EMERGENCY PROCEDURES - STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES ++DO MORE++

Question 1

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

YOU RESPOND TO AN ODOR OF SMOKE AT THE MARCY PROJECTS. WHEN YOU ARRIVE YOU DETERMINE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A STEAM LEAK FROM THE PROJECTS DISTRICT STEAM SYSTEMS. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS INFORMATION WHERE?

Answer 1

CIDS PROGRAM

++WHEN DISCOVERED, DISTRICT STEAM SYSTEMS SHALL BE ENTERED INTO THE CIDS PROGRAM++

Question 2

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

STEAM PRESSURES IN GENERATING PLANTS CAN BE AS HIGH AS _____ PSI WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING _____F. STEAM PRESSRES IN BURIED SUPPLY PIPING AND IN BUILDINDINGS CAN BE AS HIGH AS _____ PSI AND TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS _____F.

Answer 2

STEAM PRESSURES IN GENERATING PLANTS CAN BE AS HIGH AS 2,000 PSI WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 900F. STEAM PRESSRES IN BURIED SUPPLY PIPING AND IN BUILDINDINGS CAN BE AS HIGH AS 170 PSI AND TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS 350F.

Question 3

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

IF YOU ARRIVE ON SCENE AND A CON EDISON WORKER HAS INFORMED YOU THAT A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK HAS OCCURED, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT HE MEANT?

Answer 3

STEAM PIPE RUPTURE

Question 4

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

YOU ARE THE 1ST DUE TRUCK TO A HIGH ENERGY LINE BREAK (HELB) AT A CON EDISON GENERATING PLANT. UPON ARRIVAL YOU AND YOUR INSIDE TEAM ENTER THE STRUCTURE TO DETERMINE STRUCTURAL STABILITY. DID YOU OPERATE CORRECTLY?

Answer 4

NO

• NEVER ENTER A CON EDISON GENERATING PLANT W/O CON ED PERSONNEL
• RESPOND TO DESIGNATED MUSTERING SITE OUTSIDE THE PLANT

Question 5

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

WHO WILL MITIGATE AN EMERGENCY AT A CON EDISTON GENERATING PLANT?

Answer 5

CON ED

Question 6

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

WHEN IS THE ONLY TIME FDNY PERSONNEL SHOULD ENTER A CON EDISON GENERATING PLANT?

Answer 6

TO PERFORM SEARCH AND RESCUE FOR MISSING PLANT PERSONNEL

Question 7

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

TRUE/FALSE

A HELB IN THE STREET IS A HAZ-MAT INCIDENT.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

YOU ARE COVERING IN E292 FOR THE DAY TOUR WHEN YOU ARE RELOCATED TO E8 IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. ON 3RD AVENUE YOU NOTICE A STREET VENT PIPE WITH A BLUE STRIPE ON TOP OF IT. YOU WOULD KNOW THAT THIS MEANT?

Answer 8

STEAM VENTING FROM STREET IS THE RESULT OF A WATER LEAK NOT A LEAKING STEAM MAIN

Question 9

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

WHILE DETAILED TO MANHATTAN, YOU RESPOND TO A BUILDING THAT IS HAVING A STEAM EMERGENCY, YOU LOCATE THE STEAM CONTROL ROOM, YOUR NEXT COURSE OF ACTION IS TO RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN VALVES UNTIL THE STEAM CEASES. DID YOU OPERATE CORRECTLY?

Answer 9

NO

++DO NOT RANDOMLY SHUT STEAM VALVES INSIDE OF SUPPLIED BUILDING, IF POSSIBLE WAIT FOR CON ED TO SHUT NECESSARY VALVES++

Question 10

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

TRUE/FALSE

ONCE A STEAM VALVE IS SHUT, DO NOT REOPEN IT.

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

TRUE/FALSE

NOTIFY THE IC IF A VALVE IS SHUT

Answer 11

FALSE

NOTIFY CON ED IF A VALVE IS SHUT

Question 12

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

TRUE/FALSE

FDNY UNITS CAN SHUT OFF THE BUILDING STEAM SHUTOFF LOCATED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

Answer 12

FALSE

++FDNY SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO SHUT THIS VALVE, THIS VALVE MAY ONLY BE SHUT BY CON ED STEAM PERSONNEL++

Question 13

STEAM SYSTEM EMERGENCIES

WHAT SHOULD RESPONDING UNITS MONITOR UPON RECIEPT OF AN ALARM FOR A RUPTURED STEAM MAIN?

Answer 13

RADIATION DETECTION DEVICES (RAD50)