How to Reset a Fire Alarm Pull Station

Every day, hundreds of firefighters, maintenance personnel, and other workers in the fire safety industry are put to the task of figuring out how to reset a pulled fire alarm pull station. With dozens of different types, brands, and models of pull stations this process can be difficult for those with little experience with this equipment. This video goes over some of the most common, and uncommon fire alarm pull stations and shows how each is pulled and reset.
To save time in the video, I did not show every single model of pull station I have (we'd probably be here a while) but after watching 17 minutes of this, I'd imagine the process becomes self-explanatory. Thank you for viewing!
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[@Asmith-1111]

Thank you for serving as a firefighter sir.

[@kmk5239]

Fun fact for those who didn’t know: the BG-10 was released in 1983, and the BG-12 was released in 1999.

[@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign]

Another fun fact: The BG12 series has been in production longer then the BG10 series.

[@Alawi737]

what about? every pull station

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[@CivilDefenseSoutherner]

I knew that as well-these alarms never get old! I personally thought the Fire-Lite BG-12 came out in the late-2000s after I was born…

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Getting to emergencies is very important

[@marcelwiegman6134]

either this video or the 2021 new years video was my favorite

[@gregcurtis7549]

Thank you! An alarm station at our Makerspace was knocked open last year, and we couldn't figure out how to reset it. We just taped it shut and that's been ok. Today someone accidentally pulled one, and I found this reset video, and you had one of ours (the Simplex at 5:10) and I got them both fixed today.

[@FireBladeStudios]

At my moms shop there is a fire riser room with a wheelock alarm outside

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Keep in mind, Do not tape it again that's illegal.

[@kmk5239]

14:04 that is the model they use in my church.

[@district42gamingyoutube83]

hi from the uk i have a kac callpoint

[@glitteringrose21]

I recognize the notifier pull. They used it in the elementary and middle schools in my old district. The simplex “push in and pull down” they had in the middle school when I moved to a new district, and then the T pull they used in the junior high and high school.

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[@J19_vlogger74]

Remember to never pull the fire alarm unless there's a fire

[@jamesmccrackyn9160]

Or if you have permission to do it for a fire drill

[@IzzyBill]

@@jamesmccrackyn9160nope. Not even then. Pulling a fire alarm pull station will notify the fire department. Drills use a command that only sets off the fire bell.

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You have a lot more pull stations then I do with pull stations and fire alarms

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This was helpful fire alarm collecting is my hobby I just got a simplex t-bar

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[@dangramm8853]

Great video. FYI, the Gamewell/FCI pull station at 10:48 is actually made by Signal Communications (SigCom) in Woburn, MA. These can be branded under many different names as is the one you have, and can be single or dual action, toggle or momentary switch and can include a glass bar visible through the open window below the T-handle.

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Cool!

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Timestamps 01. 01:00 Simplex T-Bar 02. 01:33 Notifier BNG-1 03. 02:33 Siemens MSI-20B 04. 03:06 EST FX-278 05. 04:15 Gamewell Century 06. 05:10 Simplex Chevron 07. 05:58 Ansul Fire Suppression Discharge 08. 06:34 FCI MS2 09. 07:06 Fire-Lite/Notifier BG10 10. 07:51 Gamewell M69 11. 09:11 Thorn B5 12. 09:49 Fire-Lite/Notifier BG6 13. 10:07 ADT 5060-S 14. 10:22 Faraday 10123-4 15. 10:48 FCI Gamewell Pull Station 16. 12:01 Fire-Lite/Notifier BG12 17. 12:29 ADT Pull Station 18. 13:26 Life Safety MS-51U 19. 14:01 Autocall 4050-001T 20. 14:38 STI Push Station 21. 15:30 Pull Station Cover Stopper

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FCI MS6

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FCI Ms6

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But the model number of it at 07:02 is an FCI-MS2

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Something about a tbar on it's appropriate backbox, it just looks cool

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13:29 that pull station is somewhat often featured on pickle700s channel. Usually they have English and French lettering

[@Bobbybearhug251]

If you want more fire alarms run through the fire alarm store to buy your own fire alarms so I'm going to get an FCI MS2 it's dual action okay you need a lift it just said left pole fire alarm and it's a life safety Ms 51 and it's just so far like bg6 and it's because it's just an f c i m s 6 and it's a Notifier obituaries it's a Notifier bg12lx it's because they have a game well I'm 69 that's a game well M60 9 it's because that's how you need to hold down too hard and use a little hex can just push it and it just slide to cover down and otherwise all of them has any buttons and this one at the Starbucks Legend This one sure doesn't this one does and this one

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@@Bobbybearhug251ah yes, let me make a quick stop at the fire alarm store, as one does

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hi s.e.r. safety this helps so much and i love your videos iv have seen almost all your videos

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[@EdwardBlueEngine]

I think you are the better fire alarm collector

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This is my favorite

[@FourtyFiftyEighty]

I just got like 30 Siemens rebranded zns / zrs and unboxing it felt like one of your massive unboxing vids lol

[@ArmTheCreative]

This video saved the day today at a big chain gym.

