As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ALARM AGENT
Any firm, corporation or person who conducts the business
of owning, operating, maintaining, installing, leasing, or selling
alarm systems 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 article, within Slippery Rock
Borough.
ALARM DEVICE
A communication to the police, fire, or emergency medical
service departments indicating that a crime, fire, or other emergency
situation has occurred or is occurring warranting immediate action
by the police, fire, or emergency medical service departments.
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 Emergency Services (911) 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 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 Emergency Management Services.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
A public or private agency, corporation or volunteer company
that provides emergency police, fire or medical services or that dispatches
or coordinates such services, including the personnel of such public
or private agency, corporation or volunteer company.
FALSE ALARM
An alarm to which police, fire, or other emergency services
respond resulting from the activation of an alarm or alarm system
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
emergency services actually responds.
INTENTIONAL FALSE ALARM
A false alarm resulting from the intentional activation of
an alarm device by an individual(s) under circumstances where the
individual(s) has/have no reasonable basis to believe that a crime,
fire, or other emergency warranting immediate action has occurred
or is occurring.
SILENT ALARM
A alarm system that does not emit an audible signal or tone
when activated at a protected site and is monitored by a central station
system.