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Thank you Peter, well explained! Not sure why this would be Boston-specific (unless that's the only place where they call a very big emergency a 3-alarmer).
Other places would say 3-alarmer or 3-alarm fire, meaning a fire that needs 3 engines to put out.
The guys who say pahk the cah at Hahvahd yahd would say 3-ah lah mah.
Wow, this joke really fell flat 🤣
never heard of a 3 alarmer