[@KJadventures-kd8li]

6:37 i have that at my elementary school and its the same brand and the same look so its kind of cool to hear the words “its becoming pretty uncommon” and i can see

[@an_official_scratcher_alt]

The west wing at my middle school has these 2:31, i believe its an addressable system. And the east wing has these 6:34, its a conventional system. Fun Fact: The west wing has Seimens (I believe rebranded) LED horn/strobes, and the east wing has Vibratone horn onlys and a grey 7002 horn. Seimens system is on code 3 and the FCI system is on continuous. Funny enough the east wing doesent have many smokies given its unsprinklered, though the 2 kitchens have Edwards recalled heat detectors every like 5 feet, XD. West campus has smoke detectors virtually EVERYWHERE which is actually suprising given that its sprinklered. Althoug the east campus was built in 1962 and was originally used as a high school, and the west campus was built in I believe 2014 maybe 2015, could be entirely different years for as far as i know. Just has to be within 2010 - 2020. One of the MS-2's at the front door is in the dual action variant but is missing the lift part, XD. Unsure what happened to it, it probably got stolen or something. (TO KZbin: I DO NOT COMMIT CRIMES, DO NOT COME AFTER ME.) Not so suprising that the pull at the entrance got accidentally pulled TWICE, its a crowded area, they put an STI Stopper on it, after they did it it WENT OFF AGAIN. Either a duct smoke or the stopper did no good.

[@GladiatorGladiator2023]

I have both the fire Lite version plus Notifier bg-12 and quick question can you get the fire-lite bg-12 as white I'm so darn curious

[@intotheabyss5528]

Very helpful video!!

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I don't know why but this is really cool

[@annonymous-uj8ue]

does fire light have the same model as notifier or did notifier company later rebrand, also for the cover are you saying the pull station itself makes noise too or is it just cause an alarm is close to it typically

[@retrofication]

The brand “SIEMENS” gets me every time 😂

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Without the "i" and The last "S" in SIEMENS, I'll give the comment a like.

[@tvman5546]

1:00 oh I love that pull station

[@Jimmy06blue]

I’m starting my fire alarm collection pretty soon I just got my first pull station now I need a fire alarm

[@Petmaster_100]

10:51 they should call it the gamewell T-bar!

[@alexandersalarms5380]

Thanks for these tutorials grant I think they are important for people new to learning fire alarm systems

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I collect fire alarms too and I love fire alarms and other kinds of alarms

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In the music building at MTSU, I found BG-6's still in use.

[@ShockingTips]

Does the Bg-10 have a special key hex key? I've tried both standard and metric and it's bigger than 3mm but smaller than 4

[@jaxsonsalcido1145]

For some reason I like the bg 12 notifier and the push one

[@mapy2600]

Hey! Your an amazing youtuber, after i watched a few of your videos, now im obbsesed with them! I so far have a wheelock fire alarm strobe, and a simplex. Im pretty young, but still this is an amazing hobby, you taught we a lot!

[@KG-mx5su]

12:42 if you pause at the time mark on that alarm when pulled is says operated.

[@Lighting_chris11]

Dude thx now I can test it

[@leac8258]

notifier is my favorite

[@TINYKITTEN-kz8pk]

Like that pull from top pull station

[@OmegaHellHound543]

14:01 those are very common here, but they’re going out. All my schools currently use them, but they’re going to BG12s

[@dillontaylor8350]

Very radical! My favorite pull station out of all of them would be the Msi\20b.

[@FaFromCastle]

It’s FCI

[@harri7773]

@@FaFromCastle nope

[@larrymorris6465]

The msi20b was at my elementary school

[@dillontaylor8350]

@@larrymorris6465 same here

[@NyxKemo]

@@FaFromCastle no its made by siemens and the model is msi-20b

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

I have seen the sti push station before but only on a specific building I used to go to

[@lumenfirealarms]

What an awesome video! I hope you can add more pull stations on your store!! I will definitely buy more models!! Stay safe and have fun!! ...

[@carsonpergar7689]

I saw a BG 6 in a warehouse and in a dentist office today. They both had the weelock 7002t's.

[@Exit911YT]

I noticed some people just Key Activate Fire Alarm Systems while testing the System sometimes.

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I love fire alarms

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Quick question for you show me the storm chasing One time this is just a question .

[@GabetheSlacker]

I've never seen the STI push stations in buildings before, so I guess we can say those things a pretty rare to find in a building.

[@ArcadiysTrash]

I am going to get a t bar pull station soon, I will make a video on it when I get it🙂 Edit, I got the pull station!

[@Vigilance108]

I Got A BG-10

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0:46 pull, reset it and run was funny

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[@Roxxofoxxo]

Great vid Grant!!! I found the pull station at 6:00 really interesting and really neat tbh!

[@Flaredamonk]

I seen one of those fire stop sign Push before

[@FerroequinologistofColorado]

Could you show the reset procedure for on of the prison fire pull stations that are key activated?

