美国佛罗里达州的杰克逊县消防救援局及玛丽安娜市消防局的员工上周花费时间学习如何拯救被困电梯里的人。
　　三班工作人员都经过了Mowrey电梯公司为期3天的训练课程。
　　课程由Dan Hunter指导，他是就职于Mowrey电梯公司的自愿消防员。现为公司发言人和修复期服务部的销售经理，Hunter说他指导电梯救援培训的首要需求。
　　“这不是消防员训练时教授的内容”，他说，“这已经是你们在紧急时刻必须做的事，而到那时候再学就晚了。”
　　消防员们学习了电梯的历史，不同类型电梯的运转特点，还学习了需要救援时如何正确地使用各种各样的部件，如：井道钥匙, 手动操作系统，以及如何打开控制门板和逃生舱。通过使用训练电梯，消防员们有了各种可以运用新学知识的场景。
　　尽管Mowrey电梯公司几年前曾为巴拿马市消防员开设过短暂的培训，此次培训是该公司到目前为止最大规模的课程。该公司正在帮助塔拉哈西消防局开发训练课程。塔拉哈西消防局曾是Hunter工作的地方，现和Mowrey电梯公司签订了维护合同。
　　“这是非常有益于公众的培训，我们也希望发生救援时，它有助于建筑业主，” Hunter说，“如果消防员知道了他们正在进行的事情，以后在救援电梯里被困人员时，电梯也不容易被毁坏。”
　　Hunter还说，Mowrey电梯公司下个月将去佛罗里达州立医院，在那为消防人员开设现场培训。

Elevator company trains firefighters


   
　　Davin Davison with the Marianna Fire Department unlocks an elevator door during a training session at Mowrey Elevator Wednesday

　　Jackson County Fire Rescue and Marianna Fire Department crews spent time last week learning how to rescue people from elevators.

　　All three shifts went through the training at Mowrey Elevator over the course of three days.

　　The sessions were conducted by Dan Hunter, a volunteer firefighter who works for Mowrey. Now that company’s spokesman and sales manager for services at renovations, Hunter said he knew first-hand of the need for elevator rescue training.

　　“It’s not something that’s taught in firefighter training,” he said. “It has been something you just had to figure out on the spur of the moment, and that’s not the best way to learn.”

　　Firefighters learned the history of elevators, the operating characteristics of the various types, and learned how to properly work the various components needed when rescue is necessary, such as the hoist way access key, the manual operations system, and how to open door panels and escape hatches. Using a training elevator, firefighters were given various scenarios in which they had to use their newly acquired knowledge.

　　Although Mowrey provided a shorter version of the training for Panama City firefighters a few years ago, this was the most extensive session it has conducted so far. The company is also helping develop a training curriculum for the Tallahassee Fire Department, where Hunter used to work and where Mowrey now has a maintenance contract.

　　“This was good training on behalf of the public, and we also hope it will be helpful for the owners of the buildings where these rescues might have to take place,” Hunter said. “If firefighters know what they’re doing going in, it make it a lot less unlikely that the elevators could be damaged in the process of trying to figure things out.”

　　Mowrey will go to Florida State Hospital next month and do on-site training for fire personnel there, Hunter said.