Delaware Administrative Code
Title 1 - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
700 - Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission
703 - Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Testing and Sales of Signaling Systems, Fire Protection Systems and Fire Extinguishers
Chapter 8 - Licensing and Reporting Requirements for Central Station and Remote Station Services
Section 703-8-1.0 - General

1.1 Purpose. To establish minimum requirements for the licensing of companies, firms, and individuals who offer for sale, sell, contract for, or lease or provide central station or remote station services for fire protection systems; to establish minimum requirements for the reporting, identification, and designation of protected properties with central station or remote station services, in order to provide to all emergency services an identifiable location that will provide accurate and direct location and/or direction at the time emergency services are needed at the protected property location.

1.2 Scope. In addition to the nationally recognized codes and standards as adopted and/or modified by these Regulations, this Regulation establishes minimum requirements for the licensing and reporting requirements for central station and remote station services, fire protection monitoring services, and individuals, firms, organizations, or businesses by any other name which monitor any fire alarm signaling system, fire suppression system, or any fire protection system with an objective of receiving alarms from protected properties and then transmitting the alarm to a fire dispatch center or fire department.

1.3 Application. The licensing requirements of this Chapter apply to all companies, firms, or individuals who offer for sale, sell or provide central station or remote station services to protected properties. The reporting requirements of this Chapter apply to central station, remote station, or monitoring station services for protected properties that do not have an identifiable, permanent building number or street address.