FORCE – The Police Force in charge
The “Force” column is the name of the local constabulary.
FALSE – False Alarm Threshold Allowance
The ‘False’ column is the number of false alarms different Police Forces will attend before Police response will be withdrawn.
NB: Some Police Forces state ‘3un 5conf’, this means that Police response will be withdrawn after 3 false alarms for unconfirmed systems (systems installed pre-2002; when the DD243 Standard was introduced) or Police response is withdrawn after 5 false alarms for systems that can give confirmation.
LVL2 – Unable to give confirmation
The ‘LVL2’ column indicates whether systems unable to give confirmation (& fitted post-DD243) will get a Police response if Police resources are available (Level 1 always takes precedence).
PA – Personal Attack Flase Alarms
The ‘PA’ column indicates how many personal attack false alarms are permitted before Police response is withdrawn.
COMBI – Combine Intruder and PA
The ‘Combined’ column indicates whether a particular Police Force issues 1 or 2 URNs for Police calling systems that incorporate both personal attack and an intruder alarm.
LETTER – Warning Letter Allowance
The ‘LETTER’ column indicates when a warning letter will be issues on the case of a false alarm.
ZERO – Industry use only
Zeroing/Reduction of false calls for Industry use only.
NB: The word ‘Indi’ means each alarm is treated individually.
| Force | False | LVL2 | PA | Combi | Letter | Zero |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon & Somerset | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Bedfordshire | 3 | 5 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Cambridgeshire | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Cheshire | 3 | 2 | 1st Call | Zero | ||
| Cleveland | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Cumbria | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Derbyshire | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Devon & Corn | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | -2 | ||
| Dorset | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Durham | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Dyfed-Powys | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Essex | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Gloucestershire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| GMP | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Gwent | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Hampshire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Hertfordshire | 3 | 2 | 1st Call | Zero | ||
| Humberside | 3 | 2 | 1st Call | Zero | ||
| Kent | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Lancashire * | 5 | 5 | 2nd Call | N/A | ||
| Leicestershire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Lincolnshire | 3 | 2 | BOTH | 2nd Call | -2 | |
| London Met | 3un 5conf | 2 | 2nd Call | -2 | ||
| London City | 3un 5 conf | 2 | 2nd Call | -2 | ||
| Merseyside | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Norfolk | 3 | 3 | BOTH | 2nd Call | Zero | |
| Northamptonshire | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | -2 | ||
| Northumbria ** | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| North Wales | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| North Yorkshire | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Nottinghamshire | 3 | 2 | N/A | |||
| PSNI** | 3 | 2 | 1st Call | Zero | ||
| South Wales | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | |||
| South Yorkshire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Staffordshire | 3 | 3 | BOTH | 2nd Call | -2 | |
| Suffolk | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | |||
| Surrey | 3 | 2 | Zero | |||
| Sussex | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Thames Valley | 3 | 2 | 1st Call | Zero | ||
| Warwickshire | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | -2 | ||
| West Mercia | 3 | 2 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| West Midlands | 3 | 2 | BOTH | 2nd Call | N/A | |
| West Yorkshire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Zero | ||
| Wiltshire | 3 | 3 | 2nd Call | Indi |
* Lancashire is deferring any changes until circa 18 months time when they plan to bring in a new Command and Control.
