A new policy's been implemented by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue - to minimise the number of unnecessary call outs due to malfunctioning or wrongly installed fire alams.

The Service says 94 percent of the four thousand three hundred Automatic Fire Alarms they attended last year turned out to be false - 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.