The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
Any assembly of equipment, mechanical, electrical or battery operated, arranged to signal the occurrence of a police, fire, hazard or medical emergency requiring urgent attention and to which police or fire units are expected to respond.
A service whereby trained employees, in attendance at all times, receive prerecorded voice messages from automatic dialing devices reporting an emergency at a stated location, where such employees have the duty to relay immediately by live voice any such emergency message over a trunk line to the communications center of the Police or Fire Department.
Any device, bell, horn or siren which is attached to the interior or exterior of a building, structure or facility and is designed to attract attention when activated by a criminal act or other emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response.
A device which is interconnected to a telephone line and is programmed to transmit a signal by a voice or coded message that indicates that an emergency condition exists and the need for an emergency response is required.
The Borough of Lansdowne.
A protective system or group of such systems operated privately for customers by a person, firm or corporation which accepts recorded messages from automatic dialing devices at a central station having operators and guards 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 to the communications center of the Police or Fire Department.
The administrative head of the Lansdowne Police Department.
An individual appointed by and accountable directly and solely to the Chief of Police.
A police, fire, hazard or medical emergency.
An alarm activated in the absence of an emergency, whether willfully or by inadvertence, negligence or unintentional act, to which the Police Department or Fire Department responds. The definition excludes alarms caused by malfunctions of the County Department of Emergency Services receiving equipment; alarms for which the user has attempted to cancel response; testing or repairing of telephone or electrical lines or equipment outside the premises; acts of God, such as earthquake, flood, windstorm, thunder or lightning; an attempted illegal entry; a crime in progress; or, in the case of emergency medical alarm, an actual medical emergency requiring police, fire and/or medical personnel. If doubt exists as to the cause of the false alarm, the Chief of Police or his designee shall make a decision regarding the circumstances of the activation.
Multiple alarms received by the Police Department or Fire Department before the system can be deactivated or repaired within a reasonable period of time shall be considered a single alarm.
The definition of a false alarm also includes the intentional activation of a holdup alarm for other than a holdup in progress, the intentional activation of a burglary alarm for other than a burglary, the intentional activation of a medical alarm for other than a medical emergency or the intentional activation of a fire alarm for other than a fire or hazard.
The Lansdowne Fire Company.
A fire.
An explosion, leak of toxic gas, liquid or solid, or a potential explosion or leak.
A central station protective system or an answering service as herein described.
To use a telephone line and equipment for transmitting a message, either directly or indirectly, by an automatic dialing device.
An emergency involving the health of a person.
The police and fire communications rooms and other rooms which house communications equipment and the police radio dispatcher.
The Lansdowne Police Department.
An incident requiring prompt response by the Police Department.
A telephone line leading into the communications centers of the Police or Fire Departments that is for the purpose of handling calls on a person-to-person basis and which is identified by a specific listing among the white pages in the telephone directory issued by the telephone company.