>they have effectively made it more likely that I will die in a fire.

No, YOU have made that more likely. You have chosen to ignore them as an annoyance.

Whereas me? In one apartment building I lived in, I remember more than once frantically stuffing my cats into carriers, and rushing out into the winter cold wearing only a pair of pants - no shirt, no coat, no shoes, not even socks. Was I annoyed if/when it turned out to be a false alarm? Yes.

Was I any slower to do the whole thing all over, the next time it went off? NO.