Elevator & Escalator Rescue: A Comprehensive Guide

ISBN-13: 9781593703165 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 307 str.

Theodore Lee Jarboe; John J. O'Donoghue

Spis treści

• The history of elevators
• Elevator system overview
• Traction elevators
• Types of doors, interlocks, and restrictors
• Hallway and elevator lobby features
• Car interior components and finish
• Hydraulic elevator systems
• Freight elevators and dumbwaiters
• Newer technologies
• Residential and special elevators
• Elevator safety philosophy and rules
• Rescue tools and equipment
• Elevator hoistway door unlocking device keys
• Poling guidelines
• Car top and side emergency exits
• Forcible entry: Types, use, and safety
• Managing passenger entrapment incidents
• Managing pinned-victim incidents
• Managing fall-from-heights incidents
• Managing elevator fires
• Case studies and lessons learned
• Automatic sprinkler systems and shunt trips
• The firefighters' emergency operation key: FEO-K1
• Use of elevators during a building fire
• Training for safe and successful elevator rescue operations
• Escalator development history
• The escalator system
• Escalator safety philosophy and rules
• Escalator safety features
• Escalator rescue tools and equipment
• The A17 elevator task group study
• Fire service access elevator (FSAE)
• Occupant evacuation operation (OEO) and occupant evacuation elevators (OEE)
• Final thoughts
• Design guidelines for fire service access elevators (FSAE Guide)
• Fire service elevator narrative
• Sample standard operating guidelines