AUC 207 Flashcards
SUBWAY OPS
FIRE DEPT. PERSONNELL WILL NEVER BE permitted on track unless assured power is off…
exception: LIFE in IMMINENT PERIL and direct and immediate action is required to save life
Positive assurance of power shutoff is verified through?
FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCHER
FIRST consideration on arrival at an operation involving electrified track will be ?
determination whether power is to remain on or turned off
ALL TIMES through FD DISPATCHER
Auxiliary contact with desk superintendent can also be established through…
any TA police officer or other employee equipped with a TRANSIT AUTHORITY RADIO, or telephones located both at railroad clerk’s booths and at designated BLUE LIGHT areas
Immediate danger and power MUST be shut off to save life….
- nearest power removal box shall be used AND desk super shall IMMEDIATELY be notified via emergency telephone that power is to remain off
- POWER REMOVAL BOX and emergency telephone located near BLUE LIGHT…PET–POWER REMOVAL/EXTINGUISHER/TELEPHONE
- CONFIRMATION WILL BE ASSURED VIA FD RADIO
ANYTIME power is removed by use of POWER REMOVAL BOX…IC shall forward report to ..?
CHIEF OF OPERATIONS
POWER removed, this will NOT be affected ?
Red Headed Sluts Spread V D R-right of way lights H-headlights (train) S-stations lights S-signals V-ventilation equipment D-drainage pumping equipment
Subway cars can receive power from the 3rd rail via CONTACT RAIL SHOES, when member are required to operate under a subway car….
request transit personnel protect the contact rail shoes of the affected cars with wooden slippers
If power is reported off on our arrival?
FD dispatcher must still be notified to CONFIRM
POWER REMOVED, COASTING TRAINS ARE still expected …
Train operators are instructed to COAST into the next station
If conditions do not require power removal, recon may be conducted by an ____ and _____- from?
OFFICER AND FF, from platforms or catwalks , tracks shall not be entered or crossed
ENGINE companies shall NOT connect to hydrant until ?
FIRE IS LOCATED (determine best access before stretching lines ) (test hydrants, JUST DON’T CONNECT)_
EMERGENCY EXITS might prove the most DIRECT ACCESS to a fire area, however ???
EVACUATING PASSENGERS must be given priority
Officer should check TA emergency exit booklet and make sure that he is on the correct line and track before committing members
Due to Long stretches…
ALL EFFORTS will be concentrated on stretching and placing in operation the initial line before back up lines are ordered
Handie Talkie communications are …
POOR from level to level
FAIR TO POOR in straight line
RELAY / 2 -6 members :
CORE 100:
CHAUFFEUR (TRUCK)- BOTTOME OF SUBWAY STAIRS
if toke booth clerk within 50 yards of stairs to street , contact TRAIN DISPATCHER through clerk ..relay token booth phone number to TRUCK OFFICER (he can call from blue light phone)
OV- FOOT of the stairs leading to the platform if it is within 50 yards of the CHAUFFEUR
ROOF- 50 YARDS FROM STAIRS ON THE PLATFORM
ENGINE OFFICER - 100 YARDS (line of sight) from ROOF FF on platform
Truck OFFICER - LOCATION OF FIRE
–ADDITIONAL members every 100 yards , if necessary
May not need all members in relay, if so, begins with ?
TRUCK CHAUFFEUR
any member not needed for relay, as determined by OFFICER, will proceed to location of fire with LCO
Proper intraunit communications ….
Company OFFICER –LADDER 4 TO LADDER 4 ROOF RELAY
LADDER 4 ROOF RELAY TO LADDER 4 OVM RELAY
LADDER 4 CHAUFFEUR RELAY TO COMMAND
—ONLY OFFICER DOES NOT USE “RELAY” DESIGNATION
Who may be assigned to Chief in Charge?
