[Adopted 11-19-1997 by Ord. No. 683, approved 11-19-1997]
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
The purpose of this article is to encourage
certain structures within the Borough of Shippensburg to have a key
lock box installed at the entrance to the structure to enable members
of the Cumberland Valley Hose Company, Vigilant Hose Company, West
End Fire and Rescue, Shippensburg Area EMS and the Shippensburg Police
Department to gain access to the structures when responding to an
emergency without the use of force.
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Key Lock Box Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following words,
terms and phrases shall have the meanings herein ascribed thereto
unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A communication to a public safety agency indicating that
a crime, fire, medical or other emergency situation warranting immediate
action by the public safety agency has occurred or is occurring.
[Added 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical-, electrical- or battery-operated,
arranged to signal the occurrence of a police, fire, hazard, medical
or other emergency requiring urgent attention and to which police,
medical or fire units are expected to respond
[Added 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
Any engineered system, device, equipment, mechanical, electrical
or battery-operated arrangement to activate an alarm or signal of
the occurrence of a fire, hazard or medical emergency, requiring urgent
attention and to which fire units or EMS personnel are expected to
respond.
An engineered system that automatically detects a fire, activates
an alarm and suppresses a fire by application of an extinguishing
agent through fixed piping and nozzles.
The Borough of Shippensburg, Cumberland and Franklin Counties,
Pennsylvania.
All members and equipment of the Cumberland Valley Hose Company,
Vigilant Hose Company and West End Fire and Rescue.
A fire.
The Borough Manager of the borough.
An emergency involving the health of a person or persons.
Any person, group, firm, partnership, association, company,
corporation or organization of any kind.
That which is built or constructed or any portion thereof.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by Ord. No. 884, approved 6-19-2012]
All structures within the Borough having an
alarm, alarm system, or an automatic detection system and/or an automatic
suppression system that are secured in a manner that restricts access
during a fire, police or medical emergency, including but not limited
to multifamily residential structures which have limited access through
a locked door or have a common corridor for access to the living units,
governmental structures, health care facilities, schools, churches,
commercial buildings and manufacturing facilities, shall be equipped
with a key lock box at or near the main entrance and/or in such other
location required and approved by the Fire Chief or his or her designee.
Single-family residential dwellings having independent means of ingress
and egress shall be exempt from this requirement.
The key lock box shall be a UL-approved type
and approved by the Fire Chief or his or her designee. The key lock
box will be equipped with a lock which can be opened only with a key
issued only to the Fire Chief or his or her designee. Emergency vehicles
will be equipped with one key that is held in a special security device.
The structure owner shall not be able to obtain a key to open the
lock box.
The key lock box shall be mounted on the structure
entrance at a height of between four feet to six feet and within three
feet of the direct access door or such other location approved by
the Fire Chief or his or her designee. Flush-mounted or surface-recessed
key lock box installations will be permitted, provided that the key
lock box is clearly marked. Once the key lock box is installed, the
owner of the structure shall contact the Fire Chief or his or her
designee during regular office hours to arrange for the owner of the
structure to be contacted and visited by a member of the Fire Department
to inspect the key lock box and install the access keys.
The key lock box shall contain keys to locked
doors or entrances, whether on the interior or exterior of the structure.
The owner of the structure having a key lock
box shall provide a list of contact persons, indicating names, home
addresses and home telephone numbers, to the Fire Chief or his or
her designee. The owner of the structure shall immediately upon any
change with respect thereto furnish the Fire Chief such information
with respect to such change.
