Manual Call Point Fire Alarm
A fire alarm call point (also referred to as a red manual call point or a break-glass call point) is essentially a small box, mounted on a wall which contains a button or a lever that allows you to manually trigger the fire alarm in a building.
Description
They are an essential part of any building’s fire detection system, as they can:
alert everyone inside to a potential fire danger by sounding the alarm
get the evacuation process started as quickly as possible
sound the alarm even if the automated detection system has failed
notify the fire alarm control panel about the area where the fire is
alert the fire services about the fire (can be done manually or automatically)
activate the smoke management system
If you happen to uncover a fire at work, sounding the fire alarm using a manual call point is the fastest way to get your colleagues’ attention and prompt them to get to safety. If the fire isn’t big enough to have triggered the automatic fire detection system, your proactive actions could help put the flames under control before the fire has had the chance to spread.
Once the manual call point has been used, it has to be reset manually, using a safety key to revert it back to its original state.
