AUC 207 SUBWAY & RAILROAD OPERATIONS

Question 0

If members are required to operate under a subway car request transit personnel to

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Protect the contact rail shoes of the affected cars with wooden slippers

Question 1

FD personnel will never be permitted to operate on track areas unless assured power is off, with the exception of an

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Imminent life hazard where immediate action is required to save life

Question 2

Auxiliary contact with the Desk Superintendent can also be established through

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Any Transit Authority police officer or other employee equipped with a Transit Authority radio, or by telephones located both at the Railroads Clerks booths and at areas designated by a blue light

Question 3

Whenever power is removed in the subway what will still be operating

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Right of way lights
Station lights and signals
Drainage and ventilation equipment
Train headlights

Question 4

Interior subway car lights found to be either on or off shall be

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No indication that power has been removed

Question 5

When conditions do not require power removal reconnaissance may be conducted by an

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Officer and a firefighter operating as a team and only from platforms or catwalks. Tracks shall not be entered or crossed

Question 6

Fire in the track area may or may not

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Require power to be turned off, depending on the severity of the fire and smoke conditions. If a determination is made to leave the power on wait until a train comes into the station and notify the train operator that you are walking out on the bench wall to extinguish the fire.

Question 7

When FD operations have been terminated and all FD personnel are cleared from the tracks the ONLY proper terminology to notify the dispatcher is

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Fire Department operations are completed and the Fire Department no longer requires power to be turned off

Question 8

As a last resort if you have to evacuate the train you can

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Walk passengers out of the tunnel using either the roadbed or bench wall

Question 9

If at all possible if you need to evacuate a train the people should be evacuated to a station

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Through the train

Question 10

One of the best ways to reduce panic is by

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Increased lighting

Question 11

Upon reaching the train make contact with the

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Train operator or conductor and see if the intercom system works. If it does have that person make an announcement that the FD is on scene and that the situation will shortly be under control. If the intercom system does not work, several members walking either on bench walls or alongside the train can go as far as the last car notifying people of our presence

Question 12

What are the tactics relating to a petroleum product leakage into the subway system

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• Eliminate sources of ignition
• Determine vapor concentration (Explosimeter)
• Controlled ventilation to localize & dissipate inflammable vapors
• Seek out depression areas where heavier than air vapors may accumulate
• Utilize available foam resources
• Enlist the cooperation of the NYSPC
• Prevent liquid from entering track drainage system. Provide a dam to contain and cover the pool until removed. Ascertain from TA location of drainage system and sump pumps and route flow
• If underground storage tank involved notify BFP
• Use emergency exit openings to vent

Question 13

When a fuel spill is close to a grating or main entrance of a subway station we must try to stop the flow into these entrances by

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Diking. Preferably by SAND OR EARTH, if not use planking. If none of these things are available, charge several lengths of hose and encircle the fuel spill. This should be followed by a layer of foam.

Question 14

A 32 inch reflective prism shaped sign with WHITE lettering on a RED background with a NUMBER recorded on it indicates a

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Subway Emergency Exit

Question 15

A 5 light cluster in a tunnel indicates the location

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Of an emergency exit, but it is being phased out

Question 16

If the Platform Track Identification sign located at the end of each platform list the identification of the next train station then

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There are no Emergency Exits between the 2 stations

Question 17

A green globe on a post light at a subway street entrance indicates there

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May or may not be a token booth clerk at this location and the stairway is open 24 hours. In areas not serviced by a token booth clerk access will be via a HEET. High entrance/exit turnstile or gate

Question 18

A six foot high red and white reflective indicator pole has been installed at

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Each emergency exit location at street level on Atlantic avenue for the LIRR lines. Indicator poles are attached to one of the bollards at each location

Question 19

A red globe on a post light at a subway street entrance indicates there

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May or may not be a token booth clerk at this location and the stairway will be closed at some point during a 24 hour period

Question 20

NEAR the blue light is a

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Power removal box
Telephone
Fire extinguisher Dry Chemical

Question 21

When using the phone at the power removal box when speaking you MUST

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Keep the button depressed at all times during the conservation. If you release the button the call will TERMINATE

Question 22

If a member encounters an “out of service” bag covering a power removal box the member should

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Use the associated telephone to contact the Rail Control Center to request removal of power

Question 23

What should you do with the Emergency Exit Book that is given to all units

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Highlight and tab the pages of the Emergency Exit book that contain exits in their FIRST ALARM RESPONSE AREA

Question 24

Each unit shall prepare an exact list of emergency exit locations within their

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1st ALARM RESPONSE district. This list shall be securely fastened to the subway emergency exit booklets issued to all units. Also highlight and tab the pages in the emergency exit booklet where these locations are found

Question 25

Dry chemical extinguishers are located at

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Power removal boxes

Approximately 600 feet apart

Question 26

All under river tubes of the NYC Transit are equipped with

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Wet standpipe systems

All these tubes have Siamese connections at each end of the tube

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Water supplies for wet standpipe systems are

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City main connected at each end and are protected from freezing

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Gate valves on the standpipe system with FD threads are located at

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Approximately 200 feet intervals

Question 29

The standpipes in these tunnels are equipped with

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1 1/2 hose with adjustable fog and straight stream nozzles

Question 30

The HEET is opened with a

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1620 key

Question 31

The TA has installed new Emergency Exit signs to replace the older Emergency Exit signs. What are the new signs

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32 inch prism shaped reflective sign with an emergency exit NUMBER.
(This replaces the 5 light cluster sign)

Question 32

TA padlock

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• TA replacing locks with new ones that need special key
• This key can not be duplicated
• Each key has a serial # and is assigned to a specific TA worker
• FD units will not be issued keys
• Key may be obtained from token booth clerk
• Standard FE if necessary

Question 33

New TA track ID signs being installed contain this info

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You are here indicator
Direction to nearest emergency exit
Distance to nearest emergency exit
The ID of the nearest emergency exit
The normal train movement at that location