TA Police officer or OTHER employee with TA portable radio, assigned to chief in charge operating in tunnel…radio will communicate with DESK SUPERINTENDENT
-If train is available , consider use of train radio
When FD operations are terminated and all FD personnel cleared from track…oFFICER IN COMMAND shall notify FD dispatcher…
“Fire Dept. ops are completed and the FD no longer requires power to be off”
- at this point restoration of power is up to TA reps
Engine ops:
- do not hook up to hydrant until fire location determined
- all engine personnel committed to first line in operation
- may be advantageous for engine company to have water relayed
- FT-2 NOZZLE
Truck operations;
- can carry WOODEN HOOK
- ALWAYS work in PAIRS
- CAUTION WITH METAL TOOLS
Most fires in a station are minor ( rubbish , papers , overheated ballast)..occasionally fire may be under platform…if this is the case, members will not be permitted in track area unless…
POWER REMOVED
Confirmation by FD dispatcher
Members posted at each end of platform to act as safety people
alternate area of refuge in case train movement
Fire in track area may or may not require the power to be off….if determination is made to leave power on….
-wait until train comes into station and notify train operator that you are walking out on bench wall to extinguish fire (this will assure no trains are moving on that particular track) under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will members be allowed on tracks until the power is off
EXCEPTION: civilian on tracks and we must keep them from 3rd rail or we are going to the blue light to remove power due to life hazard.(not TA workers , they are trained to be on live tracks)
When walking out on benchwall to extinguish fire in the track area, ____ and ___ should be sufficient?
OFFICER and CAN
-other members act as safety people stationed on platform , also on OPPOSITE PLATFORM
Once fire starts and ignites the aluminum body of the train car,……
a serious fire condition will develop and very acrid smoke and panicked civilians , visibility will be zero
Evacuating Train…
- make contact with train operator or conductor
- make an announcement on intercom
- if intercom does not work, several members walking either on bench walls or alongside the train can go as FAR AS LAST CAR
ONE of best ways to reduce panic?
- INCREASED LIGHTING (but announcement and notifying people of our presence is CRITICAL)
- adequate lighting along right of way and HIGH DEGREE of lighting at the train debarkation point and close to exit.
Order of evacuation :
- station through train
- transfer passengers to another train
- LAST RESORT, walk passengers out of the tunnel using roadbed and benchwall
Whenever possible , small fires in ties of an elevated railroad shall be handled by ??
HAND LINES operated FROM STREET BELOW
AERIAL and TOWER LADDER will NEVER be extended beyond the railing of elevated roadway
initial survey by OFFICER before any member committed to operations in a track area
small rubbish or tie fires in proximity to a raised aerial or tower ladder shall be extinguished with 1 3/4” line , from aerial or tl basket and no track entry attempted .
Petroleum Product Leakage in Subway System:
- eliminate ignition sources
- vapor concentration (explosimeter)
- controlled ventilation
- utilize FOAM
- enlist cooperation of NY State Petroleum Council
- PREVENT liquid from entering drainage system
- if underground STORAGE tank involved , notify Bureau of Fire Prevention
- use emergency exit openings to vent track area
When fuel spill is close to a grating or main entrance of a subway station, we must stop flow, ORDER of Diking :
- SAND /EARTH
- PLANKING
- SEVERAL LENGTHS OF CHARGED HOSE AND ENCIRCLE SPILL, followed by layer of foam
DUAL power system…
supplied simultaneously by OVERHEAD CATENARY LINE 11,000 VOLTS AC
and
ground level 660 volts DC current (3rd rail)
OFFICER must ensure power is removed from both
-even after power has been removed, possibility of DIESEL engine operating on tracks
Overhead Catenary Lines , when power is removed , a STATIC electrical current remains…verification that overhead lines are safe and static currents removed, made by ??
RAILROAD ELECTRICIANS
3RD RAIL:
- always avoid contact (even when power is off)
- step OVER
- ALWAYS operate as if power is on
- never assume power is off if RAILROAD PERSONNEL are operating near 3rd rail, they are trained to do so
- even with power off, there are elements within the undercarriage electrical system that possess enough voltage to cause a shock…contact with any undercarriage electrical components must be avoided
A memer directed to halt traffic shall?
