How to Pull a Fire Alarm

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a nearby pull station.

   A pull station is the device found on the wall with instructions such as "pull down".
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   Step 2: 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. , 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 break from the impact of your fist, and you obviously don't have time to locate a bodybuilder.
   
   Therefore you might have to hit it several more times, kick the station, or use something with more heft (bookbag, baseball bat, etc).
   
   If that still does not work, you'll have to find another pull station in a safe location quickly. , These are much larger than normal pull stations and have a gear mechanism that is wound up when pulled.
   
   This mechanism pulses a code (ex.:1-4-2) to the horns/bells that building security would use to determine where the fire is.
   
   Find the nearest pull station The lever in these pull stations will go back up, so don't go crazy pulling it over and over, it works just fine.
   
   However, these pull stations only transmit four rounds of code before resetting themselves, so you might need to pull it more than once if security doesn't come right away, and preferably tell somebody about the fire after pulling a second time. , they will more likely have what are called call points.
   
   These look like pull stations but instead use a thin piece of glass to hold the button in.
   
   Simply:
   Locate the nearest call point.
   
   Press your thumb on the center dot (usually with an "X" or "O" in it), breaking the glass and releasing the button. ,
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   Step 3: If the pull station is dual action

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   Step 4: depending on the pull station

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   Step 5: you have to either lift or push in a panel or smash a piece of glass

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   Step 6: then pull the lever.

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   Step 7: If there is a cover on the pull station

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   Step 8: lift the cover and then pull the lever on the pull station.

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   Step 9: Some older systems have break glass stations.

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    Step 10: Sometimes (not very often)

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    Step 11: old systems will have coded pull stations.

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    Step 12: If you are in Europe

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    Step 13: the UK

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    Step 14: Australia

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    Step 15: or on a majority of large seagoing vessels (cruise ships

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    Step 16: ferries

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    Step 17: charter boats

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    Step 18: riverboat casinos

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    Step 19: If there are no pull stations in the building or you don't know where they are

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    Step 20: go to a desk or office to report the fire

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    Step 21: or tell a nearby employee.

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