BURGLAR OR SECURITY ALARM: An alarm system activated by signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the alarm system.
CENTRAL ANSWERING POINT: An office or place to which alarm system signals are relayed and where operators monitor and investigate and record such alarm signals prior to notifying the appropriate agency of an emergency situation. Such service is to be controlled and operated by a person, firm, or corporation whose business is furnishing, maintaining, or monitoring of supervised alarm systems. In accordance with NFPA 72, also known as "remote station".
COMBINATION ALARM: A burglar or security alarm system activated by signaling an entry or attempted entry into the area protected by the alarm system, which also includes fire detection devices.
FALSE ALARM: An activation of the fire detection system by any one or more of the following causes:
A. Mechanical failure of the system and/or more than one of its components.
B. Malfunction of the system and/or one of its components.
C. Improper maintenance of the systems and/or one of its components.
D. Wilful, careless or negligent acts of any person.
E. Any other cause not related to a fire emergency; provided, however, that any alarm activated by natural causes, including tornadoes and weather or by malicious acts of persons not under the direction or control of the property owner or occupant.
FIRE ALARM CONTRACTOR: Any person engaged in the business of inspection, testing, installing or altering by contract equipment and appliances connected to a required or nonrequired automatic fire detection system.
FIRE ALARM MONITORING AGENCY: Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind that contracts with a fire alarm contractor or fire alarm user to monitor a fire detection system at a continuously staffed location, receives an alarm signal notification from the system and notifies the fire department to respond.
FIRE ALARM USER: The person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind in control of the premises on which a fire detection system is installed and maintained.
FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM: A fire detection system, also known as a fire alarm system, shall mean any system of components that can be activated manually, detect alarm and/or supervisory signals from a sprinkler system valve, detect the discharge of an extinguishing agent in cooking systems or detect the presence of heat and/or products of combustion. Said system's purpose is to activate alerting devices for notification of occupants on the premises and may be capable of transmission of a signal to a monitored location for the purpose of alerting the fire department to respond.
LICENSED FIRE ALARM CONTRACTOR: A fire alarm contractor shall obtain a contractor license from the village of Antioch to install, service, inspect, test, alter or maintain a fire detection system within the village of Antioch. Said fire alarm contractor shall submit, with application, proof that the fire alarm contractor is qualified or has employed qualified fire alarm technicians.
LICENSED FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM: Owners or their agents shall obtain a license from the village of Antioch for all fire detection systems. To obtain a license, the owner or agent shall submit proof the fire detection system is under contract by a licensed fire alarm contractor to perform inspections, testing and maintenance of the system.
QUALIFIED FIRE ALARM TECHNICIAN: Any person employed by a contractor that holds an Illinois private alarm contractor agency license, any individual that holds an Illinois private alarm contractor license or any licensed electrical contractor. (Ord. 15-12-20, 12-7-2015)