Re: Question for group on Pull stations?

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think one of the reasons that pull stations are required is because no one
single device can provide a 100 percent guarantee detection of a fire. Smoke
& heat detectors can fail at any given time, thus a pull station can be used
to manually trigger the alarm during egress.

I have seen many improvements in the application of fire alarms over the
years, such as strobes in all restrooms, and automatic fan shutdown.

Jim Rojas

"Nick Markowitz" <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi every one i am working on an article for Pa Fireman
> Magazine do you think manual pull stations are becomming obsolete should
> we
> still be installing them as back ups.
> Personally checking with many AHJ around me none can ever remember a pull
> station being pulled first in a fully protected building only a building
> which had just pull stations for protection  manual system .The smokes
> always activated first and pull stations were pulled after first alarm
> came
> in.
> mostly pull stations have been nothing more than false alarms for
> communitys. for that matter do buildings that have only pull stations no
> smokes give people a confidnce they think there fully protected  with a
> automatic fire system when there not.
>
> all comments are welcome even yours Robert.
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