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Brad Ross: Alarms

Entire System Dept: Sixty per cent of alarms are false or unnecessary and the number of non-emergency alarm calls has been steadily rising in recent years, said TTC spokesman Brad Ross, according to The Star. When a PAA is activated the entire system grinds to a halt, said Ross, who stressed that nobody s blaming riders and feeling faint on the subway? The TTC is asking riders to think twice before they push the yellow passenger assistance alarms those long yellow strips with black print along the train windows. The TTC doesn t want people to avoid using a passenger assistance alarm or PAA for real emergencies, but transit officials suggest sometimes passengers should look to other avenues of help. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.