TB 140 - Elevator Operations Flashcards
(46 cards)
What are the most effective means of transporting personnel and equipment aloft in high rise buildings?
Elevators
Firefighters ascending stairs with equipment and PPEs require approximately how many minutes per floor to ascend?
1 minute
Fire in a high rise doubles in size every how many minutes as it burns unchecked?
Every minute
Elevators are subject to malfunction from effects of what on drive machinery and/or control equipment?
Heat, smoke, and water
When using elevators during high rise incidents, what is whereby to department procedures relative to the safe operations of ovaries are
Imperative?
Caution and strict adherence
Split bank elevators may be used if the highest floor served by the elevator shaft terminated a minimum of how many floors below reported fire floor? (No elevator checks required)
5 floors
Effective use of elevators during emergency operations is dependent upon what of the specific as well as general hazards associated with elevator use under fire conditions?
Knowledge
What systems are designed to prevent elevator use by building occupants and ensure that the buildings elevator system is controlled by fire department personnel?
Elevator emergency service
Which phase refers to manual or automatic recall of elevators to the lobby or designated recall level of the building either through operating the key switch in the lobby or fire control room or by activation of smoke detectors?
Phase 1 recall phase
Normal during day to day operations, the emergency operation switch will be in what position?
“OFF”
When turning the phase 1 recall operation “ON” all elevator cars will be recalled to where?
Lobby or designated recall floor
When the elevators are recalled, what position the doors be and remain in?
Open
What position on the switch places the elevator in operation for temporary use when building is deemed safe for normal operations but still residual smoke to activate detectors or detector malfunction?
Bypass
Is the elevator key removable in the bypass position?
No
What year did the elevator code require the recall switch to trace “reset”, “off”, “on”?
2008
To remove elevators from the phase 1 recall position what switch position must it be rotated to first before placing it in the “off” position?
Reset
Which phase refers to the fire service controls within the elevator car itself allows firefighters to manually control it from the inside only?
Phase 2 override phase
The phase 2 override switch has how many positions and what are they?
On-off-hold
Older elevators may have what labels as opposed to “on” and “off”?
“Fireman service” or “normal”
Although the elevators may have been recalled due to activation of smoke detectors, the lobby panel should always be switch to what position?
On
When operating elevators in the what mode, the automatic door open feature and photo-electric device are rendered inoperable?
Emergency service mode
Open doors are closed by continuous pressure on what button?
Door close
Closed doors are opened by continuous pressure on what button?
Door open
The only exception for doors remaining closed until pressing and hold “door open” button is when the doors may automatically open upon return to what floor?
Lobby
