CEN/TS 81-76:2011

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2012
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Posebne izvedbe
osebnih in osebno-tovornih dvigal - 76. del: Uporaba osebnih dvigal za evakuacijo
invalidnih oseb
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for
passengers and goods passenger lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of disabled persons using
lifts
Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Besondere
Anwendungen für Personen- und Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die
Evakuierung von Personen mit Behinderungen
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Applications
particulières pour les ascenseurs et monte-charge - Partie 76: Utilisation des élévateurs
pour l'évacuation des personnes handicapées de bâtiments en cas d'urgence
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 81-76:2011
ICS:
91.140.90 'YLJDOD7HNRþHVWRSQLFH Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 81-76
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
August 2011
ICS 91.140.90
English Version
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts -
Particular applications for passengers and goods passenger lifts
- Part 76: Evacuation of disabled persons using lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von
élévateurs - Applications particulières pour les ascenseurs Aufzügen - Besondere Anwendungen für Personen- und
et ascenseurs de charge - Partie 76: Utilisation des Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die
ascenseurs pour l'évacuation des personnes handicapées Evakuierung von Personen mit Behinderungen
en cas d'urgence
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 14 May 2011 for provisional application.

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Contents           Page
1 Scope .7
1.1 Use of the lift .7
1.2 Application of this Technical Specification .7
1.3 Requirements of this Technical Specification .7
1.4 Assumptions .8
1.5 Consideration of type of disability .9
1.6 Combinations of disabilities .9
1.7 Type of evacuation being considered .9
2 Normative references .9
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 List of significant hazards . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Significant hazards . 12
4.3 Hazards not addressed . 12
5 Requirements for the use of a lift for evacuation of persons with impaired mobility . 13
5.1 Lift size and speed . 13
5.2 Fundamental "evacuation lift" requirements . 13
5.3 Control systems . 14
5.3.1 Building Input signal . 14
5.4 Output signal(s) (Interfaces) . 14
5.4.1 Interface requirements between the fire alarm system and the lift control system . 15
5.5 Landing equipment . 15
5.5.1 Landing signals . 15
5.5.2 Controls . 16
5.5.3 Car signals . 16
5.6 Car communication system . 16
5.7 Behaviour of the lift on the receipt of an evacuation signal . 17
5.7.1 Services provided . 17
5.7.2 Operation of the lift in evacuation mode . 17
6 Verification of safety measures and/or protective devices . 18
Table 3 — Verification Table . 18
7 Information for use . 19
Annex A (informative) Concept of this evacuation lift . 20
A.1 General . 20
A.2 Design of the lift . 21
Annex B (informative) Essential building requirements . 22
B.1 General . 22
B.2 Number of lifts dedicated to evacuation . 22
B.2.1 Safe area . 22
B.2.2 Safe area size . 23
B.2.3 Enclosure . 23
B.2.4 Doors of the safe area . 23
B.2.5 Signs and signals . 23
Illustration in white . 23
B.2.6 Communications . 24
B.2.7 Emergency lighting. 24
B.2.8 Smoke protection of the shaft and safe area . 24
B.2.9 Smoke management . 24
B.2.10 Temperature . 24
B.2.11 Evacuation chair . 24
B.3 Alert and/or fire detection system . 25
B.4 Fire/smoke detection provisions . 25
B.5 Hydraulic lifts . 25
B.6 Power supplies . 25
B.7 Signals required for lift operation . 25
Annex C (informative) Provision of automatic fire detection and lift interfaces . 26
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Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 81-76:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee /TC 10 “Lifts, Escalators
and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
CEN/CENELEC has embarked on a programme of work to produce a series of related machinery and lift
safety standards as part of European standardisation.
This document is part of the EN 81 series of standards: “Safety rules for the construction and installation of
lifts”. This is the first edition of this Technical Specification.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
0 Introduction
0.1 Background to this Technical Specification
At present, there are no European and few national regulations for lifts, which include specifications related to
the evacuation from buildings of persons with impaired mobility using lifts.
