Fire Safety Whistle
notes: label: Description
content: Description: This fire warden's whistle and badge were recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center.
label: Description
content: Context: Fire and emergency training is especially important in a high-rise building. In accordance with New York City Local Law 5, tenants of the World Trade Center were required to appoint safety teams for each floor they occupied. The Port Authority provided training and supplies, including a whistle, red cap, flashlight, and badge, for each floor warden. In addition, every tenant was required to participate in a fire drill at least once every six months.
label: Description
content: By most accounts, the evacuation of the World Trade Center buildings was quick and orderly. According to newspaper reports, 99 percent of the people below the points of impact survived, and at the time of collapse, the stairways were reported largely clear of building occupants. For those above the impact zones or trapped in elevators, however, there was no escape.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: recovery site
content: United States: New York, Fresh Kills
label: recovered
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: 2002.0238.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0238
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0238.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Whistle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.6 cm; 1 15/16 in x 1 in x 1 in