annual report-2009.pdf - The City of Titusville, Florida

In 2009, smoke detectors
were present in only 54% of
structural fire calls.
Of detectors present, 1%
failed to signal occupants of
the presence of fire (due to
missing/dead batteries).
False Alarm Billings
$25,000
$23,200
$20,000
$17,980
$18,360
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
$13,250
$5,220
$1,050 $900
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
In 2009, the department
responded to a total of 295
false fire calls, resulting from
malicious intent calls or
malfunctioning automatic
fire alarms.
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