BS EN 81-72:2020

1.1

This document specifies the additional or deviating requirements to EN 81‑20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control.

1.2

This document applies, when the following conditions are fulfilled:

• the lift well and the lift environment are designed to restrict the ingress of fire, heat and smoke to the lift well, machinery spaces and safe areas;

• the building design limits the flow of water into the lift well;

• the firefighters lift is not used as an escape route;

• the lift well and the lift environment are fire protected for at least to the same level as the building structure;

• the power supply is secure and reliable;

• the electrical cable(s) providing power to the lift is fire protected to the same fire protection level as given to the lift well structure;

• a suitable maintenance and verification plan is implemented.

1.3

This document does not cover:

• the use of lifts with partially enclosed wells for use as firefighters lifts;

• lifts installed in new or existing buildings, which are not included in fire resisting building structure;

• important modification to existing lifts.

1.4

This document does not define:

• the number of firefighters lifts and the floors to be served during firefighting operations;

• size of safe area(s);

• the use of other than the highest deck of a multi deck lift for firefighting operations.

1.5

This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to firefighters lifts (as listed in Clause 4) when they are used as intended and under the conditions as foreseen by the installer.

1.6

The following significant hazards are not dealt with in this document and are assumed to be addressed by the building designer:

• not having enough or correctly located firefighters lifts to move the firefighters up the building;

• a fire in the firefighters lift well, safe area, machinery space or car;

• the absence of building floor identification signs at any floor;

• water management is not operating correctly.

1.1

This document specifies the additional or deviating requirements to EN 81‑20:2020 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used for firefighting and evacuation purposes under firefighters control.

1.2

This document applies, when the following conditions are fulfilled:

• the lift well and the lift environment are designed to restrict the ingress of fire, heat and smoke to the lift well, machinery spaces and safe areas;

• the building design limits the flow of water into the lift well;

• the firefighters lift is not used as an escape route;

• the lift well and the lift environment are fire protected for at least to the same level as the building structure;

• the power supply is secure and reliable;

• the electrical cable(s) providing power to the lift is fire protected to the same fire protection level as given to the lift well structure;

• a suitable maintenance and verification plan is implemented.

1.3

This document does not cover:

• the use of lifts with partially enclosed wells for use as firefighters lifts;

• lifts installed in new or existing buildings, which are not included in fire resisting building structure;

• important modification to existing lifts.

1.4

This document does not define:

• the number of firefighters lifts and the floors to be served during firefighting operations;

• size of safe area(s);

• the use of other than the highest deck of a multi deck lift for firefighting operations.

1.5

This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to firefighters lifts (as listed in Clause 4) when they are used as intended and under the conditions as foreseen by the installer.

1.6

The following significant hazards are not dealt with in this document and are assumed to be addressed by the building designer:

• not having enough or correctly located firefighters lifts to move the firefighters up the building;

• a fire in the firefighters lift well, safe area, machinery space or car;

• the absence of building floor identification signs at any floor;

• water management is not operating correctly.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
2	undefined
8	1 Scope
9	2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions
10	4 List of significant hazards
12	5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures 5.1 Environment/building requirements
13	5.2 Fundamental firefighters lift requirements
14	5.3 Protection of electrical equipment against water (see Annex D)
15	5.4 Rescue of trapped firefighters in the car 5.4.1 Emergency trap door 5.4.2 Ladders
16	5.4.3 Rescue from outside the car 5.4.4 Self-rescue from inside the car 5.5 Hydraulic lifts used as firefighters lift 5.6 Car doors and landing doors
17	5.7 Lift machine and associated equipment 5.8 Control systems
21	5.9 Power supplies for firefighters lifts 5.10 Changeover and interruption of electrical supplies 5.11 Car and landing controls
22	5.12 Fire service communication system 5.13 Vandal prone areas 6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures
24	7 Information for use
26	Annex A (informative)Firefighting concept for buildings A.1 General A.2 Introduction A.3 Background
27	A.4 Fire service operations A.5 Firefighters lift A.6 Fire service rescue
30	Annex B (informative)Basic layouts for firefighters lift
33	Annex C (informative)Power supplies for firefighters lifts — Secondary power supplies
35	Annex D (normative)Water protection in the lift well
36	Annex E (informative)Water management E.1 General E.2 Measures to address the ingress of water into the lift well E.3 Measures to address the accumulation of water in the lift pit
37	Annex F (informative)Concepts of fire compartments
38	Annex G (normative)Pictogram for a firefighters lift
39	Annex H (informative)Examples of rescue concept for firefighters
42	Annex I (informative)Building interface I.1 General I.2 Approval of fire authorities
43	I.3 Provision of firefighters lifts I.4 Protection of the area in front of landing doors I.5 Separation of the lift well
44	I.6 Fire resistance of shutters and fire door I.7 Smoke control I.8 Lift identification
45	Annex J (informative)Maintenance requirements
46	Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard and the essential requirements of Directive 2014/33/EU aimed to be covered

Status	Definitive
Pages	50
Publication Date	2020-07-29
ISBN	978 0 580 51877 5
Standard Number	BS EN 81-72:2020
Title	Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts. Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts – Firefighters lifts
Identical National Standard Of	EN 81-72
Replaces	BS EN 81-72:2015
Descriptors	Safety measures, Buildings, Fire safety in buildings, Signals, Means of escape from fire in buildings, Installation, Control systems, Firefighting personnel, Lifts, Rescue, Firefighting, Goods lifts, Fire resistance, Accident prevention, Service lifts, Hazards, Passenger lifts
Publisher	BSI
Committee	MHE/4
ICS Codes	91.140.90 - Lifts. Escalators