Around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, masonry dust activated at least two smoke detectors near suite 202 on the north side of Bragaw residence hall, causing all of Bragaw to be evacuated for a short period of time, according to David Michniuk, a deputy fire marshal with N.C. State.”A local alarm goes off and evacuates only one suite,” Michniuk said.  “But if two alarms go off, the entire dorm will be evacuated.  In this case, the dust set off multiple alarms.”The false fire alarm emptied Bragaw residence hall and demonstrated how the new fire alarm functions in regards to different situations, according to Michniuk.”Basically what happened is a good example of the new fire alarm function,” Michniuk said shortly after the alarm was turned off and residents were allowed back in the dorm.Students living on the south side of Bragaw were surprised by the fire alarm, as summer school students Kaitlyn Oppenheim and Alex Venegas said. Oppenheim, a sophomore in engineering, said she was very angry by the fire alarm going off.”This is the third time this has happened in the second summer session alone.  I didn’t see any smoke, and no one ever tells us why the fire alarm goes off,” Oppenheim said. “If the fire alarm keeps going off with no real reason, students are going to start ignoring the alarm, which could be a real problem if there ever is a real fire.”Venegas, a sophomore in aerospace engineering, agrees with Oppenheim’s view of the fire alarms.”The fire alarms are getting crazy,” said Venegas.  “I don’t see why they can’t disable the fire alarms on that side of Bragaw since they have so much construction going on over there.”Michniuk said the University Fire Department will inspect the heads that caused the fire alarm to go off to make sure they are still functioning correctly.”I really like the system we have here where one suite can be evacuated versus the entire building,” Michniuk said.  “It tends to not aggravate the “Cry Wolf” syndrome.”The new fire alarm in Bragaw can empty one suite, if only one fire alarm goes off.  If more than one alarm goes off, according to Michniuk, there is a definite need for students to evacuate.