diff --git a/code/game/area/areas.dm b/code/game/area/areas.dm
index 622264189bf..ef9cce290c2 100644
--- a/code/game/area/areas.dm
+++ b/code/game/area/areas.dm
@@ -169,11 +169,12 @@
 		poweralm = state
 		if(istype(source))	//Only report power alarms on the z-level where the source is located.
 			for(var/thing in cameras)
-				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = thing
-				if(state == 1)
-					C.network -= "Power Alarms"
-				else
-					C.network |= "Power Alarms"
+				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(thing)
+				if(!QDELETED(C))
+					if(state == 1)
+						C.network -= "Power Alarms"
+					else
+						C.network |= "Power Alarms"
 
 			for(var/item in GLOB.silicon_mob_list)
 				var/mob/living/silicon/aiPlayer = item
@@ -206,8 +207,9 @@
 		if(danger_level == ATMOS_ALARM_DANGER)
 
 			for(var/thing in cameras)
-				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = thing
-				C.network |= "Atmosphere Alarms"
+				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(thing)
+				if(!QDELETED(C))
+					C.network |= "Atmosphere Alarms"
 
 			for(var/item in GLOB.silicon_mob_list)
 				var/mob/living/silicon/aiPlayer = item
@@ -221,8 +223,9 @@
 
 		else if(atmosalm == ATMOS_ALARM_DANGER)
 			for(var/thing in cameras)
-				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = thing
-				C.network -= "Atmosphere Alarms"
+				var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(thing)
+				if(!QDELETED(C))
+					C.network -= "Atmosphere Alarms"
 			for(var/item in GLOB.silicon_mob_list)
 				var/mob/living/silicon/aiPlayer = item
 				aiPlayer.cancelAlarm("Atmosphere", src, source)
@@ -277,8 +280,9 @@
 			F.update_icon()
 
 	for(var/thing in cameras)
-		var/obj/machinery/camera/C = thing
-		C.network |= "Fire Alarms"
+		var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(thing)
+		if(!QDELETED(C))
+			C.network |= "Fire Alarms"
 
 	for(var/item in GLOB.alert_consoles)
 		var/obj/machinery/computer/station_alert/a = item
@@ -309,8 +313,9 @@
 			F.update_icon()
 
 	for(var/thing in cameras)
-		var/obj/machinery/camera/C = thing
-		C.network -= "Fire Alarms"
+		var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(thing)
+		if(!QDELETED(C))
+			C.network -= "Fire Alarms"
 
 	for(var/item in GLOB.silicon_mob_list)
 		var/mob/living/silicon/aiPlayer = item
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/camera/camera.dm b/code/game/machinery/camera/camera.dm
index 28382888af5..62db9341e5c 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/camera/camera.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/camera/camera.dm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	GLOB.cameranet.addCamera(src)
 	if(isturf(loc))
 		myArea = get_area(src)
-		LAZYADD(myArea.cameras, src)
+		LAZYADD(myArea.cameras, UID())
 	if(is_station_level(z) && prob(3) && !start_active)
 		toggle_cam(null, FALSE)
 		wires.CutAll()
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	GLOB.cameranet.removeCamera(src) //Will handle removal from the camera network and the chunks, so we don't need to worry about that
 	GLOB.cameranet.cameras -= src
 	if(isarea(myArea))
-		LAZYREMOVE(myArea.cameras, src)
+		LAZYREMOVE(myArea.cameras, UID())
 	var/area/ai_monitored/A = get_area(src)
 	if(istype(A))
 		A.motioncameras -= src
@@ -295,14 +295,14 @@
 		GLOB.cameranet.addCamera(src)
 		if(isturf(loc))
 			myArea = get_area(src)
-			LAZYADD(myArea.cameras, src)
+			LAZYADD(myArea.cameras, UID())
 		else
 			myArea = null
 	else
 		set_light(0)
 		GLOB.cameranet.removeCamera(src)
 		if(isarea(myArea))
-			LAZYREMOVE(myArea.cameras, src)
+			LAZYREMOVE(myArea.cameras, UID())
 	GLOB.cameranet.updateChunk(x, y, z)
 	var/change_msg = "deactivates"
 	if(status)
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 /obj/machinery/camera/proc/triggerCameraAlarm()
 	alarm_on = TRUE
 	for(var/mob/living/silicon/S in GLOB.silicon_mob_list)
-		S.triggerAlarm("Camera", get_area(src), list(src), src)
+		S.triggerAlarm("Camera", get_area(src), list(UID()), src)
 
 /obj/machinery/camera/proc/cancelCameraAlarm()
 	alarm_on = FALSE
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm b/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
index 1c3f4f30405..47e98006e2a 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/camera/motion.dm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 		return FALSE
 	for(var/mob/living/silicon/aiPlayer in GLOB.player_list)
 		if(status)
-			aiPlayer.triggerAlarm("Motion", get_area(src), list(src), src)
+			aiPlayer.triggerAlarm("Motion", get_area(src), list(UID()), src)
 			visible_message("<span class='warning'>A red light flashes on the [src]!</span>")
 	detectTime = -1
 	return TRUE
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/computer/station_alert.dm b/code/game/machinery/computer/station_alert.dm
index 8f9f6ea2390..679fd0c63b3 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/computer/station_alert.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/computer/station_alert.dm
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 	return data
 
