433 Power Outage Flashcards
An isolated incident resulting from transformer fires, routine maintenance, motor vehicle accidents, or wires down
A Minor Power Outage
Involves large or multiple areas of the city resulting from substation issues, significant weather events, and other natural disasters.
A Major Power Outage
- Generators
Group I stations
- permanently mounted generators 100kW units
- Generators
Group II stations
stations with no generators but have a generator transfer switch
- Generators
Group III stations
stations with no generator or transfer switch
With a full tank generators can run for
72 hours
Request for fuel should only be necessary if the outage last longer than
3 days
If the station is not equipped with a permanent generator but has a generator transfer switch installed, then the UPS system will run the station alerting system for
4 hours
If the station is not equipped with a generator transfer switch, then the UPS will operate for up to
4 hours
JFRD has ___ trailer-mounted generators
5
The decision for deployment will be made by the ___ or ____ through FRCC
Division Chief of Operations or Duty Division Chief