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--- (2) --- State Law reference— Fire alarm systems, G.L. 1956, § 23-28.25-1.
Sec. 18-66. - Programming automatic dialing device to primary trunk lines; compliance date.#
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to program an automatic dialing device to select a primary trunk line, as identified by the chiefs of the fire and police departments, respectively, without specific approval from such chiefs.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for an alarm user to fail to disconnect or reprogram an automatic dialing device which is designed to connect a primary trunk line, within 12 hours of receipt of written notice, which notice shall be delivered by hand or by certified mail, postage prepaid, from the chief of the police or fire department, or both, that it is so programmed. If such notice is by mail, it shall be presumed that delivery of the notice was made within 48 hours of its posting.
(c)
All automatic dialing devices programmed to select a trunk line shall be reprogrammed upon application to the police chief, or disconnected. Upon approval of reprogramming of such system, the user shall, before utilizing the reprogrammed system or device, first obtain a permit as provided in division 2 of this article.
(Code 1982, § 2.5-8(a), (b); Code 2003, § 18-66)
Sec. 18-67. - False alarms due to malfunction or defect.#
Any alarm system user who has a false alarm as a result of a malfunction or defect in such system shall undertake measures to have the system corrected or repaired within 24 hours of such false alarm, and such correction or repair shall be subject to inspection and approval by the chief of police. Until such corrective action has been completed, the system shall be disconnected by such user.
(Code 1982, § 2.5-8(c); Code 2003, § 18-67)
Sec. 18-68. - Automatic dialing devices.#
(a)
Operational requirements. Interconnection of automatic devices installed on premises of any kind in the town and keyed to a special or operational primary trunk line of the police department shall meet operational requirements as follows:
(1)
The content of the recorded message to be transmitted by such device must be intelligible and in a format approved by the chief of the police department concerned as appropriate for the nature of the alarm.
(2)
No recorded message shall be delivered to the police department more than twice as the result of a single stimulation or activation of the sensory mechanism.
(3)
The length of time for recording the transmitted message shall not exceed three minutes.
(4)
The time lapse for the delivery of the second recorded message shall be in a range from ten to 12 seconds.
(5)
Such device installed on residential and nonresidential premises must be capable of transmitting an alarm message to two or more recipients located within the town, in addition to the appropriate public safety department, authorized to gain access to the premises and who will be available to respond and who shall respond, within not less than one hour, to the message, on a 24-hour basis, to assist in the deactivation of such device.
(b)
Notice required prior to testing. No person holding a user's permit shall test any automatic dialing system without notice to the chief of police.
(Code 1982, §§ 2.5-10, 2.5-11; Code 2003, § 18-68)
Sec. 18-69. - Indicator panels restricted; compliance; exceptions.#
Only financial institutions or other institutions required by federal or state statutes, rules or regulations, and by federal or state agencies, to have appropriate security devices installed for their protection shall be permitted to have equipment and indicators installed in the communications center of the police department. Any equipment and indicators already installed therein by such institutions may remain in the communications center.
(Code 1982, § 2.5-12; Code 2003, § 18-69)