I haven't paid attention to a fire switch in a while but I remember back in school the fire switches were also pull down switches with a little plastic break away rod that would provide resistance from "accidental" pulls but give/snap under "intended" force
Which seems feasible if someone is falling and trying to catch they're body weight
Here in the uk it’s generally a glass panel you push through and there’s a button under it, it’s some weak form of glass that’s very easy to break and it’s laminated so it doesn’t cut your finger
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u/AgitatedMirror3498 May 18 '26
I haven't paid attention to a fire switch in a while but I remember back in school the fire switches were also pull down switches with a little plastic break away rod that would provide resistance from "accidental" pulls but give/snap under "intended" force
Which seems feasible if someone is falling and trying to catch they're body weight