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Minutes
NEII® CENTRAL CODE COMMITTEE March 20-21, 2013
1. Call to Order.
Chairman Lou Bialy called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. on March 20, 2013 at Fujitec America, 7258 Innovation Way, Mason, Ohio 45040.
2. Record of Attendance.
Name Company Louis Bialy Otis Elevator Company Brian Black NEII Amy Blankenbiller NEII Joseph Busse Fujitec America Steve Grainer Mitsubishi Electric USA Phillip Hampton ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation Andy Juhasz KONE, Inc. Dennis Kalgren KONE, Inc. David McColl Otis Elevator Company Vince Robibero Schlindler Elevator Corporation
3. Announcements.
The committee thanked Fujitec for its hospitality. Andy Juhasz announced at the joint meeting with the Government Affairs Committee his plan to retire from KONE in July 2013.
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4. Adoption of Agenda. The agenda posted on the committee website was adopted as amended. 5. Approval of Minutes.
The minutes of the October 31, 2012 teleconference posted on the committee website were approved.
6. Personnel.
Please see Attachment #1 for a copy of the NEII® Central Code Committee roster. Members are requested to advise Brian Black of any corrections that should be made.
7. NEII® CodeFinder.
(a) CodeFinder Open Feedback.
The committee reviewed Attachment #2 and agreed to update the open feedback items.
(b) CodeFinder Editor Training.
The committee agreed to keep this on the agenda as an open item. Lou indicated that Otis has a number of staff that would benefit from the training, as did Steve for Mitsubishi.
(c) CodeFinder Management Report.
The committee reviewed Attachment #3. (d) Code Adoption Report.
The committee reviewed Attachment #4. Brian noted that he performed an audit of this report versus the Government Affairs data and provided feedback to the CodeFinder Editors to resolve the discrepancies.
(e) Outsourcing TG.
Vince indicated he would meet with the Task Group and prepare a report for the next meeting.
8. Review of Committee Policy and Position Papers.
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(a) NEII® Codes and Standards Policy (2005).
Joe Busse reviewed the proposed revisions shown in Attachment #5. It was agreed that the changes will be finalized and approved at the next meeting. Proposals regarding email policy will be forwarded to the Long Range Strategic Plan Committee for consideration.
(b) NEII® CodeFinder Procedures (2010).
Brian reviewed Attachment #6.
(c) NEII® CodeFinder Policy (2007).
Brian will review Attachment #7 for next meeting and email to committee members beforehand.
(d) Sprinklers and Elevators (2007).
David McColl will send revisions to Attachment #8 to committee members prior to next meeting.
(e) Global Elevator Industry Commitment to Global Technical Barrier-
Free Trade (2013). The committee reviewed Attachment #9. Lou reported all of the signatory bodies will agree to this at a meeting on April 3, 2013. It has already been signed by NEII President Rich Hussey.
(f) Jurisdictional Authority under the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7
Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators (2009). The committee reviewed Attachment #10 and reaffirmed the policy.
(g) NEII® Position on Use of Elevators in fires and Other Emergencies
(2008.) David will send draft revisions to Attachment #11 prior to next meeting.
(h) Antitrust Guide for Company Representatives Attending Meetings
with Competitors [NEW]
The committee reviewed Attachment #12 and voted to accept the policy.
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(i) NEII® Elevator Inspection Policy (1994).
The committee agreed Attachment #13 needs a significant rewrite. Brian (lead), Vince and Amy will draft a proposal for consideration at the next meeting.
(j) NEII® Licensing Policy (2001).
The committee reviewed Attachment #14 and agreed it falls under the auspices of the Government Affairs Committee. The responsibility for this document will be discussed at the next joint meeting.
9. ASME A17 Emergency Operations Committee Task Groups on Use of
Elevators in Fires and Other Emergencies.
David reported that the Task Groups have not met since 2012 and decided their work is substantially complete with the approval of Occupant Evacuation Operation in the 2013 A17/B44.
10. Accessibility Issues.
(a) ICC/ANSI A117.1.
Brian reported that the committee met in January and that its preliminary actions are now out for letter ballot, due April 12, 2013.
(b) CSA B44, Appendix E.
David reported Appendix E has been revised for harmonization with ICC/ANSI A117.1-2009 and will be in the 2013 edition of the code.
11. Local Elevator Code Issues.
(a) Miami.
Phil reported that John Antonia is claiming that A17.7/B44.7 only applies to entire systems and not components.
(b) Vermont and Indiana.
The GAC will be looking into issues related to MRL prohibitions and requiring paper records on site, respectively, in these states.
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12. ASME QEI.
Lou reported that NAESAi is working on ANSI certification. Jurisdictions are continuing to work on removing “ASME certification” from their laws and regulations.
13. Maintenance Control Program.
Vince will prepare an overview of the process specified in the 2013 code to be included in NEII-1. David noted that TSSA was going to implement the 2010 version of the MCP in Ontario in May, but has rescinded this with the intent of adopting the 2013 version (with modifications) as of 2014.
14. Electrical Codes.
Andy reported the NFPA 70 ROC meeting took place in November. No changes related to elevator/escalator requirements were made. Andy reminded the committee that a new NEII representative on the NFPA 70 Committee will be needed by the end of the year. Jeff Blaine is currently our alternate on the committee. Andy, Lou, Vince and Phil will resolve this in Boston in May. Last, Andy announced that UL and ULC have re-established the certification of fire-resistive cables. See Attachment #15.
15. Building Code Activities. (a) ICC.
Brian reported on NEII’s comments on the IFC (Attachment #16). We will have John Carlson or Jeff Blaine represent us at the hearings April 21- 30 in Dallas as Brian will be at the NEII Board meeting and most of the committee members will be at the ISO Plenary meetings in New York. Brian will send specific information on the hearings to committee members.
(b) NFPA.
Brian reviewed NEII’s proposals (Attachment #17) and indicated he will represent us at the NFPA committee meeting in San Diego in May.
(c) National Building Code of Canada.
David indicated there is nothing new to report.
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16. Energy Efficiency.
Brian reviewed the ASHRAE 90.1 draft shown in Attachment #18, indicating the comment period is still open on this standard’s change. a. Performance Standards Committee LRP proposal.
The committee reviewed Attachment #19. A motion was made, seconded and approved to NOT APPROVE the change.
17. ISO Activities.
Attachment #20 shows the contributions to the ISO Plenary meetings in New York City to date. Lou reviewed the schedule for the week.
18. NEII® NOW Articles.
The following authors/articles are scheduled for future editions:
Vince Robibero – Quickening pace of NA codes Lou Bialy - Long Range Plan overview
19. International Mutual Recognition Agreements and Meeting with European
Lift Association.
Lou reported on the history of cooperative efforts between CEN, ISO and ASME.
The Global Elevator Industry Commitment to Global Technical Barrier-Free Trade is located on the committee website at http://www.neii.org/members/committees/20/.
20. Liaison Committee Reports.
(a) NEII® Performance Standards Committee.
Joe reported the committee met in Mobile in February. The work with ASHRAE 90.1 was the principle issue addressed. The destination dispatch accessibility TG was formed. Doug Henderson and Mike Lewis will be asked to participate.
(b) NEII® Architectural Standards Committee.
Brian reported that the next committee meeting will be held in conjunction with the Performance Standards committee meeting scheduled for October.
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(c) NEII® Safety Committee.
1. 2013 Arc Flash Hazard Study TG.
Brian reported the Ad Hoc Committee last met on March 7 and is completing the RFP for the new study.
21. Central Code Committee 2012 budget - Louis Bialy.
ISO Plenary Meeting NYC $25,000 Hosting of JEA meeting $10,000 Seismic Consultant for OSHPOD analysis $5,000 CodeFinder Outsourcing Pilot Project $10,000 Total $50,000
22. Other Business.
(a) Escalator Interpretation. It was moved, seconded and approved to send Attachment #21 as a NEII inquiry to the A17 Standards and Maintenance Committees.
23. Time and Place for Future Meetings.
July 31- August 1, 2013, Mississauga, ON. October 30-31, 2013, San Francisco, CA.
