Fire Alarm Pull Station Height Requirements

17 14 1 2 manual pull stations for initiating other than fire alarm shall be permitted if the devices are differentiated from the manual fire alarm boxes by a color other than red and labeling.

Fire alarm pull station height requirements.

Manual fire alarm boxes pull stations the height of the manual fire alarm boxes shall be a minimum of 42 inches and a maximum of 54 inches measured vertically from the floor level to the activating handle or lever of the box. Alarms should initiate by manual fire alarm boxes commonly called pull stations 14 3 4 2 1 and 15 3 4 2 1 but the code allows for the exclusion of manual boxes in some spaces such as laboratories and cafeterias serviced by an automatic sprinkler system or other detection devices 14 3 4 2 3 1 and 15 3 4 2 3 1. Manual fire alarm boxes shall be red in color. Manual pull station requirements as per nfpa 72 posted on june 27 2018 by gsurface the requirements for manual pull stations as per nfpa 72 are pretty trivial and straight forward.

In this article we explain how the ada s requirements allow people with visual impairments and wheelchair users to safely travel through a building and defend themselves when a fire breaks out.