The fire service says charging businesses for repeated bogus alarms would protect resources.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service says almost half its callouts between April 2021 and March 2022 were unnecessaryCharging businesses whose fire alarms trigger repeated false call-outs would protect resources for people in danger, a chief fire officer has said.Crews were called to nearly 7,600 incidents in the year to March 2022, almost half were unnecessary.
North Yorkshire and York's police, fire and crime panel was told the ability to charge had always been an option but the brigade had made the policy clearer due to "repeat offenders".
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