[Ord. No. 558, 3/4/2015]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context:
ACCIDENTAL FALSE ALARM
Any false alarm which is not an intentional false alarm as
defined herein, or, not when an intrusion, crime, fire or other emergency
has actually occurred.
ALARM
A communication to the Dauphin County 911 Dispatch Center
from a central monitoring station or other source indicating that
a fire, crime, or other emergency situation warranting immediate action
by the Fire Department or Police Department has occurred or is occurring.
ALARM SYSTEMS/DEVICE
1.
A mechanical, electric, electronic or other device or system
designed to automatically transmit an alarm by wire, telephone, radio
or other means:
A.
Directly to the Dauphin County 911 Dispatch Center.
B.
To a central monitoring station or person who is instructed
to notify the Dauphin County 911 Dispatch Center of the alarm.
C.
To activate an audible or visual device to be heard or seen
outside of a building which is intended to alert the police or others
to the existence of a fire, crime, or other emergency situation warranting
Police or Fire Department action.
2.
The term includes all associated equipment and software including,
but not limited to, alarm panels, alarm indications, audible and visual
alarms, detectors, signage, door, damper, and window controls, and
automatic utility shutoff devices.
CENTRAL MONITORING STATION
An Underwriters Laboratory approved facility, third-party
or otherwise, equipped, staffed, and qualified to receive alarms 24
hours a day, 365 days a year, and make notification to the appropriate
fire department and police department dispatching center. In Lower
Swatara Township, that dispatching Center is the Dauphin County 911
Dispatch Center.
EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
Features such as, but not limited to, automatic sprinkler
systems, portable fire extinguishers, installed range hood extinguishing
systems, automatic gas shutoff valves or systems, fire dampers and
doors, standpipes and hoses, and Fire Department connections.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm to which the Fire Department and/or Police Department
responds resulting from the activation of an alarm device when a fire,
crime, or other emergency warranting immediate action by the Fire
Department or Police Department has not in fact occurred.
INTENTIONAL FALSE ALARM
A false alarm resulting from the intentional activation of
an alarm device by an individual under circumstances where that individual
has no reasonable basis to believe that a fire, crime, or other emergency
warranting immediate action by the Fire Department and/or Police Department
has occurred or is occurring.
MEANS OF EGRESS
A continuous and unobstructed path of vertical and horizontal
egress travel from any occupied portion of a building or structure
to a public way. The means of egress consists of three separate and
distinct parts: the exit access, the exit, and the exit discharge.
Means of egress shall also include items such as signage and emergency
lighting.
PERSON
Any individual or individuals, public or private corporation
for profit or not for profit, association, partnership, firm, trust,
estate, board, organization, and any other group acting as a unit.
It shall include, also, an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver,
or other representative appointed according to law.
[Ord. No. 558, 3/4/2015]
The obligation for the maintenance, repair and upkeep of emergency
alarm devices and systems shall be the full responsibility of the
person having had the same installed or his successor utilizing said
equipment. Alarm devices must be maintained in good repair to assure
reliability of operation.
[Ord. No. 558, 3/4/2015]
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Part shall be subject to the provisions of §
7-401, Penalties.