This has the consequence that persons with a disability may experience difficulty and delay whilst waiting for
assistance to evacuate.
This document has been developed as a first step towards defining requirements for a European Standard for
evacuation of lifts. It is believed that since recommendations have been put in place to provide disabled
access to buildings, by using lifts complying with EN 81-70, a standardised evacuations lift design would be a
useful step to providing safe evacuation.
In Europe today, the European Lift Directive defines strict safety requirements that must be met by all new lifts
going into service. In support of the Lift Directive a number of harmonised standards have been developed
namely, EN 81-1 and EN 81-2 which address the fundamental safety requirements of any new lift design.
EN 81-73 describes how any lift that is not intended to be used during a fire should be removed from service
in an organised manner. Fire fighting lifts designed to EN 81-72 may also be suitable for the evacuation of
disabled persons with prior agreement of the fire service. However, some of the features provided by
EN 81-72 may not be essential for evacuation use.
0.2 General situation in Europe concerning evacuation
a) Implementation of fire regulations in buildings are not harmonized and usually differ:
1. from country to country;
2. from city to city;
3. depending on the building type.
b) Evacuation and fire fighting concepts as well as fire management can also differ. There are however
some points of commonality:
1. in a building, horizontal and vertical circulation corridors and stairs are dimensioned in number
and in width so as to allow for building evacuation within defined a time in accordance with the
applicable local or national regulation;
2. lifts are rarely considered as a means of escape;
3. the normal rule is, "in case of emergency do not use lifts";
4. this rule is usually communicated by different means to all building occupants:
— signs;
— audible messages;
— training;
— written evacuation plan and procedures.
c) In some particular cases and under particular conditions in some countries, specific lifts can be used for
transportation of the disabled in case of emergencies.
d) In office buildings and buildings where the public may enter, such as hotels etc., personnel are often
appointed responsible for evacuation of the building or particular levels. These may be called
"evacuation assistants" or "fire wardens". The term evacuation assistant is used throughout this
document.
Their task is to:
1. verify in case of an evacuation alert that all areas have been effectively evacuated;
2. help disabled persons and particularly people with impaired mobility to evacuate.
0.3 Basic principle of evacuation of the disabled taken into account in this document
The principle that stairs are the recognised main means of escape from the building remains unchanged.
The purpose of this document is not to reconsider this principle, but to study under which conditions lifts could
be used to supplement stairs with reasonable safety, in order to assist the evacuation of persons with
impaired mobility.
Lifts for evacuation should be lifts normally used for daily vertical transportation but include special functions
used in cases of evacuation. This is deliberate to ensure the lifts are regularly used thus increasing the
probability that when required for an evacuation, they will be working.
This Technical Specification also highlights certain building features that shall be provided in order to ensure
the safety and security of the lifts, lift users and those waiting for the lift.
This document describes only a basic "evacuation lift" in order to provide a reasonable and practical solution
suitable for implementation in some buildings.
This Technical Specification is not suitable for all building types such as buildings without a person
responsible to manage the building and its evacuation, who are not located in the buildings, or residential
buildings with multiple owners sharing common escape routes and no one individual responsible in the
building. These cases require different solutions than described in this document.
0.4 Aims of the document
This Technical Specification deals with:
a) the reduction of risk to persons in the lift car that may be exposed to fire and smoke;
b) the reduction of the risk of persons being trapped in a lift car during an evacuation;
c) the reduction of evacuation time for persons unable to use the stairs.
0.5 Use of this Technical Specification
The purpose of this Technical Specification is to show how a lift(s) can be designed in order to be used for
evacuation and to list the requirements not directly part of the lift itself, but which have to be satisfied in order
to make its use practical and safe. See Annex A, B and C.