24. Adjournment. The committee adjourned on March 20, 2013 at 4:31 p.m. Respectfully submitted,
Brian Black Code and Safety Director
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Attachments 1. Committee Roster 2. CodeFinder Open Feedback 3. CodeFinder Management Report 4. Code Adoption Report 5. NEII® Codes and Standards Policy 6. NEII® CodeFinder Procedures 7. NEII® CodeFinder Policy 8. Sprinklers and Elevators 9. Global Elevator Industry Commitment to Global Technical Barrier-Free Trade 10. Jurisdictional Authority under the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Performance-based
safety code for elevators and escalators 11. NEII® Position on Use of Elevators in fires and Other Emergencies 12. Antitrust Guide for Company Representatives Attending Meetings with
Competitors 13. NEII® Elevator Inspection Policy 14. NEII® Licensing Policy 15. Announcement of UL/ULC recertification of fire-resistive cables 16. NEII® International Fire Code proposals 17. NEII® NFPA 5000 proposals 18. ASHRAE 90.1 proposal 19. Performance Standards Committee Long Range Strategic Plan proposal 20. ISO Plenary Meeting contributions 21. Escalator interpretation proposal
Central Code Committee
Name: JOSEPH BUSSETitle: EXECUTIVE TECHNICAL ADVISORCompany: FUJITEC AMERICA, INC.Address: 7258 INNOVATION WAYCity: MASON State: OH Zip Code: 45040
300
E-Mail: [email protected]:
MemberCategory:
Phone 1: 932-8000
Extension
Phone 2:
Fax 1: 933-5582Mobile: 739-0802
513Area Number Area Number
513513
5203
Country: UNITED STATES
Name: STEVE GRAINERTitle: SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGERCompany: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.Address: 5900-A KATELLA AVENUE, PO BOX 6077City: CYPRESS State: CA Zip Code: 90630-0007
461
E-Mail: [email protected]:
MemberCategory:
Phone 1: 220-4841
Extension
Phone 2: 220-4800
Fax 1: 220-4812Mobile: 448-5796
714
Area Number Area Number
714714714
Country: UNITED STATES
Name: PHILLIP HAMPTONTitle: CHIEF ENGINEERCompany: THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: 9280 CRESTWYN HILLS DRIVECity: MEMPHIS State: TN Zip Code: 38125
623
E-Mail: [email protected]:
MemberCategory:
Phone 1: 261-1550
Extension
Phone 2:
Fax 1: 860-2598Mobile: 210-9275
901
Area Number Area Number
901901
Country: UNITED STATES
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Central Code Committee
Name: DOUG HENDERSONTitle: ENGINEERCompany: THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: P. O. BOX 370City: MIDDLETON State: TN Zip Code: 38052
624
E-Mail: [email protected]:
AlternateCategory:
Phone 1:
Extension
Phone 2:
Fax 1: 376-1913Mobile: 652-3649
Area Number Area Number
731901
Country: UNITED STATES
Name: ANDREW JUHASZTitle: MANAGER, CODES & STANDARDSCompany: KONE INC.Address: ONE KONE COURTCity: MOLINE State: IL Zip Code: 61265-
111
E-Mail: [email protected]:
MemberCategory:
Phone 1: 334-9556
Extension
Phone 2: 743-5525
Fax 1: 743-5530Mobile:
800
Area Number Area Number
3093095525
Country: UNITED STATES
Name: DENNIS KALGRENTitle: PRODUCT MANAGERCompany: KONE INC.Address: 700 CENTRAL EXPWY SOUTH SUITE 400City: ALLEN State: TX Zip Code: 75013-8015
826
E-Mail: [email protected]:
AlternateCategory:
Phone 1: - 854
Extension
Phone 2:
Fax 1: 383-1216Mobile: 247-4086
469
Area Number Area Number
214469
8842
Country: UNITED STATES
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Central Code Committee
Name: DAVID MCCOLLTitle: MANAGER, CODES & STANDARDSCompany: OTIS CANADA INC.Address: 1655 THE QUEENSWAY EASTCity: MISSISSAUGA State: ON Zip Code: L4X 2Z5
272
E-Mail: [email protected]:
AlternateCategory:
Phone 1: 272-6132
Extension
Phone 2: 276-5577
Fax 1: 660-9874Mobile: 500-3919
905Area Number Area Number
905860416
Country: CANADA
Name: VINCENT P. ROBIBEROTitle: NORTH AMERICAN CODE CONSULTANTCompany: SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: P. O. BOX 1935City: MORRISTOWN State: NJ Zip Code: 07962-1935
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E-Mail: [email protected]:
MemberCategory:
Phone 1: 397-6018
Extension
Phone 2:
Fax 1: 397-6141Mobile: 216-8030
973
Area Number Area Number
973973
Country: UNITED STATES
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Created State Jurisdiction Code Type Code Agency Contact Req #Agencies
Contacts
Codes
2013-01-18
Rhode Island State of RhodeIsland
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200710/06/2007
Division of OccupationalSafety / RI Dept. ofLabor & Training
Feedback Issue: Open: 104 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Rhode Island Jurisdiction: State of RhodeIsland Code Type: Elevator New Edition: 2007
Please add to Comments: While A17.7 was not excluded in the regulations, staff reports that they do not enforce A17.7.
2013-01-18
Arizona State of Arizona Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200705/18/2009
Division of OccupationalSafety and HealthIndustrial Commissionof Arizona
Feedback Issue: Open: 104 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Arizona Jurisdiction: State of Arizona CodeType: Elevator New Edition: 2007
NEII's Government Affairs Consultant reports "The Elevator Advisory Board expressly excluded A17.7, however A17.7 wasnot deleted from the regulations (ref: R20-5-507)." The CodeFinder Database procedure states, "Where ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinder Editor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conformingto ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicates equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be acceptedthis information is to be recorded in the COMMENTs field." Please clarify whether the references to A17.7 were actuallydeleted or whether the state is just not accepting A17.7 equipment. Thank you.
2013-01-18
Indiana State of Indiana Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200703/14/2011
Department ofHomeland Security,Elevators andAmusement Section
Feedback Issue: Open: 104 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:
Click on these Icons to view or close the entire Feedback Issue. Indicates Feedback Issue has been open for more than twoweeks.
NEII CodeFinder Editor Admin Area http://www.neii.org/members/CodeEditor/IndexFB.cfm
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There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Indiana Jurisdiction: State of Indiana CodeType: Elevator New Edition: 2007
Please add the following information under "Comments": "The AHJ indicates equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7 will not be accepted."
2013-01-18
Maine State of Maine Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200701/05/2009
Board of Elevator &Tramway Safety
Feedback Issue: Open: 104 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Maine Jurisdiction: State of Maine Code Type:Elevator New Edition: 2007
Please add in "Comments" section: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is specifically excluded in the regulations."
2013-01-18
New Mexico State of NewMexico
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200701/28/2011
Division of theConstruction IndustriesRegulation andLicensing Department
Feedback Issue: Open: 104 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: New Mexico Jurisdiction: State of New MexicoCode Type: Elevator New Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTs field." Please determine whether New Mexico recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 byreference and indicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-01-18
Idaho State of Idaho Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44201003/29/2012
Idaho Division ofBuilding Safety
Feedback Issue: Open: 92 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Idaho Jurisdiction: State of Idaho Code Type:Elevator New Edition: 2010
NEII®s Local Code Database Procedures state, 3.3.6 Where ASME A17.6 is adopted by legislation, regulation orreference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 one of the following statements shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for theASME A17.6 Standard: " Adopted by legislation/regulation; or " Adopted by reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Pleaseadd the appropriate information in the COMMENT field of the CodeFinder A17.1/B44 page. Additionally, Please Add ASMEA17.6 under the Elevator Suspension section of the Code Information for a Jurisdiction Report.
2013-01-18
Newfoundland Province ofNewfoundland
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44201007/01/2011
Government Services
Feedback Issue: Open: 92 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Newfoundland Jurisdiction: Province ofNewfoundland Code Type: Elevator New Edition: 2010
NEII®s Local Code Database Procedures state, 3.3.6 Where ASME A17.6 is adopted by legislation, regulation or
NEII CodeFinder Editor Admin Area http://www.neii.org/members/CodeEditor/IndexFB.cfm
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reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 one of the following statements shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for theASME A17.6 Standard: " Adopted by legislation/regulation; or " Adopted by reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Pleaseadd the appropriate information in the COMMENT field of the CodeFinder A17.1/B44 page. Additionally, Please Add ASMEA17.6 under the Elevator Suspension section of the Code Information for a Jurisdiction Report.
2013-01-18
Nova Scotia Province of NovaScotia
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44201006/30/2011
Elevators & Lifts, NovaScotia Environment &Labor, Elevator Division
Feedback Issue: Open: 92 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Nova Scotia Jurisdiction: Province of NovaScotia Code Type: Elevator New Edition: 2010
NEII®s Local Code Database Procedures state, 3.3.6 Where ASME A17.6 is adopted by legislation, regulation orreference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 one of the following statements shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for theASME A17.6 Standard: " Adopted by legislation/regulation; or " Adopted by reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Pleaseadd the appropriate information in the COMMENT field of the CodeFinder A17.1/B44 page. Additionally, Please Add ASMEA17.6 under the Elevator Suspension section of the Code Information for a Jurisdiction Report.
2013-02-06
Alberta Province of Alberta Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200705/01/2009
Municipal Affairs,Safety Services
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Alberta Jurisdiction: Province of Alberta CodeType: Elevator New Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Alberta recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 by referenceand indicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-02-06
Newfoundland Province ofNewfoundland
ElevatorPerformance
ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7200710/06/2007
Government Services
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 in State: Newfoundland Jurisdiction: Province ofNewfoundland Code Type: Elevator Performance Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Newfoundland recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 byreference and indicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-02-06 NorthwestTerritories
NorthwestTerritories
ElevatorPerformance
ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7200709/01/2009
Public Works andServices
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:
NEII CodeFinder Editor Admin Area http://www.neii.org/members/CodeEditor/IndexFB.cfm
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There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 in State: Northwest Territories Jurisdiction: NorthwestTerritories Code Type: Elevator Performance Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Northwest Territories recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 byreference and indicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-02-06
Manitoba Province ofManitoba
ElevatorPerformance
ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7200707/01/2009
Ministry of Labour andImmigration
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 in State: Manitoba Jurisdiction: Province of ManitobaCode Type: Elevator Performance Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Manitoba recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 by referenceand indicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-02-06 NewBrunswick
Province of NewBrunswick
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B442007 & A17.1a/B44a-0807/01/2010
New Brunswick Dept. ofPublic Safety
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: New Brunswick Jurisdiction: Province of NewBrunswick Code Type: Elevator New Edition: 2007 & A17.1a/B44a-08
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether New Brunswick recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 byreference and indicate the findings in the Comments section. If adoption is recognized, please add to "ElevatorPerformance".
