Rescue Guide
Bus
MAN kann.
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Book number
36.99296-7202
Item number:
RTL_15_04_BUS_ENG2nd edition
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1 Imprint.........................12 Table of contents ................23 Preface and safety instructions ....6
3.2.1 General safety instructions .....................73.2.2 Handling batteries............................83.2.3 Safety precautions to protect against electric voltage (hybrid bus).................................83.2.6 Safety instructions for gas operation..............93.2.7 Exhaust systems ............................93.2.4 Brake resistor (hybrid bus) ....................103.2.5 Fighting acetonitrile fires (hybrid bus) ............103.2.8 Rescue measures...........................113.2.9 Information on operation with the reducing agent AdBlue® .................................12
4.1.1 Storage tank, city/intercity bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.1.2 Storage tank, coach.........................14
4.2.1 Storage tank...............................164.2.2 Ignitability and explosiveness of natural gas .......16
4.3.1 Serial hybrid drive...........................204.3.2 High-voltage components, roof ................214.3.3 High-voltage components, engine compartment ...22
5.1.1 Access points..............................245.1.2 Front/rear access to city/intercity bus............255.1.3 Front/rear access to coach....................275.1.4 Bodyshell structure, coach....................29
5.2.1 Vehicle windows............................305.2.2 Materials..................................30
5.3.1 City and intercity bus ........................315.3.2 Coach....................................33
5.4.1 Fire-warning system.........................345.4.2 Fire extinguishing system .....................34
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Preface to technical rescue.........................36General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376.1.1 Securing with wheel chocks....................386.1.2 StabFast vehicle fixation.......................386.1.3 Opening the coach door from the outside with an emergency cock ......................396.1.4 Opening the city bus door from the outside with an emergency cock ......................406.1.5 Opening doors from inside using the emergency cock..........................426.1.6 Securing the vehicle..........................436.1.7 Determining drive types .......................466.1.8 Alternative ways to switch off the engine ..........476.1.8.1 With the use of CO
use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496.1.8.3 Switching off the gas cock in CNG = natural gas vehicles.........................506.1.8.4 EMERGENCY-OFF switch....................526.1.8.5 Main battery switch.........................536.1.8.6 Disconnecting batteries......................546.1.9 Special features of the hybrid high-voltage system...556.1.9.1 Hybrid high-voltage system...................576.1.9.2 Hybrid high-voltage system -> Disconnecting the UltraCap System from the high-voltage vehicle electrical system ...........................586.1.10 Further points for vehicle fixation, front and rear towing lugs.....................606.1.11 Applying the AUTO rule ......................61
6.2 Initial access to bus on its side ...................626.2.1 Securing with wheel chocks....................62
6.3.1 Opening flaps and storage compartments.........636.3.2 Sleeper compartment.........................646.3.3 On-board toilet..............................656.3.4 On-board kitchen............................66
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676.4.1 Via doors ..................................676.4.2 Using the rescue platform .....................686.4.3 Access via the windscreen.....................696.4.3.1 Window types: ESG, VSG, DSG ..............69
6.5.1 Enlarging the supply opening...................726.5.1.1 Passenger restraint systems ..................736.5.1.2 Seats....................................736.5.2 Adjusting/removing the steering wheel............74
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6.5.3 Removing the side parts of the driver's area .......766.5.4 Removing the driver's seat.....................806.5.5 Using a spine board..........................81
6.6.1 Removing the side parts, passengers.............826.6.2 Removing passenger seats ....................846.6.3 Removing handrails (city bus only) ...................................85
6.7.1 Removing panoramic window ..................866.7.2 Enlarging roof hatch section....................876.7.3 Removing seats in bus on its side ...............886.7.4 Cutting open the folding bellows in articulated bus ..89
6.8.1 Relieving pressure ...........................916.8.2 Supporting, defining lifting points, lifting the vehicle ..926.8.3 Initial investigation............................936.8.4 Freeing a person using the rim adapter set ........936.8.5 Freeing a person: other options .................94
6.9.1 Relieving pressure ...........................956.9.2 Securing the vehicle..........................966.9.3 Freeing a person ............................966.9.4 Deactivating air suspension ....................976.9.5 Freeing a person ............................98
6.10.1 Initial investigation...........................996.10.2 Securing pivots ............................996.10.3 Securing the vehicle.........................996.10.4 Relieving pressure ..........................996.10.5 Freeing a person ..........................100
7.1 General..................................1047.2 City bus .................................1067.3 Intercity bus ..............................1287.4 Coach...................................1347.5 Compressed air system .....................161
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