[Adopted 10-14-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991 (Ch. 2, Art. I, of the 1968 Code)]
This article shall be known as the "Fire Alarm
Code."
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
AUTOMATIC DIALER
A device that automatically dials and relays a prerecorded
message to a central station or the Fire Department. An "automatic
dialer" calling directly to an emergency telephone number must automatically
disconnect after the message is transmitted a maximum of three times.
AVOIDABLE ALARM
Any alarm signal activation that occurs that is not a validated
alarm, but that is within the reasonable control of the owner and/or
user of the system. Such alarms may be caused by activation due to
mechanical failure, malfunctions, improper installation or use or
the negligence of the owner and/or user or any other person associated
with the owner and/or user in any capacity.
CENTRAL STATION
An office of a private company to which remote alarm and
supervisory signaling devices are transmitted and where personnel
are in attendance at all times to supervise the circuits and investigate
signals.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Equipment which automatically actuates a fire alarm when
the detecting element is exposed to fire, smoke, abnormal rise or
decrease in temperature or activation of a sprinkler system, or manually
activated device.
LEASE LINE
A phone line to a Fire Department or to a central station
that transmits a fire alarm.
UNAVOIDABLE ALARM
Any alarm signal activation that occurs that is not a validated
alarm, but that is beyond the reasonable control of the owner and/or
user of the system. Such alarms may be caused by activation due to
violent conditions of nature, such as severe storms or earthquakes,
nearby fires or sources of smoke not controlled by the user, or where
the person activating an alarm signal reasonably believed that a condition
of fire existed.
VALIDATED ALARM
An alarm signal activation as a direct result of a response
to a fire and/or smoke condition.