Fire Pull Station Ink
If your building or facility utilizes simplexgrinnell manual pull stations to provide protection against a fire you need to make sure each station is outfitted with a break rod that can be used to signal the presence of a fire.
Fire pull station ink. Grainger s got your back. Simplex 2099 9800 wire pull station guard 69 99 add to cart. Because the dye is vegetable based it s safe if swallowed and can be used in every application including schools residential buildings healthcare facilities industrial facililties and correctional facilities. When somebody pulls the fire alarm they re usually talking about fire alarm pull stations.
40 50 pull stations depending on the amount applied to each pull station. Edwards est siga 270 single action pull station 95 00 add to cart. Simply apply a small amount of gel to pull station handles. Fire alarm pull station.
There is no ink in the fire alarm pull stations. Simplex 454 101 switch keys set of 2 12 00 add to cart. In its simplest form the user activates the alarm by pulling the handle down which completes a circuit and locks the handle in the activated position sending an alarm to the fire alarm control panel. Tamper dye for fire alarms.
I have reset numerous alarms in my career and never had ink or dye on my hands or fingers. A fire alarm pull station is an active fire protection device usually wall mounted that when activated initiates an alarm on a fire alarm system. Stopper ii sti 1230 pull station cover w o horn w spacer 59 99 add to cart. They say that to keep kids from pulling them.
One case was in a school many years ago early 70 s when. Reduce false alarms and catch the culprit blue handed. One syringe covers approx. Looking for kidde fire alarm pull station red 3 5 8 d 405f22.
I have heard of some pull stations being marked with a dye when there were numerous false alarms. It is an old wives tale about the ink. Once pulled the handle will stay down so the fireman me knows which station has been pulled. The reason some fire alarms depending how sophisticated and advanced the alarm system is squirt ink is due to the fact that say for example some decides to pull the fire alarm at a school it.
Description simplex 2099 9804 replacement break rod 25pk 0750022. When the handle is pulled the culprit s hand will get covered with the blue color and be immediately identifiable. This gel like vegetable based tamper dye is used to reduce vandalism and false alarms. The small plastic rod is put there to hold the handle in the up position tills it is pulled.
For more than 50 years some form of these typically red boxes have been found on the walls of most large buildings in the united states. Simplex 252 019 b key cat 30 fire alarm key 5 00 add to cart.