This Technical Specification can be used as a guideline for:
a) national authorities to determine its own programme of implementation;
b) owners to follow their responsibilities according to existing regulations;
c) a basis for future National, International or European standards on this subject;
d) assistance to standards making committees that work on building evacuation concepts.
0.6 Relationship between this standard and others in the EN 81-70 series
It is important to understand the relationship between this standard and others in the EN 81-70 series.
EN 81 parts 1 and 2 define the basic safety requirements essential to any lift design. EN 81-70 provides
additional requirements that make a lift more easily accessible to all users including those with disabilities.
EN 81-72 defines requirements for a lift suitable for use by fire fighters. At the discretion of the fire service and
local legislation, it may be acceptable to use such a lift prior to arrival of the fire service for the evacuation of
persons with a disability. This is not acceptable in all countries or desirable in all cases. Local legislation
should determine what is acceptable in their jurisdiction.
EN 81-73 defines how a lift can be safely removed from service if local legislation or rules or building
management requires that lifts are not used during an emergency. E.g., fire. See also Annex A.
Management can determine on the day if the building is to be evacuated and if they wish to use the
evacuation lift. If they do, they can bring the lift back into evacuation service by use of a switch. This is not
considered a contradiction with EN 81-73.
1 Scope
1.1 Use of the lift
This Technical Specification gives rules for the intended use of the lift by persons with disabilities in order to
assist the evacuation of a building. To achieve this objective, the selected lift(s) should be incorporated within
an overall building design that includes all the usual stairs and escape routes without any reduction in their
quantity or capacity.
It specifies the special provisions and safety rules to assist persons with a disability to safely evacuate a
building using lifts in relative safety with the help of suitably trained evacuation assistants.
This specification does not define the number and size of lift required, or the size of door openings that shall
be determined on a case-by-case basis by the building designer in line with applicable national regulations.
1.2 Application of this Technical Specification
This Technical Specification can be applied to permanently installed new:
a) electric lifts, with traction or positive drive (as defined in EN 81-1);
b) hydraulic lifts (as defined in EN 81-2).
1.3 Requirements of this Technical Specification
This Technical Specification defines requirements to allow safe lift use where:
a) the building has not sustained structural damage e.g. from explosion, flood, lightening strike,
earthquake, storm etc.
b) the well and car are safe for persons to use. e.g. free from smoke, etc.
c) a fire resisting structure for the lift provides suitable protection;
d) some form of fire detection is provided at least at the lift and safe areas;
e) power supplies are secure and reliable, the provision of a secondary supply is not essential but the cable
providing power to the lift shall be fire protected to the same fire protection level as given to the lift well
structure;
f) a building secondary supply is not called for by national rules or provided, the lift shall have a provision
to allow the lift to be recovered electrically to an adjacent safe area (floor);
g) responsibility for safe evacuation rests with and is in the control of trained persons located at the building
premises.
1.4 Assumptions
The following assumptions are made:
a) The building is provided with a means to protect the lift from the effects of fire and smoke e.g. safe area
directly outside lift door, fire resistant structure etc.
b) In addition to the requirements stipulated in this document, the lift shall also meet the requirements of
EN 81-1 or EN 81-2 as applicable, and EN 81-70 and EN 81-73 as applicable.
c) There is an individual person available in the building who is responsible for managing any evacuation in
addition to the person assigned to assist the disabled person and/or drive the lift. This should be included
in the evacuation plan.
d) The lift will not be used for general evacuation as it is assumed those without a disability will use the
stairs.
e) The lift is for normal use. In the case of an emergency, it becomes a tool only for the evacuation of
persons with disabilities and is not considered a general escape route.
f) A means of communication is available to people on each landing to enable them to speak with those in
charge of the evacuation.
g) Those with a disability will be evacuated with the help of specially trained persons with the physical ability
to assist those persons who require assistance.
h) Any alarm or fire detection system is operating as intended.
i) The lift size is appropriate for the intended purpose e.g., evacuation of wheelchairs, beds, stretchers,
walking aids etc.
