Nevada Fire Department Chooses Non-Response as Best Response to Unverified Fire Alarms
Henderson City Ordinance 2649 adopted an amended version of the 2006 International Fire Code (IFC), as the fire code for the city of Henderson. It also contained an amendment that stated the fire department would no longer respond to unverified fire alarms.
The ordinance specifically says that “group R-3 (residential) occupancies, shall not be monitored unless approved by the Chief.” The ordinance also specifically states that while “the supervising station shall retransmit water flow alarm signals from fire sprinkler and fire alarm monitoring systems to the Fire Department, the supervising station shall not retransmit other signals to the Fire Department, except for government buildings, schools, and hospitals.”