Below is a glossary of fire alarm-related terms every enthusiast should be familiar with:
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ADA (pr.) - The American Dental Association, an organization dedicated to making sure your pearly whites are at least 75 candelas in brightness.
Class A (adj.) - Fire alarm circuits intended for direct human consumption.
Elevator recall (n.) - A term invented by the elevator industry to clutter search engines and draw attention away from actual safety recalls of elevator products.
End-of-line resistor (n.) - A retail customer who knows they have to wait in line, but wants to know if they can please just ask a quick question.
Fire drill (n.) - According to the general public, any red box on the wall that says “FIRE” in big letters.
Fire-retardant (n.) - A person who ignores the basic principles of fire safety.
Flow switch (n.) - Not to be confused with the Flo Switch, a device that gets you all the best deals at Progressive.com
NAC (n.) - An aptness at doing something. “I have a NAC for finding notification circuit troubles.”
Screw terminal (n.) - A device that will become popular in the 22nd century between the hours of 9 and 11PM.
Sprinkler (n.) - A form of coat rack commonly found in hotels, by drunk people.
STOPPER II (pr.) - A device used to trick the general public into thinking they’ve activated the fire alarm.
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Hope you all enjoyed reading, and feel free to add your own definitions - even if it’s for the same term.
SpectrAlert Advance: The one kid in front row at the movies who screeches and cries throughout the entire film and never gets reprimanded or kicked out.
Travis is such a SpectrAlert Advance when he doesn’t get his way, he almost broke the windows.
This one is pretty much only funny to me but I might as well give it a go:
Edwards Integrity: “I have integrity… I cannot lie!”
Me: “So are you a horn/strobe or a speaker/strobe?”
Edwards Integrity: …