j) A safe area (see definition in 3.14) is provided at each level adjacent to the lift for persons to wait in
safety.
k) The building is designed to minimise the risk of flooding into the lift or lift well. To this end, sprinkler
discharge, burst pipes, fire hose etc. should not be located to discharge towards the lift and any water
close to the lift should be directed away from it by sloping floors etc.
l) The lift is in normal service and is operating correctly.
m) The lift is maintained and the evacuation operation is tested at suitable regular intervals.
n) Negotiations have been made between the owner/customer and installer concerning:
1) the intended use of the lift;
2) the building evacuation strategy;
3) the design of the lift to fulfil the requirements of the evacuation strategy e.g. attendant control with
visual signals and verbal announcements, automatic doors etc.
4) environmental conditions;
5) civil engineering problems;
6) any other aspects related to the place of installation;
7) interface requirements and responsibilities for detection systems and any building management
systems etc.
NOTE Developers and architects will need to take account of national building regulations.
1.5 Consideration of type of disability
Since not all people with disabilities need a lift in order to evacuate a building this Technical Specification deal
principally with the use of lift(s) for evacuation of people with impaired mobility (see definition in 3.10).
1.6 Combinations of disabilities
After detailed study, it has been determined that not all combinations of disability can be addressed just by lift
design, especially cases of severe mental disability. However, the use of trained evacuation assistants to help
those with a disability to use the lift permits persons with multiple or severe disabilities to also evacuate from
the building when required.
1.7 Type of evacuation being considered
This document considers only the evacuation using the lift for persons with impaired mobility assisted by a
specially trained person (assisted evacuation).
As soon as the rescue service, i.e. firefighters, arrive on site, they will determine the most appropriate way to
continue the evacuation if necessary. See Annex A.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 54-1:2011, Fire detection and fire alarm systems — Part 1: Introduction.
EN 81-1:1998+A3:2009, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 1: Electric lifts.
EN 81-2:1998+A3:2009 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Part 2: Hydraulic lifts.
EN 81-70:2003, Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and good passenger lifts — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with
disability.
EN 81-70:2003/A1:2004, Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and good passenger lifts — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with
disability.
EN 81-72:2003, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts.
EN 81-73:2005, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire.
EN 1838, Lighting applications — Emergency lighting
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 54-1:1996 and EN 81 series of
standards shall apply other than the following terms and definitions.
3.1
building management
those persons or the organisation responsible for ensuring the day-to-day safe and efficient running of the
building and responsible for ensuring the building is safely evacuated in an emergency in line with the
evacuation strategy
3.2
BMS
Building Management System. A system capable of making intelligent decisions based on information sent to
it.
3.3
building evacuation strategy
plan that has been documented and put in place to ensure the safe evacuation of the building
3.4
disability
disability includes any condition, physical or mental that creates difficulty for persons using stairs (impaired
mobility) or follow simple signs or instructions without assistance
3.5
emergency
condition requiring the evacuation of all or part of a building where persons are instructed to use the
emergency stairs
3.6
emergency and test panel
panel meeting the requirements of 6.6 of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2
3.7
evacuation assistant
person appointed by building management to assist in the evacuation process and drive the lift when required
3.8
evacuation lift
lift designed to be operated by trained persons and used for the evacuation of persons with disability in cases
of emergency, under the direction of building management, trained evacuation assistant or rescue services
3.9
evacuation lift switch
a manual device located at the main evacuation exit floor, outside of the well or in the car that is intended to
be used to switch the lift to evacuation service and give priority service to the evacuation assistant
3.10
impaired mobility
difficulties in using stairs because of physical or mental impairment.
