diff --git a/code/modules/events/tgevents/false_alarm.dm b/code/modules/events/tgevents/false_alarm.dm
index cf105db5c8d..fec551afee2 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/tgevents/false_alarm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/tgevents/false_alarm.dm
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 		var/datum/event/E = pick(possibleEvents)
 		var/datum/event/Event = new E
 		message_admins("False Alarm: [Event]")
+		Event.announce() 	//just announce it like it's happening
 		Event.kill() 		//do not process this event - no starts, no ticks, no ends
-		Event.announce() 	//just announce it like it's happening
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