This article shall be known as the "Emergency Alarm System Law
of the Village of Yorkville."
It is the purpose of this article to protect and promote the
health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of the Village
of Yorkville and its fire districts by reducing the number of avoidable
alarms to emergency agencies. Avoidable alarms contribute to ineffective
utilization of public safety manpower and equipment. In addition,
avoidable alarms require emergency responses which may contribute
to a high accident rate and delayed responses to genuine emergencies.
This article seeks to ensure that fire communications facilities will
be available to dispatch fire and emergency personnel for actual emergencies
and to alleviate the nuisance of audible alarms to the surrounding
community. Another purpose of this article is to contact responsible
people to notify them of the activation of the alarm. This article
also requires registration of alarm businesses and subscribers for
the purpose of permitting the Village to communicate with them regarding
the administration of this article.
Following fire response to the actuation of an alarm, the subscriber
shall file a written report with the Yorkville Fire Department within
72 hours of such notification. Such report shall contain all information
pertaining to the activation of said alarm and any planned corrective
action. Where the emergency alarm system is serviced by an alarm service,
the report shall be made to the subscriber and a copy forwarded to
the alarm business by the subscriber. The Yorkville Fire Department
shall provide a standard false alarm report in three parts, allowing
one each for subscriber, alarm business and the Yorkville Fire Department.
This article shall be enforced by the Village of Yorkville and
its respective enforcement departments.
The Fire Chief of the Village of Yorkville, or designee thereof,
may promulgate rules and regulations as deemed necessary for the proper
administration of this article. Said rules and regulations shall be
deemed valid and effective only after submission to the Board of Trustees
for the Village of Yorkville and approved and passed by appropriate
legislation.