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.