How Do You Pull A Fire Alarm?
• Find a nearby pull station. A pull station is the device found on the wall with instructions such as “pull down”. • Pull the lever on the pull station. • If the pull station is dual action, depending on the pull station, you have to either lift or push in a panel or smash a piece of glass, then pull the lever. • If there is a liftable cover on the pull station, lift the cover and then pull the lever on the pull station. The pull station cover might sound a local alarm, but it doesn’t set off the building’s fire alarm system. To set off the building’s fire alarm system, you have to pull the lever. NOTE: Some older systems have break glass stations. These have a striker plate with spikes which breaks a glass sheet, releasing a button within the station To activate one of these, simply:. • • Find the nearest station. • Using the side of your clenched fist, forcefully strike the plate that rests in front of the glass sheet. • Sometimes the glass gets so old it thickens and might not brea
