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22 Fire SyStemS inStallation www.securitysystemsnews.com february 2014 Industry battles village over monitoring Continued from page 1 commercial customers there. The village on Dec. 1 took over the wireless radio network fire alarm system previously owned and operated by the AlgonquinLake in the Hills Fire Protection District. The fre district can't operate the system any longer because of a federal appeals court ruling last summer. However, because the village is a municipality and not a fre district, it maintains the ruling does not apply to it, news reports say. The industry contests this interpretation. Kevin Lehan, executive director of the Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA), based here, said the village's action is an "end around." He said, "What they've done in Algonquin-Lake in the Hills is that they've transferred ownership of the equipment [to the village] but they're still mandating a monopoly and shutting off the private industry. This does not seem to comply in spirit or letter of the law. … It's a shame they won't allow the private industry to work ." He contends that the village is disregarding "what the federal court has recently and very clearly stated." Lehan was referring to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decision in August that favored ADT, ADS and other private TION STRA REGI OPEN SeCurITy SySTeMS NeWS For more detailed versions of stories in this section, go to: n WWW.SeCurITySySTeMSNeWS.CoM alarm companies. Those companies in 2010 sued the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District, which had passed an ordinance mandating that commercial and multi-residential businesses must contract solely with the district for fre alarm monitoring. Now, ADS has fled another lawsuit, this time against Algonquin Village, the fre protection district serving the village and Chicago Metropolitan Fire Prevention Co. of Elmhurst, Ill., an alarm vendor that works with public fre districts. SSN briscoe Continued from page 20 Recognizing that tight budgets prevent many nonprofts from being able to give bonuses to their employees, Briscoe does that for its nonproft customers with the annual Bert Briscoe Award, which can range from $250 to $1,000 for select nonproft employees. Briscoe also offers nonprofits extended 5-year equipment warranties on all completed new systems, unlimited replacement warranties on smoke detector parts included with full-term inspection agreements, and a secondary $7 million liability insurance policy. Briscoe also provides free training to any nonproft—customers or non-customers— on fire safety and changes or updates in New York City's fre code. Rueda said that because nonprofts have frequent staff turnover, they have to keep retraining staff about fre regulations, and that's where Briscoe comes in, providing the free training to nonprofts on site. SSN ontario Continued from page 20 go with the BEST Diamond Sponsor June 23 Music City Center, Nashville, TN www.esxweb.com Platinum Sponsors ® REGISTER your team for Deluxe Passes today and get full access to ESX. Prices increase March 31! have their smoke alarms and their carbon monoxide alarms actually maintained by a certifed fre alarm technician." He said the legislation was recently approved but details of when it will take effect and how it will be enforced are still pending. "We just got it enacted," Clemens said in early January. "It's still going through the province and no one is quite sure how to enforce it but they're still working with groups on how it's going to be implemented by the Ontario Fire Marshal, so we are closely watching and being part of that negotiation." Clemens said CFAA is "the only national organization currently in Canada that trains and registers fre alarm technicians" to meet such requirements. He said all provinces recognize the training. SSN