New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 29 - NOISE CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7:29-1.4 - Stationary emergency signaling devices

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Testing of only the electromechanical functioning of a stationary emergency signaling device shall occur at the same time each day that a test is performed, but not before 8:00 A.M. or after 8:00 P.M. Any such testing shall only use the minimum cycle test time. Except as provided for in (b) below, such test time shall not exceed ten seconds.
(b) Testing of the complete emergency signaling system including the electromechanical functioning of the signaling device and the personnel response to the signal shall not occur more than once in each calendar month. Such testing shall not occur before 8:00 A.M. or after 8:00 P.M. The ten second time limit on the electromechanical functioning of the signaling device shall not apply to such system testing.
(c) Stationary emergency signaling devices shall be used only for testing in compliance with applicable provisions of these regulations and for emergency purposes where personnel and equipment are mobilized. Since personnel and equipment are mobilized during a weather emergency, emergency signaling devices may be utilized to announce a school closing resulting from a weather emergency.
(d) A stationary emergency signaling device used to alert firefighters, or other emergency services personnel of a fire or other emergency shall be located no closer than 250 feet from any elementary school or adjacent school yard or playground, except that this restriction shall not apply to any stationary emergency signaling device that is located on the premises of a fire station or other facility operated by a local fire department or force or first aid, rescue or emergency squad.
(e) The requirement of (d) above shall not apply to stationary emergency signaling devices placed in service before July 16, 1992 and located in municipalities with a population of less than 25,000 persons and with a population density of more than 2,500 persons per square mile, according to the latest Federal decennial census.
(f) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of restricting the use of a stationary emergency signaling device to alert the public of an emergency pursuant to the provisions of the emergency management act, P.L. 1942, c.251 (N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.), or any applicable Federal laws or regulations pertaining to emergency planning and preparedness. The requirements of this section do not apply to the use of stationary emergency signaling devices to warn the public or emergency personnel of a national or State emergency pursuant to the provisions of the emergency management act. This section only pertains to the use of stationary emergency signaling devices to alert local emergency services personnel and/or local citizens of a local emergency such as a fire. This section also does not apply when stationary emergency signaling devices are used or tested as part of the operations of the National Warning System, pursuant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Civil Preparedness Guide 1-16, or pursuant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Guide for the Evaluation of Alert and Notification Systems for Nuclear Power Plants, FEMA Rep. 10.
(g) A dual-purpose stationary emergency signaling device which is used to alert the public of a national or State emergency and which is also used to alert local emergency services personnel of local emergencies shall not be required to comply with 7:29-1.3(d), (e) and (f). If a dual purpose stationary emergency signaling device is used for local purposes, the device shall comply with all other provisions of this section.
(h) When operated or tested in accordance with the requirements of this section, stationary emergency signaling devices are not required to comply with the operational performance standards established at 7:29-1.2.