This definition includes:
 wheelchair users;
 disabled people who are able to walk but who may depend on prostheses (artificial limbs), sticks,
crutches or walking aids;
 heavily pregnant, obese people, elderly people;
 persons with a mental impairment who are unable to follow simple signs or instructions;
 persons with limited or no sight who are unable to see or read instructions directing them to a place of
safety outside of the building;
 ambulant disabled (persons using walking stick, crutches, walking frame, rollator etc.);
 persons in the building with injuries or medical conditions e.g. sports injuries or other conditions;
 persons injured as part of the emergency;
 person who enter the building with assistance from another person.
It includes all persons needing to be physically assisted or carried by another occupant or by trained
personnel through the staircases in case of evacuation.
3.11
MEEF
Main Evacuation Exit Floor. A floor determined by the building designer where the final emergency MEEF for
persons with disabilities is situated. This may or may not be the main floor of the building
3.12
refuge area
see safe area in 3.14
3.13
responsible person
person appointed by those responsible (owner or occupier) for the safe working of the building on a day-to-
day basis and for its evacuation in an emergency
3.14
safe area
area provided with a safe route to the lift and a safe storey exit e.g. stairs that will remain safe for persons for
the duration of an evacuation that is both separated from a fire by suitable fire resisting construction, and kept
clear of smoke and maintained at a reasonable temperature for persons in some countries known as a refuge
or lobby
3.15
suspend service signal
signal emanating from a BMS, fire detector or any other device provided to inform the lift that continued use
may be hazardous
4 List of significant hazards
4.1 General
This clause contains the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as far as they are dealt with in
this standard, identified by risk assessment as significant for this type of lift and which require action to reduce
or eliminate risk.
4.2 Significant hazards
Significant hazards dealt with in this Technical Specification are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below:
Table 1 — List of significant hazards and hazardous situations – Environment
Significant hazards and hazardous situations - Environment Requirements and clauses in this
standard
1 Flooding inside building 1.4 k)
2 Fire outside of the well of the lift 5.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.1.3, B.3, B.4
3 Insufficient number or size of lift(s) for evacuation B.2
4 Smoke or high temperature in the safe area (No safe space 5.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.1.3, B.2.1, B.2.8
for waiting for evacuation)
5 Difficulty in finding the safe area B.2.5
6 Entrapment (Disabled "forgotten" in the safe area) B.2.6
7 Asphyxiation (Smoke or high temperature in the lift shaft 5.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.1.3, B.2.1, B.2.8, B.2.9
during evacuation)
Table 2 — List of significant hazards and hazardous situations – Evacuation lift
Significant hazards and hazardous situations Requirements and clauses in this
Evacuation lift standard
1 Entrapment 1.2, 5.6.2, B.5
2 Human error 5.5.1.1, 5.5.3
3 Inadequate design, location or identification of manuals 1.4 2), 5.4.1.3
controls
4 Unclear information B.2.5, B.7

4.3 Hazards not addressed
The following significant hazards are not dealt with in this Technical Specification (for further information see
Introduction):
a) insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
b) entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
c) a fire in the evacuation lift well, safe area, machinery space or lift car;
d) structural collapse before the evacuation has been completed using lifts.
5 Requirements for the use of a lift for evacuation of persons with impaired mobility
5.1 Lift size and speed
In order to be used for evacuation of the disabled, the lift size shall not be less than defined by National
legislation or where legislation does not exist, then EN 81-70 type 2.
NOTE 1 Persons may be injured during the emergency and may no longer be able to use stairs that they used on entry
to the building. This means that consideration should be given to the possibility of a lift being required to accommodate a
stretcher.
NOTE 2 For the purpose of evacuation the speed of the lift or lifts intended for the evacuation is less critical than may be
thought. The maximum speed is determined by ensuring that if all lifts set aside for evacuation are used, the combination
of speed and load will move all persons requiring evacuation in the required evacuation time. This time shall not exceed
the time for which the lift structure and any safe area is intended to remain tenable.
The lift(s) or group of lifts shall serve all floors which according to the evacuation plan require service.
