Subway Flashcards
Fire Under Platform, member will not be permitted in track area unless the following 4 requirements are met
- Power Off
- Confirmation Power is off with FD Dispatcher
- Members posted at each end of platform to act as safety people
- An alternate area of refuge is assured in case of train movement.
A member directed to halt train traffic shall use a ____. The ____ is to be held ____ high and moved in a wide horizontal motion of atleast ____ft.
light
light
chest
4
What 3 items will be found near the blue light?
Power Removal Box
Telephone
Dry Chem Fire Extinguisher
True or false:
To operate the subway telephone you must keep the button on the hand-set depressed at all times during the conversation, releasing the button will terminate the call.
True
True or false:
The Power removal box may not necessarily be located under the blue light but it will be in proximity to it or across the tracks from it?
True
What will be placed around the power removal box or subway telephone if it is OOS and what color is it?
WHITE bag with RED lettering saying “Out of Service”
Does the Blue light telephone ring?
No, there is a buzzer mounted on the wall above the telephone that will intermittently activate
When using a cutout in a subway tunnel what maneuver must a FF perform?`
Reduced Profile
How far apart are power removal boxes?
Approximately 600ft
Are under-river tubes equipped with dry or wet standpipe systems?
Wet
All under-river tubes have siamese connections that are located where
Each end of the tube
Water supplies for wet systems are ___ ___ connected at each end and protected from freezing (Under River Tubes)
City Main
Gate valves with fire department threads are located at approximately ___ ft intervals (Under River Tubes)
200
The stand pipes are equipped with ___ hose and adjustable fog and straight stream nozzles (Under River Tubes)
1 1/2
No clearance signs are identified by diagonal ___ and ___ stripes painted on a wall
Red and white
If you encounter an emergency exit that is unable to be opened with the keys and pry bar what tools must you use to open it?
Vice Grips and pliers
What does a RED Subway Entrance Globe indicate?
That there may, or may not be a token booth clerk at this location and that the stairway will be closed at some point during a 24 hour day
What does a GREEN Subway Entrance Globe indicate?
That the entrance is open 24hrs a day, there may or may not be a token booth clerk at this location. In areas that are not served by a token booth clerk, access will be via a HIGH ENTRANCE/EXIT Turnstile or a gate
How often should the officer on duty record an entry in the Company Journal stating that the assigned Metro-Card is accounted for and on the apparatus?
After each roll call
Light trains are intended to be used to transport FD personnel to ___ fires readily extinguishable by ___ or ___ extinguishers, to investigate the source of minor smoke conditions and other similar type incidents.
Small
1 or 2
The decision to use a light train is to be made by who?
The CHIEF IN CHARGE
If a communications link cannot be established can a light train be used?
No
The primary means of communication when using a light train shall be via?
Train Operators radio
True or false: If necessary to disembark the Light Train a Handi-Talkie equipped member shall be assigned to remain with the Train operator to maintain communications
True
When using a light train how often should progress reports be given?
As soon as possible but atleast every 15 minutes
True or false: A light train shall not travel past the next station without the permission of the CIC? Apparatus of the unit who boarded the train should remain at its original location until, and if, directed to another location by the CIC.
True
True or false:
There are approximately 200 ventilation fan plants located throughout the Transit System, with each fan plant having between 1 and 4 fans. Most of the plants have a single fan. Plants serving under-river tubes may have up to 4 fans?
True
True or false: Not every subway station has an associated fan plant. Fans are not universally distributed throughout the subway system?
True
Most transit system ventilation fans operate in the ___ mode. A small number operate in the ___ mode
exhaust, supply
True or false: Ventilation fans associated with under-river tubes are reversible, as are replacement fans. Fans will not be affected when power removal is ordered by the fire department?
True
The evacuation of passengers from under-river tubes shall take place ___ from any fan operated in the exhaust mode
Away
True or false: The removal of residual electricity in catenary wires requires the railroad to have a Class “A” employee (A Man) ground the catenary on the tracks/tunnel circuit where power removal was requested by the IC
True
All fire teams apply water with hand-held fog nozzles should take advantage of the reach of the fog stream and observe to minimum approach distance of ___ft to catenary wires
10
Standpipe outlets on subway platform levels will be located inside a locked stainless steel cabinet. The cabinet can be opened by using the standard ___ ___ ___ ___ and will not contain hose
Subway emergency exit key
Sound powered telephone outlet jacks will be located in a secure metal box that can be opened with a ___ key. In most cases, the outlet jack box will be located inside the ___
1620 key
Stainless Steel standpipe cabinet
True or false: Sound powered outlet jack boxes are not equipped with handsets. Handsets for sound powered telephones will be distributed to field units by the PTSU
True
True or false: Units equipped with sound-powered phones shall bring a telephone handset, 1620 key, and a subway emergency exit key to the station platform level. Another telephone handset and a 1620 key shall be brought to the street level location of the sound powered phone outlet jack box?
True
True or false: If the dry stand-pipe is going to be utilized for firefighting purposes on the platform the engine company shall carry the rolled up lengths of hose, standpipe kit, a subway emergency exit key and a 1620 key?
True
During the semi-annual subway emergency inspection period shall units charge the stand-pipe system?
No
Length and weight of the EED
7 ft, 42lbs
EED provides a climbing angle of?
70 degrees
Where is the EED located at underground and grade level stations?
Is located at the first blue-light location south of the southbound platform, typically within 50ft of the platform end
Where is the EED located at elevated stations?
In the area of the FULL TIME token booth
Where is the EED located at under-river tunnels?
At the base of the emergency exit at both ends of each tunnel
Where are the keys located to remove EEDs from their mounting brackets?
Every token booth
True or false: All Air-Trains are unmanned and all stations have smoke detectors, heat detectors, and an automatic sprinkler system?
True
Where is the Blue light power removal box located in AirTrain stations?
At each end of the platform and when depressed will de-energize both inbound and outbound tracks on the guideway for atleast the entire length of the platform
How far apart are Blue light power removal boxes on the AirTrain guideways
800ft
In the AirTrain system the presence of a guardrail above the parapet wall of the elevated guideway usually indicates that the third rail is located where?
In between the tracks
In the AirTrain system when no guardrail is visible above the parapet wall it usually indicates that the third rail in on the ___ of the tracks and that the walkway is where?
outside of the tracks
in between the tracks
Atleast one ___ must be assigned to all AirTrain incidents
Tower Ladder
Use of the Subway repeater system must be approved by the ___. There are two subway repeater channels, channel ___ and channel ___. These are 5 watt channels. The repeater systems will also carry the H/Ts internal ID and will support the emergency alert feature.
IC
14 and 15
Any member operating on the repeater channel MUST be teamed with?
A H/T equipped member operating on H/T channel 1
True or false: The MTA NYC Transit single exit station sticker is an 8” x 8” black pictorial with a yellow background. It is located on the station entrance signs at street level?
True
