Delaware Code
Subchapter V. False Fire Alarms
§ 6644. Excessive false alarms prohibited.

(a) Owners of a premise protected by a fire alarm signaling system shall not cause more than 3 false alarms within a calendar year.
(b) The State Fire Marshal will record the number of Alarm Activation Reports for each premise.
(c) An owner that is in violation of subsection (a) of this section will be subject to a civil penalty as follows:

(1) Fourth alarm:

(2) Fifth alarm:

(3) Sixth and subsequent alarms:

(d) The term “calendar year” shall be January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 for the first year and shall be January 1 through December 31 for each subsequent year.

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