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ATTACHMENT *A" <br />CHAPTER 301, FALSE ALARMS <br />Section 301.01 Intent <br />This article is intended to protect the health, safety, and <br />welfare of the people of Indian River County by preventing <br />the misuse of fire protection resources caused by false <br />alarms and telephone alarm devices, thereby allowing these <br />resources to be accessible and available in the event they <br />are truly needed by members of this community. <br />Section 301.02 <br />Definitions <br />For the purpose of this chapter, whenever any of the <br />following words or terms are used herein, they shall have <br />the meanings ascribed to them in this section: <br />Alarm sera -I-1 me a rr $riy device which is used +n a�tr�l d+ng o -r <br />premises for the detection of fire and smoke and which when <br />activated emits a sound, signal, or message to alert others, <br />whether emitted on or off Mises or to the central <br />office of an alarm business. <br />Alarm business shall mean any person engaged in the licensed <br />business of selling, leasing, monitoring, maintaining, <br />servicing, repairing, altering, replacing,—rrov-Vng—,--o-r--- <br />installing <br />o -installing any alarm for any building, place, or premises. <br />Alarm user shall mean any person, business, institution or <br />corporation using an alarm or occupying and controlling a <br />premises or building-,–" portion of a Rr-emi-se–s or buiId-1ng, <br />served by an alarm, <br />Class "A" alarms shall mean all those alarms activated by <br />dire or smoke or in response to fire and includes alarms <br />activated solely by an act of nature not contributed to by <br />faulty design, maintenance, installation, or use. <br />False alarms shall mean all activated alarms, responsed to <br />by the fire department which do not qualify as class "A" <br />alarms, including, but not limited to, alarms activated <br />through inadvertence, neglect, accident, alarm testing, or <br />faculty installation or maintenance. <br />Semon 301.03 Notification required <br />-------------- --------------------- <br />1, The alarm user shall notify the fire department of fire <br />alarm inservice and shall provide the following <br />information: <br />a. Name, address, and telephone number of the alarm <br />user. <br />b. Address and telephone number of the alarm user's <br />premises or building to be served by the alarm. <br />SmeadSoff Reprint Date: Friday, August 23, 2013 - 11:46:02 - OfficialDocuments:620, Attachment Id 0, Page 3 <br />