We recently added a fire alarm by-law so we can recover costs from owners and tenants who set off false alarms as we were getting charges from the NSW fire brigade. The tenant was charged via their real estate agent. The matter was take to the tribunal and we were successful, however on appeal we lost. The tribunal would not accept a stat dec from the building manger who was in the building at the time. Unfortunately the fire brigade report in this instance didn’t note the apartment but just the cause of the alarm. We are now discussing what to do. The owner argues they can’t be held responsible as they’ve vetted their tenant properly. Looks like we will have to wear this one and get harder on the fire brigade to ensure we get the correct information.