2013-02-06
Quebec Province ofQuebec
Elevator New ASME A17.1/CSA B44200708/31/2008
Regie du batimentQuebec (RBQ)
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.1/CSA B44 in State: Quebec Jurisdiction: Province of Quebec CodeType: Elevator New Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Quebec recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 by referenceand indicate the findings in the Comments section. If adoption is recognized, please add to "Elevator Performance".
2013-02-06 PrinceEdwardIsland
Prince EdwardIsland
ElevatorPerformance
ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7200710/17/2009
Inspection and PlanningServices Division
NEII CodeFinder Editor Admin Area http://www.neii.org/members/CodeEditor/IndexFB.cfm
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Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 in State: Prince Edward Island Jurisdiction: PrinceEdward Island Code Type: Elevator Performance Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether PEI recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 by reference andindicate the findings in the Comments section.
2013-02-06
Nova Scotia Province of NovaScotia
ElevatorPerformance
ASME A17.7/CSAB44.7200710/06/2007
Elevators & Lifts, NovaScotia Environment &Labor, Elevator Division
Feedback Issue: Open: 34 days
From: Brian BlackEmail: [email protected]: BDBlack Codes Inc.Phone: 585-302-0813 extension:There is an issue with the following Code: ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 in State: Nova Scotia Jurisdiction: Province of NovaScotia Code Type: Elevator Performance Edition: 2007
The CodeFinder Database Procedures state, "Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted by reference, the CodeFinderEditor is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicatesequipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in theCOMMENTS field." Please determine whether Nova Scotia recognizes an adoption of ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 byreference and indicate the findings in the Comments section
2013-02-06
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Sta
te/P
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All
Juri
sdic
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All
Stat
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17.1
2004
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2006
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12
NA
laba
ma/
Sta
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bam
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SME
A17
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1020
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6-30
N
Ala
ska/
Anc
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A17
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4420
0720
11-0
7-01
N
Ala
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Sta
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ASM
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17.1
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2010
2012
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16
NA
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A17
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4420
0720
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Y
Ariz
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17.1
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B44
2007
2010
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19
YA
rizon
a/S
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aA
SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
09-0
5-18
Y
Ark
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s/A
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Dep
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Saf
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Div
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SME
A17
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90 th
ru 1
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1994
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01
NA
rkan
sas/
Sta
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f Ark
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sA
SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
09-1
1-01
N
Brit
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Col
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a/P
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of B
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
2011
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25
YC
alifo
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Ang
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City
ASM
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17.1
2004
2008
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01
YC
alifo
rnia
/Sta
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iforn
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SME
A17
.120
0420
08-0
5-01
Y
Col
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lder
ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
2009
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01
YC
olor
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City
of D
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
09-0
1-01
Y
Col
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Gov
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ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
2009
-01-
01
YC
olor
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Nor
thw
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olor
ado
Cou
ncil
of G
over
nmen
tsA
SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
09-0
1-01
Y
Col
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o/N
orth
wes
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Gov
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ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
2009
-01-
01
NC
olor
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Sta
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f Col
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SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
0720
08-0
7-01
Y
Con
nect
icut
/Sta
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f Con
nect
icut
ASM
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17.1
1996
thru
1b-
9819
99-0
6-01
N
Del
awar
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f Dov
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
09-0
6-22
N
Del
awar
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f Wilm
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SME
A17
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06-0
3-02
N
Del
awar
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yA
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
05
2008
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01
ND
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New
Cas
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yA
SME
A17
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0420
09-0
1-01
N
Del
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SME
A17
.120
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05-0
3-02
N
Dis
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Dis
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ASM
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17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
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2008
-12-
26
NF
lorid
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
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2012
-03-
16
NF
lorid
a/C
ity O
f Mia
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
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2012
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15
NF
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SME
A17
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4420
07 th
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17.1
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0920
12-0
3-15
N
Flo
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Mia
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Cou
nty
ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
b-09
2012
-03-
15
N
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Flo
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Impr
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
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2012
-03-
15
NF
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tate
of F
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0920
12-0
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Geo
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/Sta
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ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
& A
17.1
a/B
44a-
0820
12-0
3-15
N
Haw
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tate
of H
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SME
A17
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9620
00-0
6-20
Y
Idah
o/S
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of I
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ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
2012
-03-
29
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
10-0
4-17
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Illin
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Sta
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ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
2012
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01
NIn
dian
a/S
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of I
ndia
naA
SME
A17
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4420
0720
11-0
3-14
Y
Iow
a/S
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of I
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2010
2012
-05-
22
YK
ansa
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of K
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sA
SME
A17
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04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
0520
06-0
4-12
Y
Kan
sas/
Top
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ASM
E A
17.1
1987
thru
1b-
8920
06-1
0-23
N
Kan
sas/
Wic
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ASM
E A
17.1
2004
2007
-01-
01
YK
entu
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Sta
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f Ken
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SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
2012
-02-
01
NLo
uisi
ana/
Sta
te o
f Lou
isia
naA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
0720
10-1
1-10
Y
Mai
ne/S
tate
of M
aine
ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
2009
-01-
05
YM
anito
ba/P
rovi
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of M
anito
baA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
0720
09-0
7-01
Y
Mar
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d/S
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of M
aryl
and
ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
b-09
2011
-12-
26
YM
assa
chus
etts
/Sta
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f Mas
sach
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tsA
SME
A17
.120
0420
06-1
1-01
Y
Mic
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n/C
ity o
f Det
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ASM
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17.1
1993
2010
-11-
12
NM
ichi
gan/
Sta
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f Mic
higa
nA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
0720
10-0
6-21
N
Min
neso
ta/S
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of M
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ASM
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17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
2007
-01-
29
YM
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17.1
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B44
2007
2010
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08
NM
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uri/S
tate
of M
isso
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ASM
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17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
2007
-05-
30
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na/S
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of M
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naA
SME
A17
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04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
0520
07-0
1-26
N
Neb
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of N
ebra
ska
ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
2009
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14
YN
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SME
A17
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4420
1020
11-0
6-30
Y
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17.1
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2007
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0820
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of N
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
2004
-01-
01
YN
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amps
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Ham
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
1020
11-0
6-30
Y
New
Jer
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Hac
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ASM
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17.1
1996
thru
1b-
9820
03-0
5-01
Y
New
Jer
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Sta
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Jer
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ASM
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17.1
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B44
2007
2010
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07
YN
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of N
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
11-0
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N
New
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ASM
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17.1
2000
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0320
08-0
7-01
Y
New
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City
ASM
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17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
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S-05
2012
-03-
01
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Sta
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
10-1
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N
New
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2010
2011
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01
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1020
11-0
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Y
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2007
2011
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22
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2007
2011
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20
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2007
2009
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01
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ATTACHMENT #4 Page 2 of 7
Nov
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2011
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1020
