Station Closure
When this occurs, it is planned a head of time, stations are upstaffed to accommodate for bus bridges, and bus bridges and their locations are pre-planned.
What is a Scheduled Station Closure?
This item is often left/placed in an out-of-the-way area or in an out-of-place container and appears to pose a threat.
What is a suspicious item
This is the system used to reserve and check out Non-Revenue Vehicles (NRV) that are open to all of Sound Transit.
What is Fleet Commander?
These must be removed prior to openings gates to prevent damage to the gate mechanisms.
What are station closure signs?
The "M" in MARCH stands for this.
What is Massive hemorrhage?
When this occurs, it can be due to a protest, mechanical failure, police activity, etc.
Station officers, if available, can be directed to assist. But additional resources will need to be requested.
What is an Unscheduled Station Closure?
An item inadvertently left in a common area, which appears to be a normal item.
What is an unattended item?
NRV keys are located here.
What is the lock box?
These can be used in lieu of the station closure signs in the NRV.
What are A-Boards?
The "H" in MARCH stands for this.
What is Hypothermia?
Each NRV has this many station closure signs.
What is 12?
This is the code used on the radio when referring to a suspicious item.
What is a "10-99"
Before operating a NRV, a Specialist should conduct this.
A brief visual inspection
or document any damage to management
Station officers should be directed to post at these locations to provide customer service to passengers or catch any passengers who may have accidentally been de-boarded at the station.
What are the closed gates or the platform?
This position helps maintain an open airway in an unconscious but breathing person, preventing choking and aspiration.
What is the recovery position?
If a station is closed due to a "major incident", the SOC must notify this team.
What is TSS (Transit Safety & Security)?
When discovering a suspicious item, you should not do this.
What is touch it?
If involved in an accident in the NRV, this form should be filled out.
What is an "On The Spot Form"?
After a Specialist communicates the closure with all contract security personnel on-site, they should do this next step.
What is Direct contract security personnel to evacuate all passengers from the station?
This is a medical device used to cover open chest wounds, creating an airtight barrier to restore normal breathing and prevent life-threatening complications.
What is a chest seal?
When safe to do so, Specialists must conduct this at the station to ensure no passengers were left inside.
What is a Secondary Sweep?
When determining if an item is suspicious, the H.O.T stands for this.
What is Hidden, Obvious, and not Typical?
Public Safety Operations does not permit this type of driving.
What is emergency driving?
What is visit each station and ensure proper closing procedure has been completed?
A tourniquet should be applied as close to this organ as possible.
What is the heart?