PASS Alarm
name: label: maker
content: Antenna Specialists Company
notes: label: Description
content: Description: The Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) alarm was part of a Scott Pak breathing apparatus that was used in the recovery efforts after September 11, 2001.
label: Description
content: Context: Firefighters carry PASS alarms to notify others if they have fallen or been trapped. Worn on the belt or attached to a coat, the PASS alarm will begin beeping if the firefighter is no longer standing upright. The alarm may only be shut off manually. Throughout the news coverage of September 11, 2001, PASS alarms could be heard throughout the day, until their batteries finally ran out.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: used
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, World Trade Center
topic: label: associated subject
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: Attack on the World Trade Center
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, 9/11
label: See more items in
content: September 11
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0129.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0129
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0129.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Alarm