Subway Addendums

Question 1

Dry standpipe consist of …

Answer 1

4” pipeline/ 3” siamese connection at the street (and cabinets at platform level)

Question 2

Sound powered phones…

Answer 2

outlet jacks at siamese connection on the STREET and PLATFORM LEVEL (most cases,, stainless steel standpipe outlet)

Question 3

Standpipe outlets at PLATFORM level inside cabinets are opened using ?

Answer 3

STANDARD SUBWAY EMERGENCEY EXIT KEY

Question 4

SOUND POWERED telephone outlet jacks will be located in a secure metal box opened with?

Answer 4

• FDNY 1620 KEY
• sound powered telephone jacks are COMPATIBLE WITH FIELD COMM UNIT
• not equipped with hand sets

Question 5

Public Transportation Safety Unit…

Answer 5

• issue sound powered phones to selected units

- conduct on site familiarization drill with these units

Question 6

CIDS should :

Answer 6

indicate location of siamese connection and street level sound powered outlet jack

Question 7

Any FF who recognizes that the involved station is served by a dry standpipe should relay information to ?

Answer 7

Engine OFFICER and CHAUFFEUR

Question 8

units equipped with Sound powered phones shall bring…

Answer 8

• Telephone handset, 1620 key, subway emergency exit key to platform level
• another telephone handset /1620 key to street level

Question 9

Standard HT relay for subway …

Answer 9

AUGMENETED by sound powered phones (not replaced)

Question 10

If dry standpipe will be used for firefighting , Engine company should carry ?

Answer 10

• roll ups
• standpipe kit
• subway key
• 1620 key

Question 11

Inspect subway dry standpipe systems and test sound powered phones???

Answer 11

SEMI-ANNUALLY
-DO NOT CHARGE standpipes
defects noted: NOTIFY PTSU –PHONE/FAX for immediate

otherwise A-8 REFERRAL REPORT forwarded to PTSU

Question 12

NYC Transit has begun installing 1620 locks on elevator and escalator machine room doors ….

Answer 12

identified by RED color lockset and FF HELMET symbol

If these doors are FORCED, forward report to Chief of Ops and forward email to PTSU

Question 13

RED GLOBE:

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Answer 13

-may or may not be a token booth clerk and that the stairway will be CLOSED at some point during a 24 hour day

Question 14

GREEN GLOBE:

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Answer 14

-entrance OPEN 24 hours a day, may or may not be token booth clerk…in areas NOT service by token booth clerk, there will be a HEET /high entrance exit turnstile

Question 15

When replacing these globes…

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Answer 15

SPLIT TYPE globe/ top is red or green /bottom is clear for lighting

Question 16

First point of access should be ?

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Answer 16

GREEN GLOBE

Question 17

MTA NYC TRANSIT provide following information at all subway stations in their system:
available at FULL TIME TOKEN BOOTH at every station
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Answer 17

-station map
-stairways within station
-rooms within station
-token booths within station
-emergency exits which service station
REST
rooms, emergency exits, stairways, token booth

Question 18

ALL unit request for drills, training and familiarization tours must be requested through Bureau of Ops?

Answer 18

PTSU

Question 19

LIRR ATLANTIC AVENUE SUBWAY EMERGENCY EXITS in Brooklyn…

Answer 19

bollards to protect hatchway

6 ft high red and white reflective indicator pole installed at each emergency exit

Question 20

Penn station command post located?

Answer 20

TAXI STAND…street level, center of terminal, terminal service road between 31st and 33rd st., between 7th and 8th avenue

Question 21

Manhattan , Bronx and Brooklyn , a unique box no. series ______ has been assigned to subway stations in cADS

Answer 21

7000
this is then combined with station number
example , station 399 would be box 7399

Queens 0400 boxes

Question 22

METROCARDS
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HIGHLY TESTABLE

Answer 22

• each unit issued metro card
• each card has expiration date with a unique number assigned by the MTA NYC Transit
• enter in ROLL CALL (metro card accounted for )

**lost , stolen, damaged , OFFICER on duty will ..notify PTSU RESOURCE CENTER **…also POLICE REPORT, LOST PROPERY (include transit ID number on metro card), forward lOST property and police report to RESOURCE center…..a replacement card shall not be issued until all reports have been forwarded

Question 23

TRACK ID SIGNS

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Answer 23

-installed at all of underground subway stations

a. name of station
b. track designation /location
c. ‘YOU ARE HERE” indicator
d. direction/distance of NEAREST emergency exit , and id number…if there is not an emergency exit before the next station, then the ID of next station is listed
e. normal train movement/ NB OR SB (or MANHATTAN BOUND/BROOKLYN bound, etc.)

