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Fire Service Search and Rescue Ch8 Flashcards

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1) A form of hydraulic energy isolation that is the absolute closure of a pipe, line, or duct by fastening of a solid plate that completely covers the bore…

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a. Blanking and binding

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2) The removal of a machine from around a trapped victim:

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a. Disentanglement

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3) Removal of a trapped victim from the mechanism of entrapment:

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a. Extrication

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4) A lockable cover placed over a valve or switch to prevent its unauthorized activation during a rescue operation:

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a. Isolation device

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5) Most elevators in service today are either:

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a. Electric or hydraulic

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6) The practical upper limit of hydraulic elevators is-

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a. 6 stories

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7) In North America ______ elevators are used almost exclusively in residential installations

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a. Telescoping hydraulic

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8) Electric elevators fall into two categories:

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a. Drum type and traction type

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9) This type of elevator is obsolete, and they may are only found in very old structures but may still be in service as freight elevators:

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a. Drum type

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10) The drive equipment for traction elevators is contained in a machine room, usually located –

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a. Directly above the elevator hoistway

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11) The drive motors may be either ____ or ____ having as much as ______ volts

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a. AC or DC, 500

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12) Many modern elevator installations incorporate an _______ located in the machine room.

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a. Emergency Brake Release Device

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13) During normal operations, the brakes on elevators with ___ motors aid directly in stopping the car at the correct floor

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a. AC

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14) Elevator cars are assemblies consisting of a _____, _____, and _____ that connect these main structural members together.

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a. Safety plank, crosshead, uprights

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15) Passenger elevator car doors are powered by an _____ mounted on the top of the elevator car. The car door does not have any ____ and can be ____ open by hand

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a. Electric motor, locks, pushed

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16) When the elevator stops at the correct level the hoistway doors are unlocked by a ____ attached to the car door.

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a. Driving vane

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17) Passenger elevator car doors can be of 3 types:

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a. Single slide, two-speed, center opening

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18) Freight elevators often use ______ doors, are the most common freight doors

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a. Vertical bi-part

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19) _____ doors are the simplest types and consist of one panel that slides horizontally to one side of the doorway opening

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a. Single slide

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20) _____ doors consists of two overlapping panels with one behind the other

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a. Two-speed

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21) The most common passenger elevator doors are the _____ type

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a. Center opening

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22) A ____ is provided on all electric traction elevator cars except those in modern multiple hoistway installations

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a. Top exit

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23) ____ are required to have a electrical interlocks to prevent car movement when the panels are open.

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a. Side exits

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24) There are 4 common types of hoistways in use:

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a. Single, multiple, blind, and exposed

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25) _____ elevators are also called observation elevators

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a. Exposed

26
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26) With this type of hoistway door the elevator door will usually be the single slide type.

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a. Swinging door

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27) In addition to the mechanical locks the hoistway doors are equipped with _____ that must be closed in order for the care to operate.

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a. Electrical interlocks

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28) Both the ____ and the ____ keys are rigid, one piece devices.

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a. T-shaped, semicircular

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29) A common device for opening hoistway doors is the _____ made in two sections of unequal length.

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a. Drop key

30
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30) _____ is a feature on most elevator installations that allows the car to be switched from automatic to manual control

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a. Independent service

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31) In this mode the elevator car doors do not open automatically when the selected floor is reached:

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a. Emergency service

32
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32) All elevator cars manufactures after _____ must have a call cancel button on the cars control panel.

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a. 1991

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33) The ____ is designed to stop the elevator car before it reaches the upper or lower limits of the hoistway

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a. Terminal switch

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34) ____ are located in the bottom of the elevator pit and they act as shock absorbers if the terminal switches fail

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a. Buffers

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35) Activated by a device known as a speed governor, the ____ is designed to slow the driving motor when the elevator car begins to drive faster than a predetermined safe speed.

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a. Speed-reducing switch

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36) This switch is activated if the speed-reducing switch fails to slow the car sufficiently

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a. Overspeed switch

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37) Car ____ are tapered jaws that wedge against the guide rails and bring the elevator to a stop.

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a. Safeties

38
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38) Traction elevators have at least ___ emergency breaking systems

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2

39
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39) Using a ____ is the safest way to move passengers laterally between adjacent elevator cars

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a. Evacuation bridge

40
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40) In a high-speed elevator the indicator may read up to ___ floors difference from the actual location

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3

41
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41) During poling-down operations only the operators ___ and ___ should extend into the hoistway

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a. Head and arms

42
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42) During poling-up operations ___ firefighters should be used to operate the pole

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2

43
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43) A third way of immobilizing a stalled elevator car is by installing elevator _____.

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a. Support devices

44
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44) When an elevator car is stalled above the landing a ____ should be placed ______ across the opening between the bottom of the car and the landing to prevent anyone from falling into the hoistway.

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a. Ladder, horizontally

45
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45) Removing passengers through the ____ may be the best option in rescue through the doors is to difficult or impossible.

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a. Top exit

46
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46) Side exit removal of passengers is an effective method of rescue if the elevator is of the ____ type.

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a. Multiple hoistway

47
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47) The gap between cars is usually only ___ inches wide.

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a. 30

48
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48) A flange can be used for _____

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a. Blanking

49
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49) ____ can be used to make a stable platform on which the victim can rest

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a. Cribbing

50
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50) ____ and ____ can be used in the same way lifting bags are used

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a. Medium-duty rachet jacks, heavy duty hydraulic jacks

51
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51) These versatile tools can fit into places where even hydraulic jacks cannot be used-

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a. Spreaders

52
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52) These powerful tools may be electrical or pneumatic-

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a. Impact wrenches

53
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53) Tactical considerations involving machinery rescue can be broken down into 4 distinct phases:

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a. Assessment on arrival, pre-rescue operations, rescue operations, termination

54
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54) Type of machine classified in general terms - _____ and ______

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a. Energy source, how it operates

55
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55) Stabilizing the machine may have to be done with shoring or it may involve strapping with _____, ____, ____, _____, or any combination of these

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a. Chain, cable, webbing, rope

56
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56) Whenever possible, pneumatic or hydraulic struts should be installed at ____ degrees

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90

57
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57) If ___ rope is used it should be checked and retightened regularly

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a. Nylon

58
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58) The so called ____ the that represents the best chance of the victim recovering from wounds begins at the moment of injury

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a. Golden hour

59
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59) If a victim was crushed or compressed a ____ may have to be called to the scene

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a. Physician based medical team

LT Promotion 24 (28 decks)

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