Smoke Alarm in my apartment I accidentally rang the smoke alarm in my apartment when I was frying chicken legs last month. It made me even more upset when the apartment manager came up to ask if everything was okay. Tonight I was stewing ribs. I put the ingredients and ribs in the pot and set an alarm clock for 30 minutes later. Then I left the kitchen to go over my course notes. I almost jumped up when I heard harsh ringing. I rushed to the kitchen and turned of the stove. But when I looked up at the smoke alarm in the roof, I realized the bell was from the alarm clock on my cellphone. Ohhh I feel like foolish. Since I have just came to Canada for exchange study and I am not familiar with the situation, is every smoke alarm in a Canadian apartment really sensitive? Or is it just that I am living in an apartment with extremely responsible fire alarm system?