I feel like a lot of Las Vegas hotels have problems with their fire alarm systems because the Luxor fire alarm always goes off, a lot of other hotels fire alarm also goes off, and the brand new Fontainebleau Las Vegas’s fire alarm has already gone off: TikTok - Make Your Day
So, what’s going on with Las Vegas’s hotels fire alarm systems?
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It probably has something to do with the fact that people are still allowed to smoke in most casinos.
Maybe. You’d think systems would be designed with that in mind though.
It also the fact that this is Vegas, lots of people intoxicated, drinking is involved, and so are vapes and cigarettes. This all mixing up, it is pretty understandable why there are so many false alarms.
I saw a video a few months ago, of some stupid college kids blowing a vape into a simplex smoke detector, which activated the system, and prompted a response from hotel security, Metro Police, and Clark County Fire. It sadly happens very often.
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Yeah. Who knows if we’ll ever find out the reason that systems like those at The Luxor malfunction all the time though (the latter is the only one I’ve known to sound frequently).
Yep: that’s likely this one (it’s since been privated, hopefully because the uploader realized how stupid they were in doing that (& then subsequently incriminating themselves by posting the evidence online):
JUUL SET OFF VEGAS FIRE ALARM - YouTube (archive.org)
The system at The Linq (a Caesars property) is unique among Las Vegas hotel-casinos (including Caesars properties) since it doesn’t have recorded messages and the operator has to make live announcements.
In that video, the archived link that @TheCarson116 posted worked - it appears that the only people who responded were security.
Due to Clark County’s fire code, for most facilities, monitoring companies will not transmit alarms to the fire department (with the sole exception of sprinkler waterflow).
Another part of Clark County’s fire code allows facilities to go even further and be entirely exempted from monitoring (even for sprinkler waterflow) if they have approved written procedures and trained personnel onsite 24/7. (Many, if not most, hotel-casinos use that option.)
Some security uniforms look similar to police, especially to the untrained eye.
So, now you’re probably wondering: what’s the punishment for guests who pull stunts like this?
The information here is specific to Nevada. Laws vary among states. NRS means Nevada Revised Statutes.
Per NRS 475.100, setting off a false fire alarm is a gross misdemeanor. (This would mean up to a $2000 fine and/or 364 days in jail.)
Private security cannot detain someone for a misdemeanor (including a gross misdemeanor) unless the act was committed in the security officer’s presence.
Due to this, it’s likely that the guests in the video didn’t face any criminal charges… but that doesn’t mean they got away with it - they’ll likely be trespassed, not just from the Linq but from all Caesars properties everywhere. (The video ends before the aftermath is shown but it’s reasonable to assume that this is what happened.)
Let me be clear: these guests absolutely deserve to be trespassed for life!
In case anyone’s curious, here’s what a Caesars trespass looks like:
https://twitter.com/DougStanhope/status/1152697959391232000
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Can you believe they had the absolute nerve to not only do that to begin with but also not think about the potential consequences (not only for them but also for everyone else in the hotel including the staff) as well as treating the whole thing as a big joke? (given their laughter)
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I saw that vid a few years ago
If you ask me, the guests’ laughter should in and of itself be grounds for spending time in the hoosegow.
Not really. After a few fatal fires, including the infamous MGM Grand fire which killed 85 people, mostly because of smoke inhalation, Las Vegas has had some of the strictest codes ever. I notice majority of systems in Las Vegas are pretty modern and up to date.
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