Hi, 1 - First I'm not the original Frank and whilst I do not stay far from "Rose Eedes" did not hear the alarm. 2 - Agree that Rose Eedes should have been approached in the first instance whether they were okay and than to discuss the problem. ONW recommends that you meet and exchange contact details with your neighbours. 3 - Siren duration is normally set for 3 minutes (Saidsa by-law 25 <http://www.saidsa.co.za/download.htm>required internal siren to be set for at least a minimum 3 minutes). Generally installers do not exceed a maximum of 7 minutes, but I cannot find the ruling on which this is/was based. It depends also on dBa level and area. 4 - Seeing the event was over two weeks ago this was likely a positive alarm activation, opposed to a false alarm and/or system has been seen to. 5 - An ADT (or nay other) alarm sign does NOT mean that they installed and maintain the alarm. Installers, monitoring rooms and armed response can be different firms.
Regards, Frank S On 22 June 2010 08:59, Jonathan Endersby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I think you'll find Frank is possibly one of the most neighbourly > people in Observatory. He works tirelessly with NAG and SAPS to keep > unruly clubs in check, does ONW patrols etc. I'm pretty sure he's had > a look to see if it's obvious why the alarm is going off. > > Just thought I should give the situation some perspective. > > J. > > > On 22 June 2010 08:45, Walsh, Carys <[email protected]> wrote: > > Surely the concern should be why the alarm is going off - not how long or > how annoying it is? I mean aren't we all meant to be part of a neighbourhood > watch? Complaining about people's alarms going off instead of trying to find > out why doesn't seem very neighbourly - but that could just be me! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Trevor Hughes > > Sent: 22 June 2010 08:38 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [obsnw] Noise pollution > > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Rose Eedes, the estate agents across the way in Station rd, their alarm > has > >> just gone off twice in a row. > >> The alarm blares for 8 WHOLE MINUTES each time, surely there has to be a > >> regulation on how long an alarm may go off for. > >> > > > > Get Rose Eedes number - can't be too hard to get - and call her at 4 > > in the morning to tell her alarm is going off > > > > If it only went off twice for 8 minute each time consider yourself > > lucky - I have heard alarms that go off continuously for much longer > > than that where I live. > > > > Trev > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally > privileged. 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