[@theblueexitsign8249]

Just open it with the key or tool and flip the switch and close it. If it’s a button then just close it again. Kinda like a simplex t bar

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My middle school has some of those STI Push Stations but they're in yellow I think therefore General notification use

[@achannelwithnopurpose1977]

@S.E.R. Safety do insurance bonds cover accidents over fire alarm systems that are caused by people who are supervised by a nicet certified person. Like say an inspector gives me the authorization to pull the fire alarm for a test or drill (like for an inspection job shadow) but the hardware (like the sti stopper) falls to pieces. Does insurance cover that? Apparently my school used to let me pull the fire alarm for a drill. Now they claim they cant let me do so anymore yet im competent and other people around the us (like you) get to pull the alarm for a drill (how this means anything is nfpa is a national code). Nfpa states as long as a competent certified person supervises, people can work on the system if needed (i assume thats for apprentices with master electricians). Im not even trying to login to the panel (Panel is a 4100u).

[@NyxKemo]

For the STI push station ive seen them at my local gas station for the emergency shutoff and they are yellow

[@silviacenteno3708]

Yeah ive seen those too

[@larrymorris6465]

@Silvia Centeno Same here but I seen a yellow stopper over it

[@NyxKemo]

@@larrymorris6465 the ones i see also have a yellow stopper over them

[@mrelijeli]

Ive seen some waterparks repurpose the push station as a launch button

[@undiagnosedmattisim7057]

I actually have seen a sti push station in a building my mom used to work at a YMCA and in the indoor pool room there was a general emergency button on the wall

[@EdwardBlueEngine]

Do you think you can make a fire alarm pull station power a light when you pull it

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WowLove pool stations and fire alarms they are so cool and I like to protect my family with it

[@jasminejohnston6393]

When she was a kid, my great aunt mistook a pull station for a gum ball machine and woke up everyone in a hotel early in the morning. The fire marshal was not happy to hear what had happened!

[@alarmtech5909]

I feel this should be made known. I recognize this Gamewell-FCI Pull Station. About 7 years ago I had got one similar to this brand new in box for christmas. (Ademco branded with Model number 5140-MPS1) The inside was different in which mine had a button. Please be observant about the pull station. It could be a button or it could be a switch (as seen here).

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Fun fact Grant I saw the yes EST FX - 278BAnd also an EST genesis at BJ’s at Massachusetts

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Nice video! But you forgot the 270 spo

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This is my fav video

[@mr.meepsalot4947]

Hello I’m a 11 year old kid and I wanted your opinion on something so I love fire alarms and I’m going to be buying a pull station here soon and I wanted to know what you think would be better so these are the 2 I like The Honeywell FireLite BG-12S And The 2099-9759 SIMPLEX What do you think is better out of those two??

[@planeguyig]

14:48 My school has that but it says lockdown and it’s blue with a cover

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Very cool!

[@ArcadiysTrash]

I have simplex 4903 alarms at my school. We also have 2 truealerts. And a few vintage horns. Pull stations: Simplex t bar. Every area of your school you see simplex t bars. In the first grade area there is a simplex chevron. It may or may not work. Also at our firehouse subs there is a vintage pull box.

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nice collection

[@thespecialgamer3766]

some of the simplex T-Bar pull stations use a hex key

[@Historyofiraniankingdom]

Excellent

[@DanTDMJace]

I know this is not a topic on the video, but the older Radionics fire alarm system at my Walmart had Edwards Integerties, but the system got upgraded and now they are all L-Series. However, there is one General Notification integerty by an employee door, but I’m not sure what it’s for. It has a blue strobe btw.

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Probably for notifying police as yellow strobes would be used to notify hospital staff while blue strobes would notify police.

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@@brinegamersproductionsmedia yellow strobe is amber/alert

[@michaelhartman2199]

I’ve ordered a simplex t bar

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I saw the Edwards 278B 1120 at BJ’s in Massachusetts

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Did you have a simplex 4051 no strobe light

[@Petmaster_100]

So cool!!!

[@TrentonSkinner-tc6xk]

As a junior firefighter myself our high school has had a few situations where kids, some I know have pulled the fire alarm. I was at our firehouse because I can’t run with them yet but a friend of mine got himself in huge trouble

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

The sti stopper can help protect the pull station

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I know a building near me with Fire-Lite BG-6 pull stations

[@floridianboi6243]

I have the bg8 and the simplex t bar and a wheelock NS

[@wildtraingamer3146]

You should do a fire alarm test but with the addressable game well century and and the seimens mt on low frequency sound

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My mom‘s work building has one of those fire push alarms

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I seen a sti push station but it was used as a emergency shut off

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But were at 40k

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My local JC Penny has m69s and one silent knight pull

[@maryannc5550]

Good morning. We have 3 Fire-Lite BG12LO manual fire alarm boxes. The locks cannot open because of corrosion. Our alarm company wants $700.00 to replace them. Is there any way we could use something to loosen the lock? Thank you.

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Good vidéo !

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Way back i saw the rare to find one

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My favorite is BG 6

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My school has these est genesis horn strobes and the Edward's pull stations.

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S.e.r safety is there a way to fix my bg-10 spring