- use a light
- chest high and moved in wide horizontal motion at least 4 feet
BLUE LIGHT:
POWER REMOVAL BOX/EXTINGUISHER/TELEPHONE
- if power must be removed using power removal lever/must notify DESk super immediately and give reason
- operate telephone /remove handset and depress button constantly (releasing button will terminate call)
- dial 4 digit number…if buys dial alternate number
Power removal box not always located under blue light , may be ?
close proximity or ACROSS the tracks
-dry chem extinguisher at blue light
-when POWER REMOVAL BOX is across tracks, consider sending a member from different direction(instead of crossing 3rd rail…but you can do this for life saving /imminent life) in order to operate power removal box
Power Removal Box OOS…
WHITE BAG with RED LETTERING “OUT OF SERVICE”
-if a member encounters an OOS power removal box, use telephone to contact RAIL CONTROL CENTER (RCC) to request power removal, identify himself, state the reason for removal (REMAIN ON PHONE, UNTIL RECEIVING CONFIRMATION)–in any case , MUST confirm through FD dispatcher
blue light phone and token booth phone part of CENTREX SYSTEM, similar to FDNY system…
- last 4 digits to contact another telephone number in same exchange (exchange is first 3 digits of telephone #)
- if token booth phone is on different exchange than the blue light phone, replace the 3 digit exchange with 2 digit access code before dialing 4 digits number
If the LCO did not obtain token booth phone number , he can use blue light phone o contact desk super and request desk super to relay blue light phone to FDNY dispatcher , who should relay number to Chief OFFICER..
THE CHIEF CAN call blue light phone with his cellular from the street , but token booth phone is preferred method. (buzzes)
If any CONTACT SHOE is energized on 3rd rail…
ALL SHOES are energized
CUT OUTS:
- room for person to stand in while train passess
- REDUCED profile
- sometimes used to store tools or equipment
- if train comes , go BACK to cutout that was just PASSED
EMERGENCY CAR DOOR:
- de[ress RED handle AND SLIDE door into the pocket
- OLDER subway cars–lift plastic seat closest to door, pull handle up, and slide the door into the pocket
DRY CHEM EXTINGUISHERS, at power removal boxes ….
600 feet apart
All under river tubes equipped with ?
WET STANDPIPES
-all under river tubes have siamese connections located a the end of each tube
Gate valves with FD threads are located ?
200 feet
NO CLEARANCE SIGNS…
diagonal read and white stripes painted on wall–train over hangs on turns and contact shoes will hit you
STEEL DUST..
-use EYESHEILDS
SUBWAY EMERGENCY EXITS…
- street to track area
- located on SIDEWALKS and VENTILATING TOWERS NEAR THE RIVER
- PRISM -SHAPED SIGN or cluster of 5 WHITE LIGHTS identifies emergency exits
- units shall notify dispatch every time emergency exit is entered (request that they advise MTA transit control center)
Subway Emergency keys…
- 3 different key shapes
- pry bar on this tool(to lift emergency exit door and scrape debris)
- all subway line emergency exits opened with this key
- other than standard shapes (use pair of vise grips or pliers)
smoke showing in grating and light smoke in station …
indication of fire in setback in the tunnel vent directly under the grating
All electrical components under the car…
EXTENSION OF 3RD RAIL
EACH UNIT shall prepare an exact list of emergency exit locations within their 1st alarm response district …
list securely fastened to the subway emergency exit booklets issued to all units …highlight and tab the pages in the emergency exit booklet water these locations are found
NOTIFICATION to the PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SAFETY UNIT (PHONE) followed by a report through the CHAIN of COMMAND, by IC anytime they experience a problem with …
- REMOVAL OF POWER
- LACK OF COMPLIANCE AT NYC TRANSIT FACILITIES