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Okl
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2000
2004
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01
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Sta
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A17
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4420
1020
11-0
6-30
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Okl
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2004
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a-05
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S-05
2008
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29
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A17
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4420
1020
12-0
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Ore
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17.1
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B44
2010
2012
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01
YP
enns
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00 &
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0220
04-0
4-09
Y
Prin
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dwar
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B44
2007
2009
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17
YP
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Ter
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Ric
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A17
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05 &
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0520
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8-01
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bec
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17.1
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B44
2007
2008
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31
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hode
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ndA
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A17
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4420
0720
07-1
0-06
Y
Sas
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Sou
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Sta
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ina
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17.1
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B44
2010
2011
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26
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4420
0720
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SA B
4420
0720
10-0
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Sou
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4420
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1020
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A17
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4420
0720
08-0
9-01
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B44
2007
2008
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01
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tah/
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4420
1020
12-0
5-23
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Ver
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
0720
08-1
1-01
Y
Virg
inia
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f Virg
inia
ASM
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17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
thru
A17
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B44
b-09
2011
-03-
01
NW
ashi
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n/S
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SME
A17
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SA B
4420
07 &
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B44
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2010
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23
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SME
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/Sta
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2007
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B44
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2010
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30
NW
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nsin
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f Wis
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SME
A17
.1/C
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4420
0720
09-0
1-01
Y
Wyo
min
g/S
tate
of W
yom
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ASM
E A
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/CSA
B44
2007
& A
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0820
12-0
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Sta
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B44
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01
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2005
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01
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1A
SME
A17
.119
87 th
ru 1
b-89
Kan
sas/
Top
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2006
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23
NA
SME
A17
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987
thru
1b-
89A
SME
A17
.119
90 th
ru 1
b-92
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s/A
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sas
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f19
94-0
2-01
N
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E A
17.1
-199
0 th
ru 1
b-92
ASM
E A
17.1
1993
Mic
higa
n/C
ity o
f Det
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2010
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12
NA
SME
A17
.1-1
993
ASM
E A
17.1
1996
Haw
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tate
of H
awai
i20
00-0
6-20
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
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SME
A17
.119
96 th
ru 1
b-98
Con
nect
icut
/Sta
te o
f Con
nect
icut
1999
-06-
01
NA
SME
A17
.119
96 th
ru 1
b-98
New
Jer
sey/
Hac
kens
ack
2003
-05-
01
YA
SME
A17
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996
thru
1b-
98A
SME
A17
.120
00D
elaw
are/
City
of W
ilmin
gton
2006
-03-
02
NA
SME
A17
.120
00D
elaw
are/
Sus
sex
Cou
nty
2005
-03-
02
NA
SME
A17
.120
00O
klah
oma/
Okl
ahom
a C
ity20
04-1
2-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
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0A
SME
A17
.120
00 &
1a-
02P
enns
ylva
nia/
Sta
te o
f Pen
nsyl
van
2004
-04-
09
YA
SME
A17
.1-2
000
& 1
a-02 A
SME
A17
.120
00 th
ru 1
b-03
New
Yor
k/N
ew Y
ork
City
2008
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01
YA
SME
A17
.1-2
000
thru
1b-
03A
SME
A17
.120
04C
alifo
rnia
/Los
Ang
eles
City
2008
-05-
01
YA
SME
A17
.120
04C
alifo
rnia
/Sta
te o
f Cal
iforn
ia20
08-0
5-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
Del
awar
e/N
ew C
astle
Cou
nty
2009
-01-
01
NA
SME
A17
.120
04K
ansa
s/W
ichi
ta20
07-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
Mas
sach
uset
ts/S
tate
of M
assa
chu
2006
-11-
01
Y
TO
TA
L 2
TO
TA
L 3
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
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ASM
E A
17.1
-200
4A
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05W
ashi
ngto
n/S
tate
of W
ashi
ngto
n20
08-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
-200
4 &
1a-
05 ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
Ala
bam
a/B
irmin
gham
2006
-02-
12
NA
SME
A17
.1-2
004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
D
elaw
are/
Ken
t Cou
nty
2008
-10-
01
NA
SME
A17
.1-2
004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
A
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
05D
istr
ict o
f Col
umbi
a/D
istr
ict o
f Col
u20
08-1
2-26
N
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
Kan
sas/
Sta
te o
f Kan
sas
2006
-04-
12
YA
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
05M
inne
sota
/Sta
te o
f Min
neso
ta20
07-0
1-29
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
Mis
sour
i/Sta
te o
f Mis
sour
i20
07-0
5-30
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
Mon
tana
/Sta
te o
f Mon
tana
2007
-01-
26
NA
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
05N
ew Y
ork/
New
Yor
k C
ity20
12-0
3-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
2004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
Okl
ahom
a/T
ulsa
2008
-04-
29
NA
SME
A17
.120
04 &
1a-
05 &
1S-
05P
uert
o R
ico/
Ter
ritor
y of
Pue
rto
Ric
2007
-08-
01
NA
SME
A17
.1-2
004
& 1
a-05
& 1
S-05
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Ala
ska/
Anc
hora
ge20
11-0
7-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Alb
erta
/Pro
vinc
e of
Alb
erta
2009
-05-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07A
rizon
a/P
hoen
ix20
10-0
6-19
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Ariz
ona/
Sta
te o
f Ariz
ona
2009
-05-
18
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07A
rkan
sas/
Sta
te o
f Ark
ansa
s20
09-1
1-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Brit
ish
Col
umbi
a/P
rovi
nce
of B
ritis
2011
-02-
25
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07C
olor
ado/
City
of B
ould
er20
09-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Col
orad
o/C
ity o
f Den
ver
2009
-01-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07C
olor
ado/
Den
ver
Reg
iona
l Cou
nc20
09-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Col
orad
o/N
orth
wes
t Col
orad
o C
ou
2009
-01-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07C
olor
ado/
Nor
thw
est C
olor
ado
Co
u20
09-0
1-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Col
orad
o/S
tate
of C
olor
ado
2008
-07-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07D
elaw
are/
City
of D
over
2009
-06-
22
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07Ill
inoi
s/C
hica
go20
10-0
4-17
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Indi
ana/
Sta
te o
f Ind
iana
2011
-03-
14
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07Lo
uisi
ana/
Sta
te o
f Lou
isia
na20
10-1
1-10
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Mai
ne/S
tate
of M
aine
2009
-01-
05
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07M
anito
ba/P
rovi
nce
of M
anito
ba20
09-0
7-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Mic
higa
n/S
tate
of M
ichi
gan
2010
-06-
21
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07M
isso
uri/S
t. Lo
uis
Cou
nty
2010
-11-
08
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07N
ebra
ska/
Sta
te o
f Neb
rask
a20
09-0
3-14
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
New
Ham
pshi
re/S
tate
of N
ew H
am20
04-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
New
Jer
sey/
Sta
te o
f New
Jer
sey
2010
-09-
07
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07N
ew M
exic
o/S
tate
of N
ew M
exic
o20
11-0
1-28
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
New
Yor
k/S
tate
of N
ew Y
ork
2010
-12-
28
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07N
orth
Dak
ota/
Bis
mar
ck20
11-0
2-22
N
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 1
TO
TA
L 8
TO
TA
L 5
TO
TA
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ATTACHMENT #4 Page 5 of 7
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Nor
th D
akot
a/G
rand
For
ks20
11-0
6-20
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Nor
th D
akot
a/S
tate
of N
orth
Dak
o20
11-0
1-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Nor
thw
est T
errit
orie
s/N
orth
wes
t T20
09-0
9-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Prin
ce E
dwar
d Is
land
/Prin
ce E
dwa
2009
-10-
17
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07Q
uebe
c/P
rovi
nce
of Q
uebe
c20
08-0
8-31
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Rho
de Is
land
/Sta
te o
f Rho
de Is
lan
2007
-10-
06
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07S
outh
Dak
ota/
Rap
id C
ity20
12-0
6-04
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Sou
th D
akot
a/S
ioux
Fal
ls20
10-0
6-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Tex
as/H
oust
on20
08-0
9-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
Tex
as/S
tate
of T
exas
2008
-09-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07V
erm
ont/S
tate
of V
erm
ont
2008
-11-
01
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07W
isco
nsin
/Sta
te o
f Wis
cons
in20
09-0
1-01
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
-200
7A
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
Geo
rgia
/Sta
te o
f Geo
rgia
2012
-03-
15
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
Ken
tuck
y/S
tate
of K
entu
cky
2012
-02-
01
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
New
Bru
nsw
ick/
Pro
vinc
e of
New
B20
10-0
7-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
& A
17.1
a/B
44a-
08S
outh
Dak
ota/
Sio
ux F
alls
2013
-04-
30
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
Was
hing
ton/
Sea
ttle
2010
-08-
23
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 &
A17
.1a/
B44
a-08
Wyo
min
g/S
tate
of W
yom
ing
2012
-02-
24
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
44-2
007
& A
17.1
a/B
44a-
08A
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09F
lorid
a/B
row
ard
Cou
nty
2012
-03-
16
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09F
lorid
a/C
ity O
f Mia
mi
2012
-03-
15
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09F
lorid
a/M
iam
i Bea
ch20
12-0
3-15
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
thru
A17
.1b/
B44
b-09
Flo
rida/
Mia
mi D
ade
Cou
nty
2012
-03-
15
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09F
lorid
a/R
eedy
Cre
ek Im
prov
emen
2012
-03-
15
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09F
lorid
a/S
tate
of F
lorid
a20
12-0
3-15
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
thru
A17
.1b/
B44
b-09
Mar
ylan
d/S
tate
of M
aryl
and
2011
-12-
26
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
07 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09V
irgin
ia/S
tate
of V
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ia20
11-0
3-01
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2007
thru
A17
.1b/
B44
b-09
Wes
t Virg
inia
/Sta
te o
f Wes
t Virg
in20
10-0
6-30
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
-200
7 th
ru A
17.1
b/B
44b-
09A
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10A
laba
ma/
Sta
te o
f Ala
bam
a20
11-0
6-30
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
Ala
ska/
Sta
te o
f Ala
ska
2012
-10-
16
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10Id
aho/
Sta
te o
f Ida
ho20
12-0
3-29
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
Illin
ois/
Sta
te o
f Illi
nois
2012
-10-
01
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10Io
wa/
Sta
te o
f Iow
a20
12-0
5-22
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
Nev
ada/
Sta
te o
f Nev
ada
2011
-06-
30
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10N
ew H
amps
hire
/Sta
te o
f New
Ham
2011
-06-
30
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10N
ewfo
undl
and/
Pro
vinc
e of
New
fou
2011
-07-
01
NA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10N
orth
Car
olin
a/S
tate
of N
orth
Car
o20
11-0
6-30
Y
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
Nov
a S
cotia
/Pro
vinc
e of
Nov
a S
co20
11-0
6-30
N
ASM
E A
17.1
/CSA
B44
2010
Ohi
o/S
tate
of O
hio
2012
-03-
15
YA
SME
A17
.1/C
SA B
4420
10O
klah
oma/
Sta
te o
f Okl
ahom
a20
11-0
6-30
Y
TO
TA
L 3
8
TO
TA
L 6
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NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY, INC.
