The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum
standards and regulations for the use of privately installed burglary,
robbery and fire alarm systems, to require registrations, to establish
fines and to create an administrative apparatus.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ALARM BUSINESS
Operated by a person for a profit who engages in the activity
of altering, installing, leasing, maintaining, repairing, selling,
servicing, monitoring or responding to a fire, burglar or holdup alarm
system of which causes any of these activities to take place. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this chapter, the term "alarm business"
shall not include a developer or homeowner who sells an alarm system
as part of a sale or transfer of residential dwelling unit.
ALARM SYSTEM
An assembly of equipment and devices (or a single device
such as a solid state unit which plugs directly into a one-hundred-ten-volt
AC line) arranged to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent
attention and to which police or fire fighters are expected to respond.
Carbon monoxide detectors are specifically excluded from the term
"alarm system."
ALARM USER
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind in possession or control of any
building, structure or facility wherein an alarm device or system
is maintained.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm signal eliciting a response by the police or fire
fighters when a situation requiring a response by police or fire fighters
does not in fact exist.
Under the provisions of N.J.A.C. 5:18 of Uniform
Fire Code, the Fire Official is required to cause an investigation
to be made of every reported fire alarm. In the case of false fire
alarms which summon the Fire Department, the Fire Official shall cause
an investigation to be made and shall keep a record of such false
alarms on file. Such record shall be prima facia evidence of the contents
thereof. In the case of false alarms which summon the Police Department,
the Police Chief shall cause an investigation to be made and shall
keep a record of such false alarms on file. Such record shall be prima
facia evidence of the contents thereof.