-/obj/machinery/computer/station_alert/proc/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, O, obj/alarmsource)
+/obj/machinery/computer/station_alert/proc/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, list/O, obj/alarmsource)
 	if(alarmsource.z != z)
 		return
 	if(stat & (BROKEN))
@@ -58,18 +58,10 @@
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/sources = alarm[3]
-			if(!(alarmsource in sources))
-				sources += alarmsource
+			if(!(alarmsource.UID() in sources))
+				sources += alarmsource.UID()
 			return TRUE
-	var/obj/machinery/camera/C = null
-	var/list/CL = null
-	if(O && islist(O))
-		CL = O
-		if(CL.len == 1)
-			C = CL[1]
-	else if(O && istype(O, /obj/machinery/camera))
-		C = O
-	L[A.name] = list(A, (C ? C : O), list(alarmsource))
+	L[A.name] = list(get_area_name(A, TRUE), O, list(alarmsource.UID()))
 	update_icon()
 	return TRUE
 
@@ -83,8 +75,8 @@
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/srcs  = alarm[3]
-			if(origin in srcs)
-				srcs -= origin
+			if(origin.UID() in srcs)
+				srcs -= origin.UID()
 			if(srcs.len == 0)
 				cleared = TRUE
 				L -= I
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
index 11dfaed5758..2fc14cb9f7c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/ai.dm
@@ -250,20 +250,19 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_verbs_default, list(
 		if(L.len)
 			for(var/alarm in L)
 				var/list/alm = L[alarm]
-				var/area/A = alm[1]
+				var/area_name = alm[1]
 				var/C = alm[2]
 				var/list/sources = alm[3]
 				dat += "<NOBR>"
-				if(C && istype(C, /list))
+				if(C && islist(C))
 					var/dat2 = ""
-					for(var/obj/machinery/camera/I in C)
-						dat2 += text("[]<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[I.UID()]>[]</A>", (dat2=="") ? "" : " | ", I.c_tag)
-					dat += text("-- [] ([])", A.name, (dat2!="") ? dat2 : "No Camera")
-				else if(C && istype(C, /obj/machinery/camera))
-					var/obj/machinery/camera/Ctmp = C
-					dat += text("-- [] (<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[Ctmp.UID()]>[]</A>)", A.name, Ctmp.c_tag)
+					for(var/thing in C)
+						var/obj/machinery/camera/I = locateUID(thing)
+						if(!QDELETED(I))
+							dat2 += text("[]<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[thing]>[]</A>", (dat2 == "") ? "" : " | ", I.c_tag)
+					dat += text("-- [] ([])", area_name, (dat2 != "") ? dat2 : "No Camera")
 				else
-					dat += text("-- [] (No Camera)", A.name)
+					dat += text("-- [] (No Camera)", area_name)
 				if(sources.len > 1)
 					dat += text("- [] sources", sources.len)
 				dat += "</NOBR><BR>\n"
@@ -819,7 +818,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_verbs_default, list(
 
 	Bot.call_bot(src, waypoint)
 
-/mob/living/silicon/ai/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, O, obj/alarmsource)
+/mob/living/silicon/ai/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, list/O, obj/alarmsource)
 	if(alarmsource.z != z)
 		return
 	if(stat == DEAD)
@@ -829,27 +828,22 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_verbs_default, list(
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/sources = alarm[3]
-			if(!(alarmsource in sources))
-				sources += alarmsource
+			if(!(alarmsource.UID() in sources))
+				sources += alarmsource.UID()
 			return TRUE
-	var/obj/machinery/camera/C = null
-	var/list/CL = null
-	if(O && islist(O))
-		CL = O
-		if(CL.len == 1)
-			C = CL[1]
-	else if(O && istype(O, /obj/machinery/camera))
-		C = O
-	L[A.name] = list(A, (C ? C : O), list(alarmsource))
+	L[A.name] = list(get_area_name(A, TRUE), O, list(alarmsource.UID()))
 	if(O)
-		if(C && C.can_use())
-			queueAlarm("--- [class] alarm detected in [A.name]! (<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[C.UID()]>[C.c_tag]</A>)", class)
-		else if(CL && CL.len)
+		var/obj/machinery/camera/C = locateUID(O[1])
+		if(O.len == 1 && !QDELETED(C) && C.can_use())
+			queueAlarm("--- [class] alarm detected in [A.name]! (<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[O[1]]>[C.c_tag]</A>)", class)
+		else if(O && O.len)
 			var/foo = 0
 			var/dat2 = ""
-			for(var/obj/machinery/camera/I in CL)
-				dat2 += text("[]<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[I.UID()]>[]</A>", (!foo) ? "" : " | ", I.c_tag)	//I'm not fixing this shit...
-				foo = 1
+			for(var/thing in O)
+				var/obj/machinery/camera/I = locateUID(thing)
+				if(!QDELETED(I))
+					dat2 += text("[]<A HREF=?src=[UID()];switchcamera=[thing]>[]</A>", (!foo) ? "" : " | ", I.c_tag)	//I'm not fixing this shit...
+					foo = 1
 			queueAlarm(text ("--- [] alarm detected in []! ([])", class, A.name, dat2), class)
 		else
 			queueAlarm(text("--- [] alarm detected in []! (No Camera)", class, A.name), class)
@@ -866,8 +860,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_verbs_default, list(
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/srcs  = alarm[3]
-			if(origin in srcs)
-				srcs -= origin
+			if(origin.UID() in srcs)
+				srcs -= origin.UID()
 			if(srcs.len == 0)
 				cleared = TRUE
 				L -= I
@@ -882,7 +876,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(ai_verbs_default, list(
 	if(!tracking)
 		cameraFollow = null
 
