- Author
- Klote, J. H. | Deal, S. | Donoghue, E. A. | Levin, B. M. | Groner, N. E.
- Title
- Fire Evacuation by Elevators.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Edward A. Donoghue Associates, Inc., Salem, NY George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA
- Journal
- Elevator World, Vol. 41, No. 6, 66-70,72-75, June 1993
- Report
- NIST SP 983, May 2002,
- Distribution
- TO VIEW NIST SP 983 GO TO Website: http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/elevators
- Book or Conf
- Collected Publications Related to the Use of Elevators During Fires. NIST SP 983, Bukowski, R. W.; Burgess, S. R.; Reneke, P. A., Editors, ['2002', '1993']
- Keywords
- evacuation | elevators (lifts) | smoke control | staging areas | human beings | water | sprinklers
- Abstract
- There is a rising concern for the safety of persons from fire who cannot travel building emergency exit routes in the same manner or as quickly as expected of able persons. One proposed solution for providing safety for these people is the use of elevators. However, today's elevators are not intended as means of fire egress and they should not be used for fire evacuation.