Railroad Manual Ch 5

Question 1

What is the minimum PPE for a railroad incident?

Answer 1

Helmet, eye protection, reflective vest and steel-toed shoe/ firefighting gear, with eye shield or SCBA face piece fulfills this requirement

Question 2

Where should you not walk on a railroad incident?

Answer 2

Between the rails

Question 3

If on a long duration emergency how should you situate hose lines that cross tracks?

Answer 3

Under tracks by digging out ballast

Question 4

How long does it take a switch point to move?

Answer 4

1-5 seconds

Question 5

What can you do to insure a switch doesn’t move inadvertently?

Answer 5

Place a wooden block in the open space

Question 6

What is the rule of thumb of how far away you are suppose to stay from moving trains?

Answer 6

30’

Question 7

How much space should you leave between yourself and the end of any standing train, car or lcomotive?

Answer 7

25’

Question 8

What must be done before units are allowed to enter the track area?

Answer 8

IC must confirm that all trains are stopped

Question 9

What do all railroad incidents involve?

Answer 9

Hazardous material

Question 10

How far must apparatus or equipment be from the center line of the nearest tracks?

Answer 10

15’

Question 11

Before working on or under any train that is derailed what must be applied?

Answer 11

Hand brake is set on at least two cars and that those cars are chocked. Brake handles should be marked with barrier tape with brakes are applied and both sides of wheels chocked

Question 12

How can emergency personnel shut down the engines of diesel-electric locomotives?

Answer 12

One of the fuel shut offs on both sides of the locomotive or on the cab fire wall…batteries must also be disconnected by switches in the cab or engine room

Question 13

If there is a fire in the diesel-electric locomotives exhaust stack what should not be applied down the stack?

Answer 13

water

Question 14

Are emergency personnel allowed to open doors on boxcars, hopper cars and other freight cars?

Answer 14

Not without the assistance of railroad personnel

Question 15

With Amtrak catenary lines how far can they arc prior to the power being removed and the system grounded?

Answer 15

3’

Question 16

When in electrified territory what must responders and victims do before going from one train to another?

Answer 16

Step down on the ground

Question 17

What are some precautions that must be adhered to when working in electrified territory?

Answer 17

• Never climb over or on top of a train in electrified territory
• No one is to remove ground ladders from the apparatus or raise aerial ladders without direct orders from the IC or Ops

Question 18

What is the only reason personnel are to enter machine rooms?

Answer 18

Rescue

Question 19

What items cannot be used with the catenary systems?

Answer 19

• Ropes and poles
• Hot stick
• Any type of extinguisher

Question 20

What is a flagging team?

Answer 20

Two people with a radio and three 30 minute flares that walks down the tracks from either end of an incident, an incident will require two or more teams

Question 21

How far down the tracks do the flagging teams walk?

Answer 21

In DC 1 mile, in VA and MD 2 miles

Question 22

What does a flagging team do if a train is spotted?

Answer 22

Light a flare and wave it horizontally back and forth at a right angle to the tracks. If a flare is not available, wave a light, object or empty hand horizontally back and forth at a right angle

Question 23

How does the engineer of a train acknowledge any stop signal?

Answer 23

Two short blasts of the locomotive horn

Question 24

If flagging personnel must leave their post what should they do?

Answer 24

Place three flares in an area away from combustibles so that they light each other as one burns down

Question 25

It is preferred that lookouts have quick access to what type of radio?

Answer 25

Mobile

Question 26

Besides a radio what else should lookouts have?

Answer 26

A flare

Question 27

If a lookout announces an incoming train what should drivers of apparatus do?

Answer 27

Sound air horns

Question 28

CSX signs at grade crossings contain what information?

Answer 28

CSX’s emergency number, grade crossing’s number, and the milepost number