Mr Boeing can’t speak proper.
Engine Fire Switch.
It’s not a switch is it? It’s a HANDLE.
It’s something that you grasp and pull and twist. It has multiple functions.
Every other control in the flight deck follows accepted descriptive naming conventions. eg: switch, selector, lever, knob etc.
The word “Fire” in it’s title also implies exclusivity, whereas it is also used in non fire related checklists.
For twenty years I’ve watched people stumble over this counter-intuitive mouthful in the simulator every six months. The preceding item being Fuel Control Switch adds to the tongue twisting (as an aside why not the more intuitive “Fuel Cutoff Switch?).
I’d settle for “Engine Fire Handle” but how about Engine Emergency Shutoff Handle compressed to “E-Handle”? Or did another manufacturer have a patent on that?
I could go on all day about the grammatical shortcomings of the Boeing QRH but let’s just start here...
Boeing don’t accept unsolicited comments hence this missive...
Rant over.