A.
Commencing on September 1, after the date of adoption
of this chapter, it shall be a violation of this chapter for any owner
or lessee of a fire alarm system to install, maintain or allow to
be installed or maintained in his or her place of residence or business
a fire alarm system without first obtaining a permit from the Building
Inspector. No alarm permit shall be issued by the Building Inspector
for the installation or operation unless the proposed system is to
be installed and maintained in conformance with the New York State
Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, applicable fire alarm codes
and the requirements of this chapter.
B.
All applications for alarm permits shall be submitted
to the Building inspector on an approved form. Said application shall
include a description of the fire detection system and shall include
all required documents and plans as required by New York State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code.
C.
All fire and burglar alarms transmitted from the central
alarm station must also notify the Town of East Fishkill Police Department.
D.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person
to engage in the business of installing, servicing, maintaining or
repairing any device that is part of a fire detection system without
having obtained a New York State alarm installer's license.
E.
A one-time registration fee as set by the Town Board
shall be required for each fire alarm system installed after the adoption
of this chapter.
F.
The owner shall be required to re-register whenever
there is a change in the fire alarm business responsible for maintaining,
servicing, and/or monitoring the fire alarm system.
G.
The owner of a premises with a fire alarm system installed
prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be required to register
the fire alarm system within 15 days of receiving notification from
the Alarm Administrator.
H.
Direct connections prohibited. It shall be a violation
of this chapter for any alarm devices to be connected directly to
the Police Department or Fire Department. Except as may be otherwise
required by federal or state law, all alarm devices shall be connected
to a central alarm station or other answering service for notification
to the appropriate agency of repair service. No tape dialing devices
shall be permitted.
I.
Registrations shall not be transferable from one premises
to another or from one owner to another.
J.
Every fire alarm business shall notify the Building
Inspector of the existence of a fire alarm system prior to the fire
alarm system being put into operation. It shall be the responsibility
of the installing fire alarm business to provide the owner with notice
of the existence of this chapter, a registration form and a copy of
the fire alarm system operation instructions in accordance with adopted
codes and the manufacturer's instructions.
K.
The registration form shall include the following
information:
(1)
The name(s), address of the premises, mailing address
(if different from the address of the premises), business and home
telephone number of the owner, lessee, operator, manager or person
in possession of the premises wherein the fire alarm system is installed.
(2)
The name, address and telephone number of a minimum
of two persons who can be notified by the enforcement official in
the event of the activation of the fire alarm system, who shall be
capable of responding to the premises within one hour, and who are
authorized to enter the premises to ascertain the status thereof;
said requirement can be satisfied by having listed alarm monitoring
company maintain the records.
(3)
The name, address, telephone number and NYS license
number of the fire alarm business which has contracted to service
the fire alarm system shall be included on all permits.
(4)
The date the registration is signed or the fire alarm
system is placed in operation.
(5)
Any other documentation that is required by adopted
codes.
M.
The owner shall complete and deliver the fire alarm
system registration in the required format to the Building Inspector
before the fire alarm system is activated or placed into service.
All individual fire alarm control panels shall be registered and individual
user permits shall be issued. The fire alarm contractor, when authorized
by the owner, may assist the owner in accomplishing this submission
of the fire alarm registration to the Building Inspector.
N.
All companies shall file a copy of their liability
and New York State Workers' Compensation Insurance (Form C-105.2 or
U26.3) with the Town of East Fishkill Building Inspector.
All newly installed or recertified commercial
fire alarm systems shall be approved by the Building Inspector. The
certification shall indicate that the fire alarm system is in compliance
with the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
The certification shall be signed by a qualified fire alarm technician.
A.
The owner shall ensure that all commercial fire alarm
systems are inspected and tested at least once per year in accordance
with the New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code and the
National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72). Evidence of said inspection shall
be submitted to the Alarm Administrator.
B.
The owner shall ensure that all fire alarm systems
are periodically maintained per manufacturer specifications, the New
York State Fire Prevention and Building Code, and the National Fire
Alarm Code (NFPA 72).
A.
The owner shall be responsible for the activation
of a fire alarm system.
B.
A response to the activation of a fire alarm system
shall result when any officer or member of the Fire Department is
dispatched to the premises where the fire alarm system has been activated.
(2)
In the event the fire alarm system is a monitored
system, it is the responsibility of the company monitoring the fire
alarm system to notify any person identified in the registration at
the request of the Fire Department or enforcement official.
(3)
In the event the residential fire alarm system is
a monitored system, it is the responsibility of the fire alarm business
to offer the owner the option to verify the fire alarm signal before
dispatch, as allowed by National Fire Alarm Code.
(4)
In the event the fire alarm system is a monitored
system, it is the responsibility of the fire alarm business to forward
a notice of cancellation to the Town of East Fishkill Building Department
when the service is canceled.
(5)
The officer or member of the Fire Department who responded
to said premises shall serve the owner or authorized representative
with a fire alarm activation report.
