2025 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 66. FIRE PREVENTION
Subchapter V. False Fire Alarms
§ 6641. Testing of fire alarm signaling systems.

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16 DE Code § 6641 (2025)
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§ 6641. Testing of fire alarm signaling systems.

(a) No person shall conduct any test or demonstration of a fire alarm signaling system without first contacting the appropriate fire dispatch center and fire alarm signaling monitoring company. The fire dispatch center and fire alarm signaling monitoring company shall also be contacted when the fire alarm test or demonstration is completed.

(b) A violation of this section shall be punished as follows:

(1) First offense; written warning; no fine.

(2) Second offense:

$100 civil penalty.

(3) Third and subsequent offenses:

$500 civil penalty for each offense.

(c) For purposes of this section, a fire alarm contractor that employs a person who violates this section will be held accountable for the offense.

(d) The offenses will be cumulative for all of the fire alarm contractor's employees who violate this section within a calendar year.

(e) 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.

74 Del. Laws, c. 21, § 1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 444, § 3; 
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