69A-48.008: Monitoring
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule amendment is to provide conditions under which new technological methods of monitoring fire alarm signals can be approved by the local authority having jurisdiction.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Alternatives for fire alarm system monitoring.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 633.70(4) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 633.022(2)(b), 633.70(4), 633.701(5) FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: March 26, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Auditorium, Florida State Fire College, 11655 N.W. Gainesville Rd., Ocala, Florida 34482
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Belinda Chukes at (850)413-3619. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Jim Goodloe, Chief, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Department of Financial Services, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0329, phone (850)413-3620
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
69A-48.008 Monitoring.
(1) Monitored Automatic emergency forces notification and any type of monitoring of fire alarm signals shall be installed and operate in accordance with the applicable NFPA standards adopted in subsection 69A-3.012(1), F.A.C., and incorporated by reference therein.
(2) Other Transmission Technologies, defined as those transmission technologies that operate on principles not specifically identified prescriptively within NFPA 72, are approvable by the authority having jurisdiction as functionally equivalent alternatives to the requirements of NFPA 72, as long as they provide:
(a) Reliable continuity from the service subscriber location to the monitoring connection;
(b) Functionally equivalent services with respect to:
1. Dialing;
2. Dial plan;
3. Call completion;
4. Carriage of alarm signals and protocols; and
5. Loop voltage treatment;
(c) Real-time transmission of voice signals that carry supported alarm formats unchanged;
(d) Preservation of primary line seizure for alarm signal transmission;
(e) A method of electrical power backup such as a battery that provides a minimum of 8 hours of continued uninterrupted voice service availability to the attached alarm system, and
(f) Disaster Recovery Plans to address individual customer outages and network power restoration procedures. The plans shall be provided to the authority having jurisdiction upon request.
(3)(2) Any company proposing wishing to monitor, do monitoring or is currently monitoring in a fire department’s jurisdiction location shall notify the authority having jurisdiction of that location. The same authority having jurisdiction shall be verbally notified within 24 hours after discontinuance of monitoring services; written notification must follow when any monitoring is discontinued within 24 hours and follow-up that notification by written notification.
Specific Authority 633.70(4), 633.701(7) FS. Law Implemented 633.01(1), 633.022(2)(b), 633.70(4), 633.701(5)(7) FS. History–New 11-16-94, Amended 7-11-01, Formerly 4A-48.008, Amended ________.