A.
All commercial occupancies served by an internal automatic
fire alarm or suppression system shall have a rapid-entry key lock
box installed.
B.
The key lock box shall be located at or near the recognized
public entrance and/or located as directed by the Fire Department
or Code Enforcement Official.
C.
The key lock box shall contain the keys for accessing
all parts of the building, and the keys shall be labeled so as to
be easily identified in the field.
A.
General requirements: The owner or operator of any
facility which is required to prepare or have available a material
safety data sheet or an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory
form under Subtitle B, Sections 311 and 312 of Title III of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA Title III) shall
provide a repository container (lock box) at the facility site as
set forth below. The information contained in the repository (lock
box) shall include the following information for emergency response
personnel:
(1)
A current list of the key facility personnel knowledgeable
about safety procedures of the materials on site, complete with the
telephone numbers for each such person in the event of an incident
after the normal hours of the facility's operation.
(2)
A current emergency and hazardous chemical inventory
form and a binder containing the material safety data sheets (MSDS)
or, in the event that the volume of MSDS sheets is too great to keep
practically in the repository container, the location of the on-site
MSDS sheets; the MSDS sheets shall be readily available for use by
emergency response personnel.
(3)
A facility site plan which shall include the following:
(a)
The location of storage and use of hazardous materials
on site.
(b)
The location of on-site emergency fire-fighting and
spill-cleanup equipment.
(c)
A diagram of the complete sewer system and water system
showing fire hydrant and water main locations and sizes.
(d)
Any building floor plan deemed necessary by the Building
Inspector and Fire Department official.
B.
Existing lock boxes may be left in their current location
even if they deviate from the terms and conditions of this chapter
at the discretion of the Building Inspector.
A.
In the event the activation of a fire alarm system
is deemed by the Fire Department to be a nuisance fire alarm, the
owner shall be served with a fire alarm activation report by an officer
or member of the Fire Department or Building Department, indicating
that the activation was deemed to be the result of a nuisance fire
alarm.
B.
This shall require the owner to return a completed
report of service/repair within 15 days of receipt of the fire alarm
activation report to verify, to the reasonable satisfaction of the
enforcement official, that:
C.
Failure to return a report of service/repair within
said fifteen-day period, which is reasonably satisfactory to the enforcement
official, shall result in assessment against the owner a fee of $50
for a residential system and a fee of $250 for a commercial system
for each nuisance fire alarm.
B.
The fire watch shall remain in effect until corrective
action is taken pursuant to the following conditions:
(1)
The written notice to disconnect or deactivate shall be mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner and shall specify the date on which the owner shall be required to disconnect or deactivate the fire alarm system. This date shall be at least 15 days after the notice is mailed to the owner. The owner may appeal the order of the Building Inspector pursuant to § 57-11.
(2)
Each building affected because the signal from the
fire alarm system has been disconnected or deactivated shall be required
to establish a fire watch until the fire alarm system has been returned
to service. Duties of the fire watch may include notifying the Fire
Department and building occupants of an emergency, preventing a fire
from occurring, or extinguishing small fires.
(3)
The owner is responsible for paying all costs associated
with establishing a fire watch.
(4)
The enforcement official has the authority to temporarily
suspend the occupancy certificate of the premises until all outstanding
repairs are made to the fire alarm system or if the fire watch is
not maintained to the satisfaction of the enforcement official.
(5)
The enforcement official shall have the authority
to direct the owner of the premises to silence an activated fire alarm
system, have corrective action taken and thereafter reset it.
(6)
Anyone convicted of falsifying reports as required
under this chapter is subject to the maximum penalty as established
by state or local law.
C.
The Building Inspector may revoke the occupancy certificate
for the premises and shall provide written notice to the owner of
the premises for any of the following reasons:
(1)
Failure to meet all requirements or pay the fees provided
for in this chapter within 15 days after the notice is mailed to the
owner;
(2)
Failure of the owner to provide a written report of
service/repair required by this chapter.
(3)
A fourth false fire alarm or nuisance fire alarm at
a premises for which a fee is charged pursuant to this chapter as
a result of the failure of the owner to take corrective action to
eliminate the cause of the false fire alarm or nuisance fire alarm;
or
A fire alarm system may be reactivated upon
a finding by the Building Inspector that the owner of the premises
has taken corrective action to remedy the cause of the false fire
alarms or nuisance fire alarms at the premises pursuant to the following
conditions:
A.
In making a request for such a reactivation, the owner
shall have the burden of showing that corrective action has been taken.
B.
The enforcement official shall have the right to inspect
the fire alarm system and test it prior to approving a new order to
reconnect or activate the fire alarm system.
C.
A reconnection fee of $25 shall be assessed to the
owner before any reconnection of a fire alarm system may be made.
D.
The Building Inspector shall not approve a new order
to reconnect or reactivate if the owner has failed to pay any fee
pursuant to this chapter.
