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Habersham County takes first reading of new fire-alarm ordinance aimed at reducing excessive responses
Summary
Commissioners received a first reading of a proposed new Article 3 to Chapter 30 of the county code that would set operations, inspections, penalties and appeals for automatic fire alarms following an increase in alarm responses.
Habersham County officials on Jan. 27 gave first reading to a proposed new Article 3 (Fire Alarms) in Chapter 30 of the Habersham County Code of Ordinances intended to address a rise in non-emergency alarm responses at commercial and institutional properties.
Jeff Adams, representing Fire and EMS, told the board the county has seen a marked rise in alarm responses and that some facilities generated dozens of triggers in a year. “There’s been an increase of 209 fire alarms in…
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