Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue are changing the way they respond to Automatic Fire Alamrs to reduce the number of unnecessary call outs.

The Service says 94 percent of such incidents they attended last year turned out to be false due to malfunctioning or wrongly installed fire alams - wasting money and delaying the response to genuine emergencies.

So now they're reducing the amount of crews called out to homes during the day unless a fire is confirmed ... and will charge any businesses where there is a persistent problem.