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BS EN 81-72 Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts. Firefighters lifts.

Many buildings and environments require our lifts to be provided with additional protection controls and signals. We ensure the protection and equipment against water and follow the regulation to ease the rescue from inside or outside the lift car in case of fire: emergency trapdoors, accessible ladders, priority recall for the firefighter lift and use of the lift under firefighters control.

Safety requirements and/or protective measures:

-          Fundamental firefighters lift requirements.

-          Protection of electrical equipment against water.

-          Rescue of trapped firefighters in the lift car.

-          Car doors and landing doors.

-          Lift machine and associated equipment.

-          Control Systems: phase 1 priority recall for the firefighters lift.

-          Control Systems: phase 2 Use of the lift under firefighters control.

-          Fire service communication system.