Fire Department Response Considerations for Elevator Emergencies
Fire Department’s respond to countless calls for elevator emergencies annually. Most elevators are equipped with a “Fire Service Mode” specifically for fire department elevator control. This class is designed to bring awareness, understanding, basic knowledge and emergency considerations to elevator incidents.
Course Objective: To provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform safe elevator Operations/Rescue. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will know of the common types of elevators, how to identify the elevator components, how to respond appropriately to a stalled elevator, how to identify the safe evacuation of a stalled elevator, and when and where to do Lock Out/ Tag Out.
Course Description: Major topics covered in this course include firefighter safety, elevator history, types of elevators, elevator components, suggested Operational Guidelines, how to properly respond to a stalled elevator, how to safely evacuate an elevator under an emergency situation, how to safely and properly do Lock Out/ Tag Out. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, and team- focused practical exercises.
INSTRUCTOR TONY TRICARICO
Tony Tricarico has been a member of the fire service since 1977 and was hired by the FDNY in 1981. Tony has served in the South Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 2002 he was assigned to the Special Operations Command where he served as the Captain of Squad 252 until his retirement on the last day of 2008. Tony is a National, New York State and Maryland Fire Service Instructor III. He was an instructor at the FDNY Technical Rescue School, with multiple disciplines, training many agencies as well as military personnel. Captain Tricarico has trained many fire department’s throughout the country and is a former Deputy Chief Instructor at the Suffolk County Fire Academy. Additionally, he instructs and lectures throughout the country on engine operations, truck operations, rapid intervention/firefighter rescue, firefighter survival, and special operations tactics. He has been the Lead Instructor in the Fire Emergency Training Network and American Heat training video’s on collapse, elevator operations and SCBA emergencies, to name a few. Tony continues to do training with different agencies and is formerly the Technical Operations Advisor and Northeast Regional Director for Gel Tech Solutions FireIce operations, where he has trained firefighters in the U.S., Europe and Asia Minor. Tony studied Fire Science and Building Construction at John Jay College for Criminal Justice in Manhattan and has been a presenter at FDIC, Firehouse Expo & World, as well as other major venues in the U. S. & Europe. He was the key note speaker at the Magirus International Valor Awards in Ulm, Germany in 2014, and other various venues in the U. S. He is formerly a member of the Mount Sinai Volunteer Fire Department on Long Island and a former Chief of Department. Tony is currently a member of the United Communities Volunteer Fire Department, holding the PIO position and supervising the cadet program. Captain Tricarico is a Contributing Editor and has had articles published in multiple fire related periodicals both in the U. S. and Europe.
