[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Malta 8-4-1987 by L.L.
No. 3-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention and building construction — See Ch. 89.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Emergency Fire Alarm System Law of the Town of Malta."
This chapter is to promote the health, safety
and general welfare of the people of the Town of Malta, New York,
including the protection of the property of the Town and its inhabitants
by proposing regulations on the installation and maintenance of fire
alarms in the Town of Malta.
For the purpose of this chapter, the words and
phrases set forth in this section shall be defined as set forth in
this section:
Any fire alarm system designed to send a signal, recorded,
coded or otherwise, which terminates in any manner at the Malta Ridge
Volunteer Fire Company or the Round Lake Hose Company or at a facility
responsible for monitoring such alarm system, or any fire alarm system
designed to emit an audible signal at the exterior of the premises
of the alarm installation.
Any alarm which is not an actual fire, smoke condition or
emergency situation. "False alarms" include but are not limited to
false activation by voltage spikes, power outages, line failures,
employee errors, equipment malfunction and tests conducted without
notifying the appropriate fire company.
[Added 11-7-1991 by L.L. No. 1-1991]
Each and every emergency fire alarm system in
the Town of Malta shall be properly maintained in operating condition
by the building owner or his agent.
The Town of Malta shall have the authority to
promulgate rules and regulations governing the operation, testing
and maintenance of each fire alarm system.
A.
The second false alarm within a ninety-day period
shall cause a penalty of $50. to be levied against the owner of any
premises from which said false alarms have been emitted, whether caused
by human error or malfunction of equipment. The fine for any additional
false alarms within said ninety-day period shall be fifty dollars
$50. Nothing in this chapter shall protect any person from criminal
prosecution under the New York State Penal Law covering in any manner
the intentional transmission of false alarms.
B.
Following any response to any emergency fire alarm
which subsequent investigation determines to be false and the notification
of said fact by either Fire Department to the owner or his representative
of the premises from which the alarm emanated, the owner or representative
shall file a written report with the Department within 72 hours of
such notification. Such report shall contain all information pertaining
to the activation of said emergency fire alarm and planned corrective
action, if any. When the emergency fire alarm is serviced by a fire
alarm supplier, a copy of the report shall be forwarded to said emergency
fire alarm supplier.
Each and every fire alarm system which terminates
in any manner at the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire Company or the Round
Lake Hose Company or at a facility responsible for monitoring such
alarm system must be electrically wired so as to also terminate at
the home or place of business of the owner or a representative of
the subject premises, and such owner or representative must immediately
report to the scene of the alarm.
Each and every fire alarm system which is audible
at the scene of the alarm shall be installed with a timer which will
discontinue the signal after a maximum of 30 minutes and which must
be manually resent.
There shall be no testing of emergency fire
alarms which would normally summon the appropriate fire company unless
such test is first cleared, verified and authorized by all entities
and/or agencies where such alarm terminates.
The owner of each premises which contains an
emergency fire alarm as herein set forth must provide the local Fire
Department and the Saratoga County Fire Control Center with a list
of three (3) people, their addresses and telephone numbers, who may
be contacted in the event that an alarm is received, who will be able
to grant access to the subject premises.
A.
The Town of Malta, the Malta Ridge Volunteer Fire
Company or the Round Lake Hose Company shall not be liable for any
defects in operation of emergency fire alarm systems nor for failure
to respond appropriately nor for any erroneous response pursuant to
the provisions of this chapter with respect to the installation, operation
and maintenance of equipment, the transmission of alarm systems or
messages nor the relaying of such systems or messages.
B.
In the event that the Town of Malta or the appropriate
Fire Department finds it necessary to disconnect any signaling device,
said Town of Malta and/or said appropriate Fire Department shall incur
no liability therefrom.
[Amended 5-1-1995 by L.L.
No. 2-1995]
The penalty for violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant hereto,
except where such fine is specifically provided for in said provision,
rule or regulation, shall be a maximum fine of $250 or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both.
The duly designated Town of Malta Fire Marshal
may enforce the provisions of this chapter and may investigate and
report to a Town Justice of the Town of Malta concerning any violation
hereof and see to it that the order or orders of the Town Justice
in such case are carried out.
Upon the receipt of a signed complaint by the
Town Justice concerning any violation of this chapter, the Town Justice
may summon the alleged violator person before him; if the summons
is disregarded, the Justice may permit the filing of an information
and issue a warrant for the arrest of such person.
