(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FALSE ALARM. A signal from an alarm system that alerts the Fire Department that results in an emergency response from the Department when a situation of emergency does not exist.
FIRE ALARM. Any device designed for the detection of a fire that alerts the Newburg Fire Department, Inc. of such occurrence and, when activated, gives a signal, either visual or audible or both, and transmits or causes to be transmitted a signal.
(B) Operational requirements.
(1) The property owner shall be responsible for maintaining the alarm system in proper working order.
(2) The owner shall be responsible for responding in case the alarm is activated for the purpose of providing access to the building for firefighters and resetting the alarm. Under no circumstances shall a member of the Fire Department reset an alarm.
(C) False alarms.
(1) After the alarm system has been installed for 30 days, the owner shall be subject to a special charge for each false alarm over three in a 12-month period as follows:
(a) Four to six alarms during a 12-month period as provided in § 36.04;
(b) Seven to nine alarms during a 12-month period as provided in § 36.04; and
(c) Ten or more alarms during a 12-month period as provided in § 36.04.
(2) Any special charge may be waived by the Fire Chief if the owner can show that the alarm system was properly maintained and the false alarm was not the result of the negligence on the part of the owner, or his or her agent or employees.
(3) Special charges for false alarms, as provided division (C)(1) above, shall be billed to the owner and, if not timely paid, shall be placed on the tax roll pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stats. § 66.0627.
(D) Disconnection of alarm system. Whenever there is a record of an excessive number of false alarms, the Fire Chief may, in writing, require the owner to repair or replace the alarm system within ten days. If the repair or replacement is not made in ten days, the village may order the alarm to be disconnected.
(E) Telephone alarm dialers. Telephone alarm dialers are not permitted to be programmed to direct dial the Fire Department, except by special permission of the Fire Chief.
(Prior Code, § 9.25) (Ord. 102-94, passed 2-24-1994; Ord. 04-2009, passed 10-8-2009; Ord. 03-2019, passed 2-14-2019)