(a) Fire alarm: a device or a functionally
related group of devices and equipment designed to detect smoke or fire, and which when
activated will sound or transmit audible, visible, or electronic warning signals either on
or off the premises. The term "fire alarm" shall include manual fire alarms and
automatic fire alarms, as defined below.
(b) Manual fire alarm: a fire alarm required
to be activated by the occupant or passerby when an emergency is in progress in or around
a structure.
(c) Automatic fire alarm: a fire alarm which
operates without the necessity of human intervention and which is activated as a result of
a predetermined temperature rise, rate of temperature rise or increase in level of
combustion products.
(d) Dialer: an appliance used to transmit an
automatic signal or a pre-recorded voice message from either a fire alarm or an intrusion
alarm to a central station or other remote location supervised by a trained attendant.
(e) Central station: an off-premise or an
on-premise office to which alarms are connected, and where personnel are in attendance at
all times to supervise the circuits and investigate signals.
(f) False alarm: any alarm activated from a
fire alarm which is not, in fact, in response to the presence of, or in the case of a
manually operated alarm, the reasonable apprehension of smoke, fire, or combustion
materials.