Re: fire alarm pull station squirt dye question

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

G. Morgan wrote:
> autonut843 wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> When I was in grammar school about 30 years ago the rumor was that if
>> you pulled a fire alarm, ink or dye would squirt out to mark who
>> pulled the alarm.  Nobody had ever actually seen it, but that was the
>> rumor.  So I was wondering who made the pull station, is it still
>> available, etc.   Searching the web it looks like it is still a pretty
>> widely believed rumor.  But I can't find a pull station manufactured
>> by anybody that actually does anything like that.  I think it's just
>> an urban legend.  But I figured if anybody would be able to point me
>> to an actual pull station that did that (now or ever), one of you
>> would.
>>
>> I found the tamper dye to put on the handle itself.
>> http://safetymedia.com/detail.aspx?ID=302
>> but that's not what the rumor was about.  The rumor was about a pull
>> station that sprayed the vandal.
>
>
> Pretty sure that was just urban myth, spread by the schools to keep kids away
> from the pull stations.  Sorta like the non-existent chemical for pools that
> turns the water purple if you pee in it.
>

This Snopes page addresses both rumors.