CODES AND STANDARDS POLICY Policy To establish the structure that provides information and guidance to NEII members by actively participating in code and standard organizations and working with enforcing authorities in developing, maintaining, and applying safety codes and standards that pertain to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks. This policy is to be implemented through the integrity and high professional standards of the persons who serve upon the committees described in this policy. NOTE: This entails, in addition to providing guidance and information, taking an active part in the development of model codes and standards that affect the elevator industry, e.g., requirements for the disabled using building transportation, codes for personnel elevators, personnel and material hoists, model building codes, National Electrical Code, requirements for elevator fire doors, etc. Organization 1. Central Code Committee: There shall be a Central Code Committee which shall consist of no less than five nor more than nine members. The members of the Central Code Committee shall be appointed by the NEII Board of Directors. The Committee shall elect a chairman who shall serve for a term of two years. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall act as an advisor to the committee. Committee members will be drawn from NEII member companies. Persons with expertise in the area of codes and standards will be recruited for membership. 2. Area Code Committees and Subcommittees: The NEII Code and Safety Consultant will appoint various area committees and subcommittees to monitor all state and local code and standard activities. Contractor members of the National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) and other non-NEII Elevator Contractor members can serve on Area Code Committees. The Area Code Committee will receive direction from the Central Code Committee. 3. Architectural Standards Committee: The members of the NEII Architectural Standards Committee shall be appointed by the NEII Board of Directors. The committee shall elect a chairman who shall serve for a term of two years to provide leadership and guidance to the committee. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall act as an advisor to the committee. The Architectural Standards Committee will receive direction from the Central Code Committee. 4. Performance Standards Committee: The members of the NEII Performance Standards Committee shall be appointed by the NEII Board of Directors. The committee shall elect a
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chairman who shall serve for a term of two years to provide leadership and guidance to the committee. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall act as an advisor to the committee. The Performance Standards Committee will receive direction from the Central Code Committee. 5. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall be responsible to the Board of Directors to promulgate and implement this policy. Plan of Action 1. The Central Code Committee will develop and institute the official codes and standards policy for NEII. To accomplish these objectives, the committee will: a. Establish specific scheduled committee meeting dates and times which assure
maximum attendance. b. An unscheduled meeting can be called at any time with the consent of two-thirds
of the committee members. c. One-half of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
at any scheduled or unscheduled meeting. Decisions made at such a meeting must be approved by two-thirds of the committee and not merely two-thirds of those present at the meeting. Minutes of the meeting will record the decisions made and each member must review the minutes carefully to make sure of their accuracy. Copies of all minutes and letter ballots shall be retained in NEII records.
d. In those situations in which less than two-thirds of the members attend a meeting, NEII shall send a ballot to each member who did not attend the meeting, together with a brief statement of the proposal upon which a vote is being conducted. The brief statement shall include the views expressed at the meeting both for and against the proposal. The ballots which are returned to the NEII Code and Safety Consultant within 30 calendar days after the date of mailing to the members who did not attend the meeting shall be deemed to have been cast at the meeting itself for the purpose of determining whether two-thirds of the members have approved the proposal.
e. If, in the judgment of the Code and Safety Consultant, it is necessary for the Central Code Committee to vote promptly upon a proposal or otherwise transact business and it is impractical for a quorum of the members of the Committee to attend a meeting, the vote with respect to the proposal or other business to be transacted may be taken by mail or electronic ballot of all members without a meeting. The Code and Safety Consultant shall prepare a brief statement of the proposal or other business to be transacted, as well as a statement of the need for prompt action without a meeting. These statements shall be mailed, faxed or sent electronically to all of the members of the Committee, with a mail ballot. In the ordinary case, it shall be the responsibility of the voting member to return his or her ballot to the NEII Code and Safety Consultant within thirty days after the date of distribution by NEII, but the Code and Safety Consultant shall have the authority to poll the members of the committee by telephone or electronically in less than thirty days if the Code and Safety Consultant believes that immediate action by
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the Committee is necessary. f. Approve all industry responses to code and standards proposals and decide what
action should be taken by whom, and with whom. g. Develop specific code proposals that are to be submitted on behalf of the industry
to a codes or standards group. h. Develop plans on how to keep other members of the association informed. i. Maintain two-way communication with the Area Code Committees and
Subcommittees, Safety, Architectural Standards, and Performance Standards Committees.
j. Develop, maintain and comply with the NEII Long Range Plan for Codes and Standards Development in North America as approved by the NEII Board of Directors.
2. Area Code Committees and Subcommittees a. Chairmen of Area Committees and Subcommittees shall be appointed by the NEII
Central Code Committee. Recommendations for Chairman vacancies shall be submitted by members of the Area Code Committee, Subcommittee or any NEII member.
b. Area Code Committee members will be appointed by the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant after receiving recommendations from the Area Code Committee Chairman or any NEII member. Subcommittee members shall be appointed by the NEII Code and Safety Consultant after receiving recommendations from the Chairman or any NEII member.
c. Area Code Committees may establish, with the approval of the NEII, Codes and Safety Consultant Subcommittees who shall be delegated the responsibility for a local code area.
d. All Subcommittee Chairmen shall keep their respective Area Chairman informed of the Subcommittee's activities.
e. Area Code Committees and Subcommittees' Meetings should be held as needed to address area code problems and to insure that the NEII Code Policy is administered. The NEII Codes and Safety Consultant shall be advised of and be furnished with minutes and a list of attendance of all meetings. Copies of the minutes and letter ballots shall be maintained in NEII records.
f. One-half of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any scheduled or unscheduled meeting. Any action taken at such a meeting must be approved by two-thirds of the committee and not merely two-thirds of those present at the meeting. In lieu of a committee meeting, a mail or electronic ballot as specified in the Plan of Action, Section 1d or e may be utilized to transact committee business.
g. The committees shall meet with the authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) in their assigned geographic areas on all code problems that affect the elevator industry.
h. They shall attend legislative hearings on all proposed legislation that has a bearing on the requirements for elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks and keep the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant advised.
i. They shall make every effort to have the ASME A17.1 and ASME A17.3 Codes adopted without modification as the legal code within their assigned geographical area.
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j. The Chairman shall advise the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant as to the codes that have been adopted, as well all committee activities. Where the codes differ from the ASME A17.1, the Chairman shall notify the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant of the difference.
k. The committee shall make every effort possible to have a representative from a company that is a member of NEII appointed to all official code boards, etc. within its geographical code area.
l. Requests for interpretations or information concerning the ASME A17.1 Code, or any other code, and suggested additions and revisions shall be directed through the Area Code Committee Chairman to the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall advise as to approved interpretations of such codes or, if there is no such approval, then he will seek an interpretation from the appropriate authority. Where Subcommittee Chairmen have such requests, they shall advise the Area Committee Chairman. If NEII, through its Code and Safety Consultant, gives advice to any member other than official interpretations as referred to above, the member who makes the request will be informed that such advice is the professional opinion of the Code and Safety Consultant provided to the member for informational purposes only and does not constitute an official position of NEII or any NEII committee.
m. The Chairman of the Code Committee shall request legal assistance on industry problems from the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant.
n. The NEII Codes and Safety Consultant shall assist the committees by providing information, guidance and attending meetings and hearings as necessary.
3. Architectural Standards Committee a. Shall be responsible to develop and periodically update the architectural and
engineering standards in NEII-1 that shall be submitted for approval by the Central Code Committee prior to publication.
b. NEII-1 will be promulgated on standard industry practices, and in accordance with ASME A17.1 Code as well as direction from the NEII Central Code Committee.
c. Committee Members will be drawn from NEII Member Companies and shall have the demonstrated expertise necessary for the implementation of this policy. Ad Hoc Members may be drawn from other sources as their expertise and availability permits.
d. If, in developing standards, the Architectural Standards Committee needs an interpretation of any code or the NEII code policy, the Architectural Standards Committee shall submit a request in writing for such interpretation to the Central Code Committee.
e. Minutes of the meeting will record the action taken and each member must review the minutes carefully to make sure of their accuracy. Copies of all minutes and letter ballots shall be retained in NEII records.
4. Performance Standards Committee a. Shall develop and maintain recommended standards and guidelines that can be
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used by the industry for elevators and escalators in achieving acceptable performance without dictating equipment design and while maintaining code and safety compliance.
b. Shall be responsible to develop and periodically update the performance standards and guidelines in NEII-1 that shall be submitted for approval by the Central Code Committee prior to publication.
c. NEII-1 will be promulgated on standard industry practices, and in accordance with ASME A17.1 Code as well as direction from the NEII Central Code Committee.
d. Committee Members will be drawn from NEII Member Companies and shall have the demonstrated expertise necessary for the implementation of this policy. Ad Hoc Members may be drawn from other sources as their expertise and availability permits.
e. If, in developing standards, the Performance Standards Committee needs an interpretation of any code or the NEII code policy, the Performance Standards Committee shall submit a request in writing for such interpretation to the Central Code Committee.
f. Minutes of the meeting will record the action taken and members must review the minutes carefully to make sure of their accuracy. Copies of all minutes and letter ballots shall be retained in NEII records.
5. Relations with Code Making Organizations a. In those situations in which NEII has an official representative on a Codes or
Standards organization, the NEII Central Code Committee shall appoint the NEII representative upon the recommendation of the NEII Code and Safety Consultant.
(1) Representatives will be drawn from NEII member companies. Persons with expertise in the particular area of the code or standard will be recruited.
(2) The NEII Code and Safety Consultant may be NEII's official representative to a codes and standards organization.
(3) Such NEII representatives or their alternates shall attend all meetings of the codes or standards organization or committee thereof and shall take an active part in discussions and decisions on all questions, proposals and recommendations presented.
(4) Such NEII representatives shall only attend meetings of Codes and Standards organizations in which there is a pre-meeting agenda and published minutes.
(5) Minutes of the meeting of the Codes and Standards organizations should record the action taken and each such NEII representative must review them carefully to make sure of their accuracy. It shall be the responsibility of the NEII representative to promptly advise the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant and the Codes and Standards organization, in writing, of any portion of the minutes which such representative believes to be inaccurate.
(6) Such NEII representatives shall keep the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant informed of all the committee's activities and especially any major addition or revision that is to be considered. A NEII representative may not initiate any proposal on behalf of NEII to alter any code unless the proposal has been approved in advance by the NEII Central Code Committee. However, the
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NEII representative may offer suggestions or counter proposals with respect to proposals initiated by other persons without prior approval of the NEII Central Code Committee in those situations in which:
(i) the NEII representative is aware of the NEII Code Committee's general policy and is acting consistently with such policy; and
(ii) it is impractical for the NEII representative to consult with the NEII Central Code Committee.
