As used in this part, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ALARM a communication to the police, fire, or emergency medical service departments indicating that a crime, fire, or other emergency situation warranting immediate action by the police, fire, or emergency medical service departments has occurred or is occurring.
ALARM AGENT any firm, corporation or person who conducts the business of owning, operating, maintaining, installing, leasing, or selling automatic protection devices and whose duties include any of the following: selling, maintaining, leasing, servicing, repairing, altering, replacing, moving, or installing in or on any building place or premises any automatic protection device, as defined in this part, within Cranberry Township.
ALARM SYSTEM any electrically operated instrument composed of sensors and related hardware that automatically signals by wire, telephone, radio signal, or other means to a person who, in turn, notifies the Butler County Communications Center of the alarm. Alarm systems also include equipment to activate a bell or sounding device to be heard outside a building which is intended to alert the police or others to the existence of a crime, fire, or other emergency situation warranting action by emergency services, upon receipt of a stimulus from a sensor that has detected a physical force or condition characteristic of a fire, intrusion, or other emergency.
AUDIBLE ALARM any device, bell, horn, or siren which is attached to the interior or exterior of a building and emits a warning signal audible outside the building, which signal is designed to attract attention when activated by an intrusion or other emergency requiring police or service response.
CENTRAL STATION SYSTEM any protective system or group of systems operated privately for customers by an alarm agent; a firm; or a corporation that accepts messages or signals from alarm systems at a central station having operators in attendance at all times who have the duty to take appropriate action upon receipt of a signal or message, including the relaying of messages by designated or direct trunk line to the Butler County Communications Center.
FALSE ALARM an alarm to which police, fire, or other emergency service personnel respond resulting from the activation of an alarm device when a crime, fire, or other emergency warranting immediate action has not in fact occurred.
INADVERTENT FALSE ALARM an alarm system activated in the absence of an emergency, whether by inadvertence, negligence, or unintentional act, including any mechanical or electrical malfunction of the alarm system, to which a public safety person actually responds.
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 crime, fire, or other emergency warranting immediate action has occurred or is occurring.
SILENT ALARM a protective system that does not emit an audible signal or tone when activated at a protected site and is monitored by a central station system.