False Alarm Ordinance

The Lumpkin County Fire and EMS appreciates our businesses and homeowners making their homes and businesses more fire safe by installing fire alarms. Early detection and warning systems aid the fire department by catching trouble in the early stages. Our response time can be decreased if you have a monitored fire alarm system. However, every year we respond to a significant number of false alarms.

 

We want to encourage everyone to maintain their systems in a functioning manner. The County has an ordinance that addresses false alarms. A false alarm means the activation of a signal from a fire alarm system that elicits a response from the fire department when there in fact is no emergency or actual or threatened emergency that necessitates such a response.

 

This definition includes, but is not limited to, any system activated as a result of weather, negligence, accident, mechanical failure, and electrical failure, and electrical surge, signals activated intentionally in non-emergency situations and signals where the actual cause of such activation is unknown.

There is a rebuttable presumption that an activated fire alarm signal is a false alarm if the responding personnel, after following normal procedures in their response and investigation, find no evidence of an emergency.

 

It is a violation of the County ordinance to cause, allow or permit three or more false alarms in any calendar year. no person shall intentionally make, turn in, or report a false alarm of fire or aid and abet in the commission of such an act.

 

For the third false alarm that occurs at the same premises within a calendar year, a fine of up to $100.00 shall be imposed upon each responsible party. For the fourth false alarm, a fine of up to $250.00 shall be imposed, and for the fifth and each subsequent false alarm, a fine of up to $1000.00 shall be imposed upon each responsible party. 

For information concerning fire alarms, please contact Lumpkin County Fire/Ems at 706-864-3030.

 

FEES AND CHARGES FOR INSPECTIONS & PLAN REVIEWS

This information is provided as a directive from the Fire Chief to ensure the uniform application of the Fire Codes.

INSPECTIONS AND PLAN REVIEWS

 

Plan review and construction fees:

  
Building less than or equal to 10,000 square foot gross floor area  $ 100.00
Building over 10,000 square foot gross floor area (per square foot)  $     .015

 

Inspection Fees: 80 % (cover-up), 100% are covered under the Construction permit with no additional charges.
   
First re-inspection $ 100.00
Second re-inspection $ 150.00
Certificate of Fire Safety Compliance (C/O) $ 100.00
Annual Fire Safety Inspection No Charge
Follow-up Fire Safety Inspection No Charge
First Fire Safety Re-Inspection $100.00
Subsequent Fire Safety Re-Inspections $150.00
Facility License Inspection (required by another agency)  $50.00
Fire Watch (per person per hour) $40.00
Fire Watch apparatus usage (per apparatus per hour) $150.00

                                      

Permit Fees:  
Blasting Permit (proof of insurance and copy of state license) $75.00
Fireworks Display (provide license and drawing) $75.00
Heated tar pots roofing operations $75.00
Installation and removal of underground tanks (per tank) $100.00
Installation of Fire Suppression Systems $100.00
(Hood Systems, Fire Alarm Systems, Sprinkler Systems, etc.)  
Special Event inspections $100.00
Storage of hazardous materials inspection $100.00
Copies of Documents (per page)   (plus fax or mailing costs) .25

Report Arson

Rewards of up to $10,000 are offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for arson. You can either call LCFD or visit the Georgia Arson Control site for more information. Remember , arson costs us all with lost lives, property and higher insurance rates.

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