DB 11-14 Automatic Alarm Reduction Program

Question 1

We as a department respond to how many automatic alarms each month?

Answer 1

over a thousand A/A incidents each month

Question 2

Where do the majority of these alarms come from?

Answer 2

private alarm companies and governmental agencies

Question 3

The trial program, Automatic Alarm Reduction Program will consist of how many elements?

Answer 3

three elements

Question 4

What as the first element in the Automatic Alarm Reduction program?

Answer 4

OCD authorized to cancel resources responding to A/A when seconds call is received from legitimate alarm monitoring company stating alarm is false

Question 5

What is the second element of the Automatic Alarm Reduction program?

Answer 5

track automatic alarms reported by alarm monitoring companies

Question 6

How often is a report listing all automatic alarms by address in order of worst offenders first provided to the FPB?

Answer 6

Monthly basis

Question 7

FPB inspector will visit repeat offenders and where appropriate they will be ____

Answer 7

cited

Question 8

Which element has the intention that malfunctioning systems will be identified, corrected, and tracked?

Answer 8

Second Element

Question 9

What is the third element of the Automatic Alarm Reduction Program?

Answer 9

Identify those alarm monitoring companies that are abusing the 911 system

Question 10

On occasion, the Fire Department is dispatched on automatic fire alarms that turn out to be ____ alarms with no Fire Department responsibility

Answer 10

law enforcement alarms with no FD responsibility

Question 11

How long is the study for the automatic alarms?

Answer 11

6 months

Question 12

Since the MFC CAD does not currently have the ability to compile and store data on the type of alarms that are actually discovered at the scene of these incidents the second element of the A/ARP will require the cooperation of _____

Answer 12

emergency responders

Question 13

What is done if a company responds to an automatic alarm that is determined to be a law enforcement alarm (i.e., intrusion alarm, motion detector, etc.) and there is no other additional alarm activated that requires Fire Department action?

Answer 13

Responding officer provide incident time, date, number, and brief description to the on-duty OCD Battalion during normal hours or via department email