(7) A copy of any written ballot cast by a NEII representative as to any issue in a codes or standards organization shall be transmitted to the NEII Codes and Safety Consultant.
b. In those situations in which an employee of a NEII member company is appointed to the board or committee of a codes or standards organization based upon his or her individual professional qualifications, such person shall not be deemed to represent NEII in any official or unofficial capacity. Each NEII member company shall instruct such appointees that they are to make it clear to all persons with whom they deal that they are not representing NEII.
c. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant will keep the membership informed of all codes or standards that have been amended or changed.
d. The procedures for handling requests for interpretations of any code or standard shall be as follows:
(1) The NEII member that desires to request an interpretation will submit the request either in writing or orally to the NEII Code and Safety Consultant.
(2) If there is an official interpretation which is responsive to the inquiry, the NEII Code and Safety Consultant will furnish a copy to the person making the inquiry.
(3) If there is no official interpretation which is responsive to the inquiry, the NEII Code and Safety Consultant may state his personal opinion as to the appropriate interpretation. The personal opinion of the NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall not be binding on NEII, any NEII Committee or the NEII Code and Safety Consultant.
(4) If the NEII member company desires to request an official interpretation, the NEII member may submit a written request to the NEII Code and Safety Consultant for appropriate action as outlined below or may submit the request directly to the appropriate codes and standards organization.
(5) The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall submit all requests for an official interpretation to the appropriate codes and standards organization, but shall not identify the specific NEII member which initiated the request.
e. The procedure for processing proposals for additions or revisions of any code or standard shall be as follows:
(1) The NEII member may submit such a proposal directly to the appropriate codes or standards organization or may submit such a proposal through NEII as outlined below.
(2) If the NEII member elects to submit the proposal through NEII, the proposal should be submitted in writing or electronically to the NEII Code and
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Safety Consultant. At the time of such submission, the NEII member should advise the NEII Code and Safety Consultant whether the NEII member wishes to apply for the endorsement of the NEII Central Code Committee or, in the alternative, whether the proposal should be transmitted by NEII to the appropriate codes and standards organization without such endorsement.
(3) In those cases in which the endorsement of the NEII Central Code Committee is requested, the proposal will be placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the NEII Central Code Committee for review and action, subject to the right of the Central Code Committee to postpone any vote on the question of endorsement of the proposal for the purpose of further study and review. In lieu of a committee meeting, a mail ballot as specified in the Plan of Action Section d or e may be utilized to transact committee business. If the NEII Central Code Committee endorses the proposal, the NEII Code and Safety consultant will transmit the proposal to the appropriate codes and standards organization indicating that the proposal is being submitted as a proposal of the NEII Central Code Committee.
(4) In the event that the NEII member does not apply for the endorsement of the NEII Central Code Committee or such endorsement is denied, the NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall transmit the proposal to the appropriate codes and standards organization indicating that the proposal is being transmitted on behalf of an individual NEII member, but without identifying the specific NEII member that initiated the proposal.
The Code and Safety Consultant 1. NEII shall retain a Code and Safety Consultant who shall have the necessary experience and educational background to render qualified opinions as to all matters affecting codes and standards in the elevator and escalator industry. 2. The Code and Safety Consultant shall be an ex-officio member of the Central Code Committee, Architectural Standards Committee and Performance Standards Committee. The Code and Safety Consultant shall independently review every proposed action of these Committees to make certain that there has been compliance with this policy. The Code and Safety Consultant shall also review every proposed action of these Committees to make certain that there is a sound professional reason for the proposed action and that no action is taken for any reason other than achieving the objective of: a. Codes which provide for safety in the industry; or b. Standards or guidelines which permit and encourage uniform specifications for
the betterment of the industry as a whole and which do not adversely affect any individual company within the industry.
3. In the event that the Code and Safety Consultant concludes that any action proposed to be taken by these Committees does not satisfy these objectives, it shall be the responsibility of the Code and Safety Consultant to attempt to have the Committee alter its proposed action in an
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appropriate manner. In the event that the Committee does not alter its proposed action in a manner that satisfies all of the concerns of the Code and Safety Consultant, it shall be the responsibility of the Code and Safety Consultant to promptly inform the NEII Board of Directors of the situation. The disputed action shall not be implemented until the NEII Board of Directors has reviewed the matter and rendered a decision. Control 1. The Code and Safety Consultant shall make periodic reports to the Board of Directors. 2. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall be responsible for the implementation of this policy and shall report to the Board of Directors of NEII. 3. The NEII Board of Directors shall, from time to time, review this policy to ensure its effectiveness in accomplishing its objectives. Motivation To implement this policy, it is essential that members of all committees take an active part in their assignment and keep abreast of all codes and standards development. It is also essential that every member of every committee recognize that his or her decision on actions proposed to be taken by NEII must be rendered on the basis of the committee member's personal and individual judgment of the merits of the proposed action from the viewpoint of the safety and fair and uniform standards for the benefit of the industry as a whole. Each committee member shall adhere to the NEII Antitrust Guidelines. Approved: NEII Central Code Committee - March 22, 2005 NEII Board of Directors - May 4, 2005 h:\wpdocs\neii\neii codes and standards policy.doc
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NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY INC. LOCAL CODE REGULATIONS
DATABASE POLICY
1.0 Purpose and Objective:
This document establishes a policy for the proper flow of Code information within the NEII members to ensure an accurate and up-to-date NEII Local Code Regulations Database (hereinafter called “CodeFinder”) of all pertinent Codes identified by this policy for tracking.
NEII member companies design, manufacture and install equipment in accordance with the requirements of current ASME A17 or CSA B44 Codes unless required otherwise by local Codes. Other related Model Codes that have sections dealing with elevators and are complied with as required, include:
CODE MODEL CODE
1.1 Electrical Code: NFPA 70 in the US CSA C22.1 in Canada 1.2 Accessibility Code: ICC/ANSI - A117.1 1.3 Building Codes: IBC, NBC, UBC, SBC or NFPA 5000 as
applicable in the US NBCC in Canada 1.4 Existing Elevator Code ASME A17.3 in US 1.5 Life Safety Code NFPA 101 in US
In order to meet this objective, NEII is committed to maintain a current database (CodeFinder) designed to identify variations between relevant local Codes and the Codes identified above.
2.0 Responsibilities:
2.1 NEII Central Code Committee:
It is the responsibility of the Central Code Committee to allocate amongst the representative companies which jurisdictions they are responsible for maintaining in CodeFinder.
2.2 Company Assignments:
It is the responsibility of the company to obtain and document in accordance with this policy the information for assigned jurisdictions including their local Code variations and interpretations. This information is to be recorded in CodeFinder in a timely manner. Only substantive deviations from the requirements in the Model Code shall be entered into CodeFinder. Editorial deviations from the Model Code should not be included in CodeFinder, e.g. wording revised but requirement the same.
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3.0 CodeFinder Updates:
CodeFinder is to be maintained up to date with current Codes and regulations. At a minimum on the 15th of January, April, July and October, the responsible company shall review and update CodeFinder local Code information. The update will include the data specified in the development document in Appendix A.
Users of CodeFinder will have the ability to opt in to e-mail notifications for all changes made to CodeFinder.
3.1 Revision Methodology for CodeFinder:
The Central Code Committee shall prepare and maintain standard procedures for maintaining NEII CodeFinder.
4.0 NEII CodeFinder Metrics:
The following shall be tracked by the Central Code Committee:
Timeliness of updates; and Quality and accuracy of data.
5.0 Access to CodeFinder:
CodeFinder shall only be accessible to employees of NEII Full Regular member companies with a password to the “MEMBERS” area of the NEII web site. Only assigned company representatives (CodeFinder Editors) shall have access to edit and/or revise the data for their company’s assigned jurisdictions. The NEII Code and Safety Consultant shall have unrestricted access to CodeFinder. Full Regular member companies shall have electronic access to CodeFinder records for internal information processing under a license agreement approved by the NEII Board of Directors. Paragraphs 6.0 thru 7.0 shall be respected in the handling, dissemination, and use of information processed from imported data. CodeFinder import protocol and security arrangements shall be authorized and established through the NEII Code and Safety Consultant. All costs associated with such electronic access shall be borne by the licensed NEII Full Regular Member Company.
6.0 Reports:
All CodeFinder reports shall include the following statement:
© (YEAR) National Elevator Industry, Inc.
Licensed to NAME & COMPANY Printed; DATE
Single user license only. Distribution outside COMPANY prohibited.
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7.0 Warranty, Disclaimer and Hold Harmless:
The following statement shall be displayed and user required acknowledging acceptance when accessing CodeFinder:
Confidentiality: Access to and use of CodeFinder is limited to and exclusively for NEII Full Regular Member Companies and their employees ("Authorized Users") in the ordinary and usual course of their business. Access passwords shall not be disclosed to third parties. Database reports created are subject to a single user, non-transferable license and are not to be copied in whole or in part for distribution outside the Company. Warranty and Disclaimer: NEII WARRANTS THAT IT OWNS AND/OR HAS FULL RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO LICENSE THE INFORMATION AND REPORTS ACCESSIBLE FROM CodeFinder. Although reasonable efforts have been taken by NEII to promote the accuracy, sufficiency and quality of CodeFinder which was compiled for the convenience of Authorized Users, NEII DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING CodeFinder AND INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACCURACY AND QUALITY OF SUCH INFORMATION, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ANY RELIANCE ON INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM OR DERIVED FROM CodeFinder SHALL BE AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE AUTHORIZED USER. Hold Harmless and Release: Authorized Users shall defend, indemnify, and hold NEII and its employees, directors, officers, representatives, agents and legal representatives, as well as their successors and assigns, (the "Indemnities") harmless from and against any and all claims, lawsuits, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, payments, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) related to the use of CodeFinder by Authorized Users, or use of CodeFinder information or reports disclosed by Authorized Users to third parties. In addition, Authorized Users waive, release and relinquish any and all claims against the Indemnities which could be asserted presently or in the future pursuant to common law, any federal and/or state statute or regulation, or pursuant to any contract, agreement or other legal theory arising from or related to the use of CodeFinder by Authorized Users, or use of CodeFinder information or reports disclosed by Authorized Users to third parties.
