TRANSIT MANUAL BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL RAILWAY AND CALTRAIN SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT blank page Transit Manual October 4, 2010 San Francisco Fire Department 698 - 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Chief of Department Joanne Hayes-White Manual Revisions Committee Deputy Chief Gary P. Massetani Acting Assistant Chief James A. Barden Assistant Deputy Chief Thomas A. Siragusa Project Manager, Captain Jose L. Velo Project Manager, Transit Manual Acting Battalion Chief Mark S. Kearney Advisor John McPartlan/Bart System Safety Contributors: Captain Edward B. Moy Editor Firefighter Dawn Dewitt Published by: Division of Training 2310 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 970-2000 REVISED: October 4, 2010 This manual is the sole property of the San Francisco Fire Department FOREWORD The goal of this manual is to establish standard operating practices as authorized by the Chief of Department and implemented by the Division of Training. The purpose of this manual is to provide all members with the essential information necessary to fulfill the duties of their positions, and to provide a standard text whereby company officers can: • Enforce standard drill guidelines authorized as a basis of operation for all companies. • Align company drills to standards as adopted by the Division of Training. • Maintain a high degree of proficiency, both personally and among their subordinates. All manuals shall be kept up to date so that all officers may use the material contained in the various manuals to meet the requirements of their responsibility. Conditions will develop in fire fighting situations where standard methods of operation will not be applicable. Therefore, nothing contained in these manuals shall be interpreted as an obstacle to the experience, initiative, and ingenuity of officers in overcoming the complexities that exist under actual fire ground conditions. To maintain the intent of standard guidelines and practices, no correction, modification, expansion, or other revision of this manual shall be made unless authorized by the Chief of Department. Suggestions for correction, modification or expansion of this manual shall be submitted to the Division of Training. Suggestions will be given due consideration, and if adopted, notice of their adoption and copies of the changes made will be made available to all members by the Division of Training. Joanne Hayes-White Chief of Department blank page Table of Contents SECTION 1. BART TRANSIT SYSTEM ............................................................1.1 Revenue Vehicles ............................................................................................1.1 A - Car .....................................................................................................1.1 B - Car .....................................................................................................1.2 C – Car ....................................................................................................1.2 Propulsion ........................................................................................................1.2 Car Bodies .......................................................................................................1.3 Windows ..................................................................................................1.3 Side Doors ..............................................................................................1.3 Emergency (Higgins) Plank .....................................................................1.4 Under Car Components ...................................................................................1.4 Resistors .................................................................................................1.4 Capacitor Tray Unit .................................................................................1.4 Refrigerant ..............................................................................................1.4 Fire Extinguishers ............................................................................................1.5 Hostling Controls .............................................................................................1.5 Electrification ...................................................................................................1.5 Power Cables ..........................................................................................1.6 The Third Rail ..........................................................................................1.6 Physical Gaps .........................................................................................1.7 Third Rail Electrical De-energization ................................................................1.7 Platform 3rd Rail Emergency Trips .........................................................1.8 Fail Safe ..................................................................................................1.9 Auxiliary Power .......................................................................................1.9 SECTION 2. TRANSBAY TUBE .......................................................................2.1 Description .......................................................................................................2.1 Mileage Markers ..............................................................................................2.2 Ventilation Structure and Pumps .....................................................................2.3 SECTION 3. COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................3.1 1. EMBARCADERO COMMAND POST EMERGENCY PHONES .................3.1 Yellow Fire Phone (Embarcadero only)) ..........................................................3.1 Green Phone (Embarcadero only) ...................................................................3.2 Red Phone (Embarcadero only) ......................................................................3.2 PABX Phone System .......................................................................................3.2 SFFD Main Line ...............................................................................................3.3 METS Phone ...................................................................................................3.3 Mine Phone System (in Transbay Tube Only) .................................................3.3 Maintenance Phone .........................................................................................3.3 BART Portable Radios .....................................................................................3.4 Surface Command Post Boxes ........................................................................3.5 BART Train Radio ............................................................................................3.6 Inter-Car Communications ...............................................................................3.6 Chief's Vehicle Cellular Phones .......................................................................3.6 i BART Blue Light Station Phones ..................................................................... 3.7 BART Station Vertical Yellow Phones ............................................................. 3.8 SECTION 4. WATER SUPPLIES ...................................................................... 4.1 Wet Standpipes and Automatic Sprinklers ...................................................... 4.1 Dry-Pipe Under-Train Fire Sprinklers .............................................................. 4.2 Under train Sprinkler Inlet Locations ................................................................ 4.2 Charging the BART Under-Train Sprinkler (Dry) System ........................ 4.2 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ........................................................ 5.1 BART Key Rings .............................................................................................. 5.1 Equipment Rooms/Boxes ................................................................................ 5.1 SECTION 6. BART EMERGENCY PROCEDURES .......................................... 6.1 Bart Emergencies ............................................................................................ 6.1 Investigation / Standby ............................................................................ 6.2 Informational Report (advisory only) ....................................................... 6.2 BART Incident Types ....................................................................................... 6.2 Station Incident ................................................................................................ 6.3 Underground Bore Incidents - Non Transbay Tube ......................................... 6.4 Informational Report (advisory only) ....................................................... 6.4 Transbay Tube Incidents ................................................................................. 6.8 Response in the Transbay Tube includes: ............................................. 6.8 Aerial Trackway Incidents ................................................................................ 6.12 Ventilation ........................................................................................................ 6.12 BART Underground Ventilation ....................................................................... 6.12 Tunnels Between Stations ...................................................................... 6.12 Transbay Tube Ventilation