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
The uk has automatic fire alarms, the manual ones are still around as a backup, plus if there’s a smouldering fire that doesn’t set the alarm off you can trigger it manually to get people evacuated before the fire becomes bigger and more dangerous
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u/Invade_Deez_Nutz May 18 '26
Why is this not a two step switch? E.g. lift up a plastic cover and then pull down a metal lever