Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger lifts - Part 72: Firefighters lifts
1.1 This document specifies the additional requirements to EN ISO 8100-1:2026 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which can be used to support firefighting and rescue under firefighters control.
1.2 This document does not apply to:
- lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat, chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment;
- the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable;
- lifts with partially enclosed wells;
- lifts installed in new or existing buildings, which are not included in fire resisting building structure.
1.3 This document does not define the use of other than the highest deck of a multi deck lift for firefighting operations.
1.4 The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex H.
1.5 The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document:
- fire or smoke in the firefighters lift well, safe areas, machinery spaces or car;
- ingress of water to the lift well during firefighting operations;
- insufficient or incorrectly located firefighters lifts;
- insufficient firefighters lift capacity;
- inability of users to understand the use of the lift in firefighting operations;
- entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
- structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting, ventilation) before the firefighting using lifts has been completed;
- presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport of dangerous goods;
- unavailability of the firefighters lift.
This document is not applicable to firefighters lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.
Related directives
NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.
2014/33/EU
Directive 2014/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts (recast)
