pMembers of the Purcellville Volunteer Fire Company participated in elevator and escalator training recently at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority WMATA – aka Metro – training facility at New Carrollton Md. They learned about various types of elevators and escalators and then about Metro tunnel procedures and train cars. There were simulated entrapments and how to handle emergency power-off overrides and other critical skills. Seen in the pictures are the two elevator types and an escalator which are operational in the lab but inside Plexiglas enclosures sides so you can see their inner workings.br typemozppThere are elevators in our first due area but no escalators yet. However the Loudoun County Combined Fire Rescue System is being proactive and preparing for METRO coming out to Loudoun soon. When that happens we will be ready for emergencies on trains and at stations.brppp
Elevator and escalator training
