counts the number of false fire alarms detected since KGUV started its business operation in 2006. They cited unsupervised cookings were the main culprits and the trapped smoke can infiltrate the detecting device easily. But since 2008, the frequency of deafening sound of fire sirens have been decreasing, added the residents, however, it came back to haunt the residents this year.

Early this year, a memo was sent to every resident about the expected rising cost of the fire department mobilization. The memo state the household owner who triggered off the fire alarm will pay half of the cost. However, the usual A800 is likely to stand by which any affected resident has to fork out A400. The expected rise, according to the memo would be a few thousand Australian dollars!

"If we are not careful, the cost will put unneccessary burden to our coffers. Not only the cost of electricity bill keeps on rising at least once a year, our negligence would invite difficulties in the long run," said a resident.

Mobilization means draining our coffers