Question 24

TRAIN DIRECTION/MANHATTAN BRIDGE.

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Answer 24

NB-trains traveling into MANHATTAN

SB- trains traveling into BK FROM MANHATTAN

-signs are installed on columns of MANHATTAN bridge at 400 ft intervals, and 8 feet above vehicles roadway

Question 25

Lights trains–all passengers evacuated with only TRAIN OPERATOR AND CONDUCTOR on board
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Answer 25

used to transport FD PERSONNEL TO SMALL FIRES, readily extinguished by ONE OR TWO extinguishers or to INVESTIGATE MINOR SMOKE CONDITION or other similar incidents.

Question 26

Decision to use LIGHT TRAIN made by CHIEF IN CHARGE
-MUST ensure communications link, if no communications link then NO LIGHT TRAIN

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Answer 26

PRIMARY MEANS of communication –TRAIN OPERATORS RADIO (bluff: conductor)
FD/ Train radio—TA command center—FD Dispatch–CIC

-TA will really messages from FD UNIT on LIGHT TRAIN to FD dispatcher for relay to CIC and vice versa

• TA will allow FD unit direct use of TRAIN OPERATORS RADIO (essential that FD unit maintain control of this radio, only reliable means of communication )
• TA operator radio is removable (WILL OPERATE FROM ANY TRAIN OPERATOR’S COMPARTMENT IN ANY CAR)

note: train conductor is equipped with hand held radio with capabilities SIMILAR TO TRAIN OPERATORS RADIO

Question 27

FD units should not enter track area from LIGHT train, unless power is removed

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Answer 27

if necessary to disembark the LIGHT TRAIN, an HT equipped member shall be assigned to REMIAN with TRAIN OPERATOR to maintain communications

• *PROGRESS reports every 15 MINUTES
• light train shall not travel past next station with permission of CHIEF IN CHARGE
• APPARTuS of the unit who boarded the train should remain at its original location until, and if, directed to another location by CIC
• CIC may board train IF NECESSARY
• CIC may request LIGHT TRAIN via dispatcher , in situations where none has been approved

Question 28

Subway Ventilation Fans..

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Answer 28

• Each plant has one and four fans…most have single fan…plants serving under river tubes may have up to 4 fans
• Fans located at BOTH ENDS of all under river tubes (exception Lenox-White plains tube)

-EACH FAN PLANT has 4 digit ID number –ID NUMBER and LOCATIONS have been entered into CIDS

• MOST transit system vent fans operate in EXHAUST MODE…small number operate in supply mode
• vent fans in uNDER RIVER TUBES ARE REVERSIBLE.. …OLDER TYPE FANS, direction of air flow can be changed by MOVING DAMPERS

**fans NOT AFFECTED by power removal **

Question 29

TA will operate fans prior to FD arrival, if in their judgement such activation will provide relief to exposed train passengers

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Answer 29

–if fans have been activated , TA will notify the IC, VIA FDNY DISPATCH, of location of fans and MODE (supply/exhaust)

–upon arrival of FDNY IC, he will take control of FANS

ALL FDNY request to the TA for fan activation or shutdown must be directed through the IC to the FDNY dispatcher

Question 30

Evacuation of passengers from under river tubes should take place AWAY from any fan operated in the exhaust mode.

Answer 30

IN SMOKE CONDITION, the TRACK bed may be more comfortable for the passengers than the bench wall(AKA CATWALK ) since track bed may be below smoke level ..however both trackbed and bench wall are acceptable avenue of evacuation