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  2. Glass breaker - Wikipedia

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    Handheld glass breaker with a built-in seatbelt cutter.. A glass breaker is a hand tool designed to break through a window glass in an emergency. It is a common safety device found in vehicles to aid in the emergency extrication of occupants from a vehicle, as well as in some buildings.

  3. Fire alarm system - Wikipedia

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    Manually actuated devices, also known as fire alarm boxes, manual pull stations, or simply pull stations, break glass stations, and (in Europe) call points, are installed to be readily located (usually near the exits of a floor or building), identified, and operated. They are usually actuated using physical interaction, such as pulling a lever ...

  4. Manual fire alarm activation - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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  6. Kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...

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  8. Knox Box - Wikipedia

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    A Knox Box is a small, wall-mounted safe that holds building keys for fire departments, emergency medical services, and sometimes police to retrieve in emergency situations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term "Knox-Box" is a brand name for such products produced by the American company Knox Associates, which does business as The Knox Company.

  9. 'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts ...

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    “This is ‘break glass in case of emergency’ level stuff,” said Allison Plyer, chief demographer at The Data Center, a research nonprofit based in New Orleans.