posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:05 AM
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klehan
SIW Reports: Gainesville, FL, Has New Fire-Alarm Ordinance
Gainesville, Fla., is turning to a new fire ordinance in October to help slow down the high number of false alarms to which the city' fire department has been responding.
The new ordinance goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2005, and will assess fines for repeated false alarms.
The ordinance allows one false alarm a year for permitted systems, and then proceeds into a fee structure for ensuing false calls, starting with $25 and moving to as high as $400 per false alarm. Permitting of a fire alarm system costs $15 per year.