Patent ID: 7408477

Claim:
A fire alarm pull station comprising: a pull station body; a fire alarm switch switching an electrical signal to actuate a fire alarm and residing in the pull station body; a handle accessible and user actuatable from the exterior of the pull station body to actuate the fire alarm switch; a pull station cover attached to the pull station body and residing over the handle, wherein the pull station cover has a cover closed position preventing access to the handle, and the pull station cover has a cover open position allowing access to the handle; a cover latch biased to engage the pull station cover when the pull station cover is opened to prevent closing the pull station cover, the cover latch disengagable from the pull station cover to allow the pull station cover to be closed, the disengaging of the latch cover from the pull station cover requiring using one selected from a tool and a key; and a pull station alarm configured to actuate when the pull station cover moves from the cover closed position to the cover open position and configured to require at least one of a set consisting of a tool and a key to de-actuate.