The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Alarm means any electrical or mechanical device which transmits an electronic alarm signal or recorded message to the county communications center indicating a fire or other incendiary occurrence.
False alarm means an activation of an alarm system, which elicits a response from the fire department when no situation requiring such a response does, in fact, exist. The term "false alarm" includes accidental, avoidable, and unnecessary alarm activation due to user error, equipment malfunction and improper or unsuited equipment, but does not include alarm activation caused by violent conditions of nature or other extraordinary circumstances not reasonably subject to control by the alarm user.
The terms "residential," "storage," "business," "assembly," "educational," "industrial," "mercantile," "hazardous" and "institutional" as used herein shall have the meanings as set forth more fully in the occupancy classification of the state building code as adopted and enforced from time to time.
(Code 1989, § 31.12)