fire?

So maybe i only have a desire to right when I see or hear something outrageous since the last time that i wrote was several months ago. For instance, i just walked in the door to my apartment from a lovely summer bbq to having the fire alarm going off in the entire apartment complex. Wow.
Not only have the fire alarm companies picked the loudest, most obnoxious pitch and volume, (my ears have just started to bleed), they have forgotten to connect the alarm to the fire station.
Its been about 10 minutes since it first went off with no sign of the fire department. I understand that it will take a minute, or maybe 5, for a response time, but honestly there is station a mere mile a while. So two things i would like to ask in this rant. One if there was a real fire, would i be burned, and b, when will the bleeding stop.