APPROVED: NEII Central Code Committee – November 8, 2005 NEII Board of Directors – December 12, 2005
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APPENDIX A
General overview and design specifications for NEII CodeFinder: 1. Information to be included in the database by locality:
(a) Statement of the Locality; State, Province or City
(i) Elevator Code for new construction in effect If A17 or B44, the Edition & Addenda or Supplement deviations or additions to the
stated Standard, if any If other than A17 or B44, the document identification and the requirements of same
(ii) Elevator Code for Existing Elevators in effect, if any If A17 or B44, the Edition & Addenda or Supplement deviations or additions to the
stated Standard, if any If other than A17 or B44, the document identification and the requirements of same
(iii) Building Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators, escalators, if any
(iv) Accessibility Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators, escalators, if any
(v) Electrical Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators, escalators, if any
(vi) Life Safety Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators, escalators, if any
(vii) Enforcement Information:
Name of Agency Contact person at agency (Individual's name)
Position (e.g. chief inspector, etc.) Address Phone No. Fax No. Email Address Website address, if any Web links to regulations, if any
(b) Date the information in 1(a) was updated.
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APPENDIX A
(c) Effective date of code or “UNKNOWN”
2. There shall also be a page or other means for explanation or definition of any abbreviations or special terms used in CodeFinder. 3. A cross-reference between the Model Code rules and the AHJ’s who have taken exception will be provided. 4. It shall include a comprehensive HELP file. 5. It is to be a Web based application with a web type interface
6. It is to have the same security as is maintained on the current NEII website, e.g. company domain name limited as a minimum. Access shall be limited to employees of NEII full regular Member Companies having a NEII "Member Area" password. 7. CodeFinder shall be secured to restrict electronic copying of the data. 8. User name to appear on all screens and reports. 9. Reports generated by CodeFinder shall be limited so as to not permit copying of the entire contents. 10. The information in CodeFinder is to be backed up on at least a weekly basis. 11. Means for users to report errors to responsible company and NEII Code and Safety Consultant. 12. Means for users of CodeFinder to opt into e-mail notification any time the database is updated. 13. The database shall be capable of storing multiple modifications in a holding area until reviewed and approved for entry by the person entering the data. 14. Once modifications have been approved for entry they shall be only removed as follows:
Modification entered in error shall be moved to the comment filed, struck out and noted as deleted entered in error. The comment field with data entered in error shall be permanently deleted after 3 months.
Modifications that are no longer applicable in the jurisdiction shall be moved to a “history” file.
15. Modifications shall include ability to accept tables, graphs figures and pictures or link to same. c:\my documents\wpdocs\neii\neii codefinder\neii codefinder policy.doc
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SPRINKLERS AND ELEVATORS
The Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1/CSA B44 has requirements pertaining to the safe operation of elevators when sprinklers are provided in elevator machine rooms and hoistways. [ASME A17.1d-2000 and earlier editions, Rule 102.2(c)] [ASME A17.1-2000 thru ASME A17.1S-2005, Section 2.8.2.3] [ASME A17.1/CSA B44-2007 and later editions, Section 2.8.3.3.2]. In jurisdictions not enforcing the National Building Code Canada (NBCC), the Code requires that a means be provided to automatically remove the mainline (electric) power supply from the affected elevator upon or prior to the application of water from sprinklers. The intent of this requirement is to prevent water from being applied to an electrically energized elevator system. Water can “short out” critical safety circuits and may allow the elevator to operate in an unsafe manner such as with open doors. Water may also impinge on the elevator brake’s ability to stop the car or hold the car at a floor. If the electric power is removed from the elevator before the application of water, the car will be stopped (at rest) with power off, and the potential for an elevator accident resulting from the application of water will be greatly reduced. The ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code prohibits the elevator control from being the means to disconnect the power. The requirement states; “This means shall be independent of the elevator control …”. The reason for this requirement is that the elevator control may be on fire or if there is sufficient heat, the elevator controller may no longer function reliably and therefore cannot be relied upon to give a signal to disconnect the main line power supply and allow sprinklers to actuate.
The ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code does not endorse a particular design. The Code is written in performance language, allowing the designers to implement the Code requirements in different ways. One example of how the disconnection of the main line power supply could be implemented in compliance with the requirements in ASME A17.1/CSA B44 (e.g. a means independent of the elevator control) is to use a heat detector to shut down elevator power prior to sprinkler operation as specified in the National Fire Alarm Code, NFPA 72. The heat detector would have a lower temperature rating and a higher sensitivity compared to the sprinkler. The heat produced by the fire triggers the heat detector which actuates the shunt-trip breaker or disconnect switch to remove the mainline power to the affected elevator(s). When the temperature increases to the actuation level of the sprinkler head, water is applied to the electrically de-energized (powered down) elevator system.
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An issue that many people raise is the potential for an elevator car to be stopped between landings. This is a remote possibility, moreover:
It is unlikely, as the smoke detector in the machine room probably initiated Phase I recall prior to the temperature activating the heat detector;
Stopping a moving elevator is not considered unsafe and in fact is exactly what the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code mandates whenever an electrical protective device determines that continued operation may be hazardous;
In the 25 + years this requirement has been in the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Code, there has not been a reported incident of power removal due to shunt-trip breaker actuation stopping an elevator car between landings.
If after reading the above, a concern still persists about the extreme unlikely probability of stopping the car between landings, the following design appears to conform to the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requirements and may decrease further this potential. Remember, if the elevator control system is on fire, or the ambient temperature in the machine room is above the operating temperature of the equipment, no system can assure the car will only stop at a landing.
The machine room heat detector in addition to the smoke detector could initiate Phase I Emergency Recall Operation.
When the machine room heat detector is actuated, the fire alarm system could provide a predetermined time delay before actuating the shunt-trip breaker or disconnect switch and permit sprinkler activation. The predetermined time should be not less than the time required to complete Phase I recall.
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National Elevator Industry, Inc.
1677 County Route 64 • P.O. Box 838 • Salem, New York 12865-0838 • 518.854.3100 Fax: 518-854-3257
WWW.NEII.ORG • E-Mail: [email protected]
NEII and NEII logo – Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Jurisdictional Authority under the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7
Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators
Concerns have been expressed that an authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) that adopts the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators (PBC) could lose its authority to regulate elevator equipment installed under the requirements of the PBC. It is NEII®’s understanding that AHJs retain the powers of enforcement vested in them by the state, provincial or local legislation to which they are answerable. Adoption of the PBC in no way reduces the power or effectiveness of the AHJs. It provides an objective and structured method for establishing design and product safety that is equivalent or superior to that required by the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Code. This structured method provides a consistent means of demonstrating safety of designs and products and will be helpful to the AHJs. The PBC requires that the applicant produce a Code Compliance Document (CCD) which is examined by an Accredited Elevator/Escalator Certification Organization (AECO) or directly by the AHJ. AECOs are accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), or both, to perform this analysis. The AECO does not usurp the authority of the AHJ. However, the certification granted by the AECO provides an impartial verification by an independent accredited organization that the applicable requirements of the PBC have been met. This is intended to assist the AHJ with an assurance of compliance with the PBC. It is also important to note that the AHJ retains the responsibility for acceptance and periodic inspections and tests to confirm compliance with the requirements in ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and the CCD required by ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. In short, the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators (PBC) is an additional resource and tool for authorities having jurisdiction – not a replacement of AHJs –that ensures the safety of vertical transportation equipment in their states, provinces and localities. APPROVED:
NEII® Central Code Committee: 8-Sep-09 NEII® Government Affairs Committee: 8-Sep-09 NEII® Board of Directors: 23-Sep-09
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NEII POSITION ON USE OF ELEVATORS IN FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
NEII Central Code Committee has reviewed the considerations from the March 2-4, 2004 Workshop on the Use of Elevators in Fires and other Emergencies and the subsequent work of the ASME A17 Task Groups on Use of Elevators by Firefighters and for Occupant Egress. NEII SUPPORTS
1. ASME A17.1/CSA B 44 standardized firefighters’ key; 2. ASME A17.1/CSA B 44 requirements for automatic documentation of testing of
Firefighters’ Emergency Operations for new elevators; 3. Continued study of the potential for occupant evacuation elevators to be used as a
secondary means of egress prior to automatic Phase I operation with particular attention to the effects on the ability of building occupants to identify quickly the available means of egress as it may vary from building to building;
Consider ASME A17.1 elevator evacuation operation that can be scoped by model building codes; and
4. NEII is of the opinion that occupant evacuation elevators are premature prior to the completion of the ASME A17 Task Group study. However, where requirements for occupant evacuation elevators are included in model building codes, they should include:
elevator operation from five affected floors to the designated level on all passenger elevators, initiated by intervention external to the elevator controls;
real-time signage on all floors to inform people whether or not to use the elevators on a given floor, activated external to the elevator controls but with elevator input;
real-time signage in all passenger elevators providing instructions to riders, with information provided external to the elevator controls;
real-time voice announcements to elevator lobbies and cars, provided external to the elevator system.
