Charging for false alarms - a false economy or worse still?
In a bid to reduce false alarms we will face charges
As discussion amongst the industry continues, MyGARD's CEO, John Steel is determined to offer solutions rather than penalising the public.
Charging versus Changing - why the debate?
It is concerning to hear that fire services may soon implement a system of charging for responding to false alarms in a bid to avoid wasting public resource on unnecessary call outs. John Steel, MyGARD CEO does not believe that penalising people is the answer, he says "We should also be looking for ways to reduce these false alarms and free-up the resources of our over-burdened emergency services."
"All parties would benefit significantly by encouraging a more intelligent approach in responding to fire and burglar alarms. If both the fire and police services actively encouraged people to adopt proactive monitoring systems to verify fire and intruder threats it would free-up their resources to deal only with legitimate, emergency call-outs."
As the debate continues reassuring the public appears key, and taking action now to give people the peace of mind that they will get the response they need when it matters may be the answer.
