AUC 207 Add. 12 Air Train System Flashcards
Blue Light Station Power Removal Boxes are located……….. (2.2) (6)
At the end of each platform. And every 800 ft along the guideway.
Inside the power removal box the red power removal button, when depressed, will affect the track how? (2.2 bullet 5)
It de-energizes both the inbound and outbound tracks on the guideway for at least the entire length of the station platform.
There is a schematic in the box that shows the section of track affected.
An emergency involving a 4 car Air Train can potentially hold how many passengers? (3)
a. 600
b. 400
c. 800
d. 1000
Answer: C
Each car can hold up to 200 passengers.
You respond to a stalled Air Train between stations. Having never worked in Queens you ask your aide for guidance. He suggests the following:
a. bring up a rescue train to the front or rear and evacuate the stalled train from the front or rear just like a NYC subway car.
b. have rescue train pull up alongside the stalled train and take people in thru the side doors.
c. have occupants walk to nearest station along the trackside walkway
d. bring rescue train end to end and have passengers exit train, use walkway to reach rescue train and re-board.
e. use a tower ladder if operating from an elevated roadway.
Choose the incorrect answer.
Answer: A
No doors on the ends of the Air Train cars.
Note the conflict with answer B. Although it is mentioned, section 3 states pulling the emergency exit door handle when in between stations, will only allow the doors adjacent to a walkway to open. So what good would it do to bring up another train parallel to the stalled one???
Put this one in the “Questions for Chief D” book.
How wide are the walkways when located between the tracks? (4)
What if the walkway runs along the outside of the track area?
5 1/2 ft wide in between tracks.
2 1/2 ft wide when outside the track area.
Side walkways will also have handrails that are ____ ft high. (4)
Approximately 3 feet high.
When there is a guardrail above the parapet wall of an elevated guideway, this usually indicates the 3rd rail is located…….. (7)
Between the tracks and there is a side walkway present.
No guardrail, no walkway. Walkway will be in between the tracks.
Once grounding straps are in place, they serve 2 purposes. What are they? (8)
It grounds the track to remove power & it indicates the only area on the tracks FDNY personnel may operate. Operate BETWEEN the straps only! Do not operate beyond the parameters of these straps.
When responding to an Air Train emegency reported to be at a station, units should proceed to………. (9)
The Emergency Fire Alarm Panel located at the ground level on the outside of the station.
When deciding to evacuation passengers using the guideway, the I.C. must insure……….. (10)
Grounding straps are in place and power is removed for the entire distance of the evacuation path.
A response to an Air Train box along a high speed roadway will require the response of _________. (11)
A minimum of 2 engines, 2 ladders and a B.C.
Placing an apparatus alongside a high speed roadway will ALWAYS require the complete closing of the roadway.
