Almost half of the Bloomington Fire Department's false alarm calls come from Indiana University. IU accounted for 43 percent of the false alarm calls the department responded to last year. That's actually down from 2015.
Bloomington Fire Chief Jason Moore says the high percentage of calls from IU's campus shouldn't be surprising.
"IU has more alarmed buildings than the city. So, for us to have more false alarms due to more alarms is natural," Moore says.
Moore says there was a drop in the number of malicious false alarms last year. He credits IU with taking an aggressive stance on the issue and educating students about the consequences of pulling alarms.
"In previous years we have had hundreds of calls that go out for this," Moore says. "This year, we've only had four."
The fire department will continue working with IU to continue reducing the number of false alarm calls.