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Key Features: A Comprehensive guide for dealing with elevators and escalators emergencies. Knowledge drawn from 80 years of combined firefighting experience with elevators. Coverage spanning the evolution of elevators from their most primitive stages to today's high tech innovations. Chapter-ending questions to test the students' comprehension. Contains an extensive glossary of elevator and escalator terminology. Contents: Section 1: Elevators: History, Types, and System Introduction History of Elevators Elevator System Overview Traction Elevator System: Passenger Types of Hoistway Doors Hallway and Lobby Features Car Interior Components and Finish Hydraulic Elevators: Passenger Freight Elevators and Dumbwaiters New Technologies Residential and Special Elevators Section 2: Safety and Hoistway Door Entry Guidelines Safety Philosophy and Rules Rescue Tools and Equipment Hoistway Door Unlocking Devices (Keys) Poling Guidelines Top and Side Emergency Exits Forcible Entry: Types, Use, and Safety Section 3: Incident Types and Management Guidelines Managing Passenger Entrapment Incident Managing Victim Pinned Incident Managing Victim Fell Down Hoistway Incident Managing Elevator Fires Section 4: Case Studies, Lessons Learned, and Firefighters Use Case Studies and Lessons Learned Shunt Trip Activation The Firefighters' Emergency Operation Key: FEO-K1 Use of Elevators under Fire Conditions Training for Safe and Successful Elevator Rescue Operations Section 5: Escalators: History, System, Safety Philosophy and Features Introduction Escalator Development History Escalator System Safety Philosophy and Rules Escalator Safety Features Rescue Tools and Equipment Glossary of Elevator and Firefighter terminology Reference file |
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