5.2 Fundamental "evacuation lift" requirements
5.2.1 The lift shall be built to comply with EN 81-1 or EN 81-2 as applicable and EN 81-70 and EN 81-73 as
applicable.
5.2.2 Upon receiving a signal, the lift shall operate as follows:
a) all landing controls and car controls including the “door re-open button” shall be rendered inoperative;
b) all existing registered calls shall be cancelled;
c) the lift shall follow the automatic command initiated by the received signal in the following way:
− a lift with automatic power operated doors, when parked at a landing, shall close the doors and travel
non-stop to the MEEF;
− a lift with manually operated or non-automatic power operated doors, if parked at a landing with open
doors, shall remain immobilised at that landing. If the doors are closed, the lift shall travel non-stop to
the MEEF;
− a lift travelling away from the MEEF shall make a normal stop and reverse its direction at the nearest
possible landing without opening the doors and return to the MEEF;
− a lift travelling towards the MEEF shall continue its travel non-stop to the MEEF;
− ,in the event of becoming blocked due to the operation of a safety device, a lift shall remain
immobilised.
d) the automatic dispatch to the lowest landing as defined in EN 81-2:1998, 14.2.1.5 b) shall be rendered
inoperative;
e) the breakdown of a lift in a group of interconnected lifts shall not affect the return of other lifts to the
designated landing;
f) on arriving at the designated landing, lifts with power operated doors shall park there with the car and
landing doors open and removed from service.;
g) for lifts with manually operated doors, when the car(s) arrives at the designated landing, its door(s) shall
be unlocked;
h) to indicate that the lift can be used, any no entry sign shall be turned off in order to return it to the main
floor when fire is first detected. It shall be possible for a trained evacuation assistant responsible for the
evacuation to bring the lift into service on evacuation control by the use of an evacuation lift switch
located adjacent to the lift at the MEEF or in the car. See 5.3.1.1.
5.2.3 The lift shall be designed to operate correctly according to the following conditions:

a) the electrical/electronic landing control devices and indicators required for rescue purposes shall continue
to function, so that a person can detect where the car is located for rescue purposes e.g. where the car is
blocked when operating in an ambient temperature of 0 °C to 65 °C, for a period equal to that required for
the structure of the building e.g.1 h
b) all other electrical/electronic components of the lift, not in the fire protected lobby shall be designed to
function correctly in an ambient temperature range of 0 °C to 40 °C.
5.3 Control systems
5.3.1 Building Input signal
The lift should receive clear signals from some source to enable it to know what it is required to do. These
signals are not defined here as they are not part of the lift but should be provided and emanate from whatever
provisions (fire detection system of building management system etc.) is provided. See B.2.8, B.2.9, B.2.10,
3.3 and 4.
If the signal emanates from a device other than a key switch it should be a stable signal e.g. if the signal goes
positive to initiate the service it shall stay positive.
5.3.1.1 Lift Input signal (evacuation lift switch)
An evacuation lift switch e.g. key operated shall be:
a) bi-stable in operation having three positions
1) in position 1 it is marked OFF;
2) in position 2 it is marked LIFT RECALL;
3) in position 3 it is marked EVACUATION or EVACUATION SERVICE and;
b) appropriately marked for its purpose and, located adjacent to the lift at the main evacuation exit floor,
usually the main lobby;
c) when accessible to all, protected from misuse or damage e.g. by being placed behind a locked cover or
located within a secure manned area, preferably adjacent to the main evacuation exit floor;
d) able to overrule EN 81-73 function and initiate CEN/TS 81-76 function when turned to position 3 (opening
the doors if closed) and when turned off return to EN 81-73 function if BMS or building alarm system is
still active.
NOTE The decision as to whether an automatic fire detection system or manual recall device is selected is the subject
of negotiation at the design/planning stage of the building in accordance with national regulations.
5.4 Output signal(s) (Interfaces)
Where required, contacts providing output signals (e.g. lift status to a BMS) shall be provided by the lift
installer. CEN/TS 81-76 evacuation signal shall illuminate lift signs on landings and activate the car and
landing evacuation communication system etc.
