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Toronto zero-tolerance alarm measure to undergo review
May 3, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—In its fight against a new zero-tolerance false alarm regulation here, the Canadian Security Association scored both “a loss and a win” at a March 30 meeting of a City Council subcommittee, CANASA's executive director JF Champagne told Security System News.
The loss was that, at least for 2011, single family homeowners will not get a break from the city's 2010 zero-tolerance false alarm by-law that would allow them one free false fire alarm before fines of as much as $1,230...
Canadian group leads regulation battle
March 14, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—The Canadian Security Association continues to fight against a zero-tolerance false alarm regulation here, despite a recent decision by a city committee to defer until 2012 consideration of a proposal that would give homeowners a break, allowing them one free false fire alarm annually before fines would kick in.
“We lost the battle for the year, but we sure have not lost the war,” CANASA's executive director JF Champagne told Security System News in February.
He said the...
Toronto zero-tolerance rule raising alarm
December 9, 2010Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—A zero-tolerance false alarm regulation here is raising concerns within the industry because residents are reportedly disconnecting their fire alarms to avoid fines of more than $1,000.
“We believe that this is a serious situation,” Stan Martin, executive director of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition told Security Systems News. “Anytime you're talking about people shutting off systems because of high fines that's a huge public safety issue and we all need to work...