-	if(!C || stat == DEAD) //C.can_use())
+	if(!C || QDELETED(C) || stat == DEAD) //C.can_use())
 		return FALSE
 
 	if(!eyeobj)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
index c5877c1a5dd..eefc889dc77 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(robot_verbs_default, list(
 		if(L.len)
 			for(var/alarm in L)
 				var/list/alm = L[alarm]
-				var/area/A = alm[1]
+				var/area_name = alm[1]
 				dat += "<NOBR>"
-				dat += text("-- [A.name]")
+				dat += text("-- [area_name]")
 				dat += "</NOBR><BR>\n"
 		else
 			dat += "-- All Systems Nominal<BR>\n"
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(robot_verbs_default, list(
 /mob/living/silicon/robot/InCritical()
 	return low_power_mode
 
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, O, obj/alarmsource)
+/mob/living/silicon/robot/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, list/O, obj/alarmsource)
 	if(alarmsource.z != z)
 		return
 	if(stat == DEAD)
@@ -640,18 +640,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(robot_verbs_default, list(
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/sources = alarm[3]
-			if(!(alarmsource in sources))
-				sources += alarmsource
+			if(!(alarmsource.UID() in sources))
+				sources += alarmsource.UID()
 			return TRUE
-	var/obj/machinery/camera/C = null
-	var/list/CL = null
-	if(O && islist(O))
-		CL = O
-		if(CL.len == 1)
-			C = CL[1]
-	else if(O && istype(O, /obj/machinery/camera))
-		C = O
-	L[A.name] = list(A, (C ? C : O), list(alarmsource))
+	L[A.name] = list(get_area_name(A, TRUE), O, list(alarmsource.UID()))
 	queueAlarm(text("--- [class] alarm detected in [A.name]!"), class)
 	return TRUE
 
@@ -662,8 +654,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(robot_verbs_default, list(
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/srcs  = alarm[3]
-			if(origin in srcs)
-				srcs -= origin
+			if(origin.UID() in srcs)
+				srcs -= origin.UID()
 			if(srcs.len == 0)
 				cleared = 1
 				L -= I
diff --git a/code/modules/modular_computers/file_system/programs/engineering/alarm.dm b/code/modules/modular_computers/file_system/programs/engineering/alarm.dm
index 76d28827a30..f0015305360 100644
--- a/code/modules/modular_computers/file_system/programs/engineering/alarm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/modular_computers/file_system/programs/engineering/alarm.dm
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 	return data
 
-/datum/computer_file/program/alarm_monitor/proc/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, O, obj/alarmsource)
+/datum/computer_file/program/alarm_monitor/proc/triggerAlarm(class, area/A, list/O, obj/alarmsource)
 	if(is_station_level(source.z))
 		if(!(A.type in GLOB.the_station_areas))
 			return
@@ -51,18 +51,10 @@
 		if(I == A.name)
 			var/list/alarm = L[I]
 			var/list/sources = alarm[3]
-			if(!(alarmsource in sources))
-				sources += alarmsource
+			if(!(alarmsource.UID() in sources))
+				sources += alarmsource.UID()
 			return TRUE
-	var/obj/machinery/camera/C = null
-	var/list/CL = null
-	if(O && islist(O))
-		CL = O
-		if(CL.len == 1)
-			C = CL[1]
-	else if(O && istype(O, /obj/machinery/camera))
-		C = O
-	L[A.name] = list(A, (C ? C : O), list(alarmsource))
+	L[A.name] = list(get_area_name(A, TRUE), O, list(alarmsource.UID()))
 	update_alarm_display()
 	return TRUE
 
@@ -78,8 +70,8 @@
 			if(!arealevelalarm) // the traditional behaviour
 				var/list/alarm = L[I]
 				var/list/srcs  = alarm[3]
-				if(origin in srcs)
-					srcs -= origin
+				if(origin.UID() in srcs)
+					srcs -= origin.UID()
 				if(srcs.len == 0)
 					cleared = 1
 					L -= I