NOTE The type of output signal(s) if needed will be determined in negotiation with the building owner (see 1.4 n).
5.4.1 Interface requirements between the fire alarm system and the lift control system
Interruption of an interface connection between the fire alarm system and the lift control system shall not
change the mode of operation of the lift whilst the evacuation key switch is in the evacuation mode.
NOTE The type of interface should be at the choice of the lift installer in negotiation with the building owner (see
EN 81-1:1998, 0.2.5 and EN 81-2:1998, 0.2.5).
Examples of interfaces which may be used are shown below.
5.4.1.1 Discrete interface
Any discrete interface shall be by normally open-contact (voltage free) which are open in the evacuation
mode.
A contact providing a voltage free signal to the lift control system shall be provided by the supplier of the
automatic fire detection system.
5.4.1.2 Serial interface
Where used, a serial interface shall be fail safe and designed for the transmission of information in the form of
serial signals, in accordance with a standardised software/hardware protocol (e.g. EIA-422-A or ITU-T V.11).
5.4.1.3 Suspended service signal
If at any time before, during or after an evacuation signal is received, a suspended service signal is received,
the lift shall operated as follows:
The lift shall complete any journey in progress and when stopped it shall reverse direction and return to the
main evacuation exit floor without stopping. On arrival at the main evacuation exit floor it shall open its doors,
then close its doors and remain out of service. The evacuation sign in the car and on landings shall display
‘SERVICE SUSPENDED’. The lift shall be returned to EN 81-73 operation.
It shall not be possible to return the lift to normal service until any relevant detector has been cancelled and
the lift evacuation switch turned to the OFF position. It shall also not be possible to return the lift to evacuation
service until any relevant detector has been cancelled and the lift evacuation switch turned to the OFF position
and then back to the evacuation service position.
5.4.1.4 If at any time during the evacuation service any safe area becomes unsafe, evacuation service shall
be suspended as in 5.4.1.3.
NOTE The condition of a safe area maybe reported by an evacuation assistant on a floor or detected by some sensor
device if automatic condition monitoring of safe areas is carried out.
5.5 Landing equipment
5.5.1 Landing signals
5.5.1.1 Identification of the evacuation lift
Above or adjacent to each landing door located between 1.8 m and 2.5 m from the floor an illuminating sign
shall be installed.
The sign shall be at least 60 x 30mm. The sign shall have a green background and use black and white as
indicated in Figure 1.
or
Figure 1 — "Disabled evacuation" sign
5.5.1.2 Disabled evacuation sign
The sign Figure 1 should be illuminated when the lift is on evacuation service or shall display the words
SERVICE SUSPENDED when applicable, see 5.4.1.3.
5.5.2 Controls
Whilst on evacuation control, operation of the evacuation lift shall be by means of a full set of push buttons in
the car e.g. behind a hidden panel, which can be opened.
Other operating systems shall be rendered inoperative.
5.5.3 Car signals
In the car, there shall be a position indicator and an illuminating sign. The sign shall be located within or above
the car operating panel, either combined with or separate from the car position indicator. The centreline of the
device shall be positioned between 1,60 m and 1,80 m from the car floor. The height of the sign shall be
between 30 mm and 60 mm.
The sign shall be the same sign defined in 5.5.1.1 and Figure 1.
5.6 Car communication system
5.6.1 An evacuation lift shall have an intercommunication system for interactive two way speech
communication, whilst the lift is in evacuation mode. This shall allow communication between the evacuation
lift car, the evacuation exit floor and any machine room or emergency and rescue panel.
5.6.2 The communication equipment within the lift car and at the MEEF shall be a built-in microphone and
speaker, and not a telephone handset.
5.6.3 The wiring for the communication system shall be installed within the lift well and or machine room if
provided. If in the case of a hydraulic lift the machine room is rem
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