Late last year, Council adopted the Williams Lake Security Alarm Systems Bylaw No. 2127, which is intended to help reduce the number of calls for service for Williams Lake RCMP and the Williams Lake Fire Department for false alarms.
All monitored alarm holders in the City are reminded that they are required to register their alarms with the City of Williams Lake. The registration period will be from September 1 to October 30, 2011. Registration can be done in person at City Hall, 450 Mart Street. Alarm holders are asked to provide the following information:
Name
Phone number
Address
Alarm company name
Type of alarm (intrusion, panic, silent, holdup)
Keyholder (who will respond when an alarm is triggered).
After October 30, an automatic $100 fee will be charged for the RCMP or fire department to respond to a non-registered alarm.
Fees for excessive false alarms begin at three false alarms in a 365-day period, and fees for residential and non-residential users start at $150.
It is important to note that emergency service providers will continue to respond to all alarms, regardless of how many false alarms have been reported at an address.
RCMP statistics for 2008 and 2009 show an average of 93 false alarms per month, totaling over 1,000 per year.
Costs of responding to current false alarm totals are estimated at between $54,000 and $63,000, in addition to requiring a significant amount of time on the part of RCMP members. Costs associated with Williams Lake Fire Department responding to false alarm
For more information please contact:
Geoff Goodall
The City of Williams Lake
250 392-1766 or ggoodall@williamslake.ca
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