Alarm Drops at Hotels

So in the town I work, there's a handfull of hotels. Some are nice, some are not so nice and the people that stay there are similar. I can't say I've seen a real deal fire at one yet, but we go to them for alarm activations all the time. Here's a list of reasons they tend to usually drop, from my experience;
1. People smoking legal or illegal substances in their rooms. If you put enough smoke around a smoke detector...
2. Cooking, especially popcorn. Places with monthly rates cause smoke detectors to go off more often for some reason.
3. People pulling detectors off the walls to smoke or for any other reason, which triggers trouble alarms.

The key is to keep in mind that on the way to the call, you could be going to the big one. Have your gear on, have your SCBA on your back and be ready to roll.
Many times, dispatch will tell you what hotel room the alarm is coming from. If not, then check the panel and many times, it will have the room number. Have a member of your crew investigate the room of origin. If the room needs ventilated, use an electric fan in the doorway and open the windows.

When your crew has the situation under control, you need to get to the panel.Now when you get to the panel, you need to reset the system. Theres always a reset button in our township. Sometimes, there are also silence and aknowledge buttons that need pressed.

In the event that there are several alarms activated with no suspician of fire, or a trouble alarm continues to be activated, the alarm is silenced and we place hotels on "fire watch." That's where an employee is required by law to patrol the halls of each hotel floor for possible fire every hour.