Township of Bernards, NJ
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2023-10-24
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General and Land Use Ordinances
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Chapter 14 Fire Prevention
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SECTION 14-9 Fire Alarm Systems
- General and Land Use Ordinances
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- Ch 11 (Reserved)
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- Ch 14 Fire Prevention
- Ch 14 § 9 Fire Alarm Systems
- § 14-9.1 Applicability.
- § 14-9.2 Evacuation of Premises.
- § 14-9.3 Prohibited Acts.
- § 14-9.4 Notification.
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[Ord. #2453, 9-29-2020, added]
This section applies to local and monitored fire alarm systems
in any structure other than one- or two-family dwellings.
[Ord. #2453, 9-29-2020, added]
When a fire alarm is activated in any building containing a
fire alarm system, all occupants shall immediately leave the structure
or follow a written fire evacuation plan that has been previously
approved by the Fire Official. Once notified, no persons shall enter
or re-enter until authorized to do so by the local Fire Department.
[Ord. #2453, 9-29-2020, added]
Resetting or silencing fire alarm systems. Activated fire alarms
systems which result in the dispatch of the local Fire Department
shall not be reset or silenced without the approval from a responding
Fire Department representative.
[Ord. #2453, 9-29-2020, added]
The building owner or representative shall notify the Bernards
Township Bureau of Fire Prevention any time the building's fire alarm
system operates in a trouble or supervisory mode or when any maintenance
or work is being performed on the building's fire alarm system. Twenty-four-hour
advance notification is required to the Bernards Township Bureau of
Fire Prevention any time a fire alarm system is tested, repaired,
altered, or for any fire/evacuation drill.
