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The point can be used to break glass on a car or building for access or ventilation. [14] It can also be driven into a roof to provide a foothold for firefighters engaged in vertical ventilation. The fork end is routinely used to shut off gas meter valves. The Halligan can be used as a step to get up on a window that is at head level. [15]
An earthquake valve (or seismic valve) is an automatic method to shut off the low pressure regulated gas supply to a structure during a major earthquake and/or if a pipe is broken. These are applicable both to utility-supplied natural gas and to gas from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
In Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, pull stations are generally not used; instead, a manual call point is used, which is usually referred to as an MCP, call point, break-glass point, or Fire Point within the fire protection industry and as a "transmitter" in Japan. They are used to allow building occupants to signal that a fire or other ...
With the gas shut off to the entire building, they will have to wait until the gas line is repaired to reopen. Steve Till, the general manager for the Petroleum Club, said the restaurant was open ...
A shutdown valve (also referred to as SDV or emergency shutdown valve, ESV, ESD, or ESDV; or safety shutoff valve) is an actuated valve designed to stop the flow of a hazardous fluid upon the detection of a dangerous event. This provides protection against possible harm to people, equipment or the environment.
Nearly a year after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft, Boeing says it has made strides improving safety for airline passengers. The company announced Friday that it ...
A redundant safety feature perversely became a source of danger last Saturday, when the plug filling an unused mid-cabin emergency exit door popped off of the left side of Alaska Airline Flight ...
Crash bar doors in a school, with upper vertical rod latches. A crash bar (also known as a panic exit device, panic bar, or bump bar) [1] [2] is a type of door opening mechanism which allows users to open a door by pushing a bar.