Elevator Emergency Management - Operations

This course is designed for the trained professionals that respond to emergencies involving stalled elevators. Emergency personnel with inadequate training in “Elevator Emergency Management” are exposed to an increased risk of injury or death to both the victim and themselves. This comprehensive course will provide emergency responders with intensive classroom and hands-on training on how to safely and effectively remove passengers from stalled elevators. Basic procedures will be covered in this program.

Topics include: nomenclature, safety, how an elevator functions, construction, elevator safety devices, possible equipment needed, initial response steps, restarting a stalled elevator, LOTO procedures, elevator doors, use of hoist-way door keys/pick tools, poling, removal of passengers from stalled elevators, manually lowering a hydraulic elevator.

This course features a dynamic PowerPoint presentation accompanied by realistic elevator props/equipment. The combination of the picture filled PowerPoint program and state-of-the-art props, built from actual elevator parts, enable the presenter to bring the elevator to the classroom. Day 1 is spent in the classroom. Day 2 Incorporates a rope demonstration (geared to setting up a “fall arrest system”), hands-on training performing victim removals w/ the elevator stuck between floors, manually lowering a hydraulic elevator and the use of door keys/pick tools. In addition, new elevator door pick tools and a poling device (designed by the lead instructor) will be introduced and demonstrated.

PPE requirement: Helmet, gloves, eye protection, and boots. Sneakers and shorts are not permitted for the hands-on portion of this program

About The Lead Instructor

MICHAEL A. DRAGONETTI is a 26-year veteran of the Stamford (CT) Fire Department and assigned to Rescue Co. 1. He is a nationally recognized fire service instructor and has presented courses in elevator operations at the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Technical Rescue School (2002-2005). He is a H.O.T. instructor at FDIC International, a contributing author for Fire Engineering Magazine and has appeared in 2 seasons of Training Minutes videos. Prior to developing and teaching "Elevator Emergency Management" in 1999, he had extensive experience in the New York City metropolitan area constructing, modernizing, maintaining, and repairing elevators and escalators with one of the largest elevator companies in the world. He is the founder and president of Dragon Rescue Management, a technical rescue training company.

Host or Publisher Dragon Rescue Management, Inc.