Craig – the best way to distinguish a fire alarm pull station from a manual release station is though very clear signage. If the risk associated with tripping the suppression system is big (as it often is – e.g. foam onto aircraft, expensive gas into room, etc.) then you can do a number of things, including: different colored releasing station from the fire alarm pull station; plastic cover over the releasing station; large fluorescent yellow sign above and/or around the releasing station with its purpose in large (3”) red letters; or any number of similar solutions. The point is that you’re right – in an emergency it’s hard to tell the difference so make it abundantly clear to the panicked individual. The small lettering on the releasing station itself won’t cut it in an emergency.
------------------- How would you distinguish a fire alarm pull station at an egress path from a system actuation manual pull station? In an emergency what person is going to stop to read and figure out which one does what? Craig L. Prahl Fire Protection Group Lead/SME CH2M 200 Verdae Blvd. Greenville, SC 29607 Direct - 864.920.7540 Fax - 864.920.7129 CH2MHILL Extension 77540 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Mark A. Sornsin, P.E. | Karges-Faulconbridge, Inc. | Fire Protection Engineer | Fargo, ND | direct: 701.552.9905 | mobile: 701.371.5759 | KFIengineers.com<http://www.kfiengineers.com> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________
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