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8.1.2.4.2 Municipal System

A municipal system is an alarm system run by a municipality and distinguished by

“pull boxes” directly connected to the re emergency response units. ese systems,

also called public alarm reporting systems, were popular decades ago because it

would otherwise have been dicult to contact the re department through lack of

available phones and interconnected networks. Although such a system provides a

direct connection to the emergency responders, these systems were susceptible to

malicious false alarms. With the advent of ubiquitous networks and the availabil-

ity of phones, very few municipalities maintain public alarm reporting sys ...