I saw a fire alarm at a hotel and it had you lift open the cover break the glass and pull the handle down? How long would it take to do all these directions in a fire? How would one remember all of those steps to activate the alarm? Does one need to say the directions out loud to help to do it quickly?
Why are you soo obsessed with pull stations – this is probably your 100th question about how to work them! Why dont you go on ebay and buy some to find out for yourself!