5. Fire protection of elevator primary and secondary power feeders; 6. Elevator lobbies protected against fire and smoke from the occupied space; 7. Equally pressurized hoistways, elevator lobbies and adjacent stairwells; 8. Full building smoke detection/evacuation systems; 9. Fully sprinklered buildings (excluding elevator equipment spaces); 10. Elevator information for firefighters:
Phase I activated (key/fire alarm initiating device); Phase II activated; Running (including direction) or stopped; Door position;
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Location; and Occupied or not.
11. Environmental information for firefighters on elevator lobbies and hoistways; 12. Clarification of ASME A17.1 emergency operations requirements during a seismic
event; 13. Coordination of seismic requirements in ASCE 7 with ASME A17.1; 14. Training of firefighters in use of elevators on Firefighters’ Emergency Operations and
occupant evacuation elevators; 15. In buildings with occupant evacuation elevators, occupant training, fire drills, and
floor wardens are to be provided by building management; 16. Elevators to be maintained by qualified elevator personnel; and 17. Adoption of latest Phase I and II for all elevators, including existing elevators.
NEII DOES NOT SUPPORT
Reduction of exit stair capacity where occupant evacuation elevators are provided;
Water resistant elevators. Water resistance during life of installation cannot be assured. Preferred approach would be for building code to prevent water flow into hoistway.
APPROVED: NEII Central Code Committee: 11-Apr-08 NEII Board of Directors: 15-Apr-08
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National Elevator Industry, Inc.
1677 County Route 64 • P.O. Box 838 • Salem, New York 12865-0838 • 518.854.3100 Fax: 518-854-3257
WWW.NEII.ORG • E-Mail: [email protected]
NEII and NEII logo – Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY, INC.
ANTITRUST GUIDELINES
From time to time, representatives from the different National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII®) member companies are asked to attend a meeting or join a committee or working group for the purpose of evaluating the legislative, regulatory or enforcement practices of a particular jurisdiction. This means that employees of competitor companies may meet or communicate together to develop positions on industry issues such as safety or enforcement of elevator codes. This particular type of competitor collaboration is acceptable under antitrust and unfair competition laws, which strictly prohibit any collaboration or "collusion" between competitors that could result in a restraint of trade. The purpose of NEII® collaborations is to improve public safety and/or the efficiency and accuracy of regulatory agency actions. The result of a properly managed collaboration will not restrain trade. The key is for representatives from each company to ensure that their conduct does not violate, or even appear to violate, any antitrust or unfair competition laws as stipulated in the “NEII Antitrust Guide for Members of National Elevator Industry”. As with all trade associations, NEII® is subject to strict scrutiny under federal and state competition laws. Both federal and state governments define “restraint of trade” very broadly and will investigate and prosecute actions that could be considered price fixing, bid rigging, or allocation of markets, as well as other activities that are deemed anticompetitive. One of the most powerful laws is the Sherman Act. Section 1 of that Act makes it a crime to participate in "contracts, combination or conspiracies... in restraint of trade.” Responsibility for enforcement of the antitrust law lies with the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and the more than 40 states which have enacted antitrust legislation. The federal government has typically brought approximately five civil and ten criminal cases each year against or involving trade associations. Penalties are severe. Each individual can be fined up to $1,000,000 and sentenced to a maximum 10-year prison term for each offense, and each member corporation can be fined up to $100,000,000 for each offense. Individuals and corporate officers are subject to imprisonment of up to three years. The government can also impose civil penalties such as cease-and-desist orders. In addition to lawsuits prosecuted by the government, civil treble damage suits can be brought by competitors and consumers. For example, discussions among competitors about future product plans or marketing plans, or with regard to specific customers, may be interpreted as creating an understanding that the companies will restrain competition. Members may be held liable for treble damages for injury resulting from this type of conduct. Some types of conduct, such as price-fixing or marketing allocation, do not provide for any defenses, so that proof of the mere fact of the activity constitutes a violation.
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GUIDE FOR MEMBERS AT ASSOCIATION GATHERINGS: The best way to avoid possible violation of the antitrust laws at NEII® in person or electronic gatherings is careful compliance with best practices guidelines. Company representatives must refrain from discussing sensitive subjects. Informal gatherings, such as dinners or "rump sessions," which may occur in conjunction with association meetings, are viewed with great suspicion by the government and private parties. The following topics should be scrupulously avoided in any formal or informal meetings or at any time amongst NEII® members. 1. Do not discuss prices, particularly current or future prices (and avoid discussions of recent past prices). 2. Do not discuss what is a fair profit level. 3. Do not discuss an increase or decrease in price. 4. Do not discuss standardizing or stabilizing prices. 5. Do not discuss pricing procedures, 6. Do not discuss discounts. 7. Do not discuss credit terms. 8. Do not discuss controlling sales. 9. Do not discuss allocating markets. 10. Do not complain to a competitor about its prices or that its prices constitute unfair trade practices. 11. Do not discuss bids with competitors or identify costs included in bids with competitors. 12. Do not discuss refusing to deal with a buyer because of its pricing or distribution practices. 13. Avoid general discussions about “business conditions”, since the conversation can easily drift into prohibited areas and others may perceive the discussion as improper. Any questions or concerns regarding these Guidelines or antitrust compliance should be brought to the attention of your company’s Law Dept.
APPROVED: NEII Government Affairs Committee: approved 2/14/12 NEII Board of Directors:
The NEII® Government Affairs Committee is responsible for maintaining this policy. This policy shall be in effect for three (3) years from the date of approval by the Board.
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NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY, INC.
ELEVATOR INSPECTION POLICY Policy To formulate, disseminate, implement and establish guidelines for NEII® members (regular and special) to assure competent inspections in conformance with the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Part XSections 8.10 and 8.11. Objectives To provide information and guidance to members on NEII position regarding personnel performing inspections and tests of elevators and escalators. Background 1. The elevator industry nationwide has achieved an outstanding safety record due to the
industry's adherence to the requirements in ASME A17.1/CSA B44. 2. The industry has a long standing policy of encouraging the adoption and enforcement of
ASME A17.1/CSA B44 by Authorities Having Jurisdiction. 3. The industry has encouraged the Authorities Having Jurisdiction to employ qualified
personnel and has worked with them to that end. 4. NEII member companies have supported the continuing education of inspectors and in
conjunction with NAESA has beenwas instrumental in the formation of the ASME Qualifications of Elevator Inspectors (QEI) Committee and Standard (ASME QEI-1).
5. The public interest and public safety have been protected in the past with rigorous code enforcement by qualified elevator inspectors employed by Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
6. Under the guise of fiscal restraints a number of Authorities Having Jurisdiction are reassessing their elevator inspection programs and mandating it be performed by personnel not employed by the AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION.
7. In most areas where inspections are performed by other than the AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION or qualified elevator company personnel, the high quality of professionalism found with inspectors employed by the AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION have not been demonstrated.
8. In numerous instances "third party inspectors" have improperly demanded compliance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requirements which are not applicable. This establishes conflicts with customers and improperly burdens the elevator company with time and expense needed to rectify this situation.
9. There have been incidents where "third party inspectors" have spoken negatively about the elevator contractor and suggested that competitors be given the maintenance contract.
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Plan of Action 1. To develop and maintain liaisons with governmental bodies in order to be alert to any
pending legislation that affect elevator inspections. 2. To support the retention or adoption of an elevator inspection program conforming to ASME
A17.1/CSA B44 which is administered by inspectors employed by Authorities Having Jurisdiction.
3. When it is inevitable that Authorities Having Jurisdiction are not going to employ elevator inspectors, elevator companies should not be precluded from inspecting elevators they maintain. To assure a high level of quality and uniformity of inspection, elevator companies who elect to perform inspections must be entitled to select personnel to perform inspections. Elevator companies should utilize non-bargaining unit personnel for these tasks.
4. Properly regulated self inspection should not be construed as a "conflict of interest". It has a proven track record which can best be illustrated by the safety record of the aviation industry.
5. To assure a program of equitable enforcement, inspections should conform to the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators including the provision (A17.1/B44, Rule 1000.1Sections 8.10.1 and 8.11.1) that inspectors be certified by an accredited ASME QEI certifying organization.
6. Encourage the interested Authorities Having Jurisdiction to join with National Elevator Industry, Inc. in the establishment of a task force to address issues of common concern.
Organization No organizational changes are required. Motivation For successful implementation of this policy, it is imperative that members take an active role in keeping abreast of any legislative development in this area. Control The NEII® NEII Central Code Committee shall administer this policy and provide periodic reports to the Board of Directors. Where possible, the Area Code Committees, the Code and Safety Consultant to NEII and NEII® NEII staff shall be used in the implementation of this policy. Approvals: NEII Central Code Committee: Approved NEII Board of Directors: May 16, 1994
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NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY, INC. LICENSING POLICY
Policy
To formulate, disseminate, implement and maintain a program that will strive to make the licensing of elevator journeymen a structured and meaningful process that will insure a commitment to career-long education for those who perform work on equipment installed and serviced by the elevator industry, to assure the adoption of the most recent version of the ASME A17 elevator codes and a process for the adjudication of differences and at the same time insure that the riding public is protected from interruptions in the service of elevator and escalator equipment.
Objective
The NEII Central Code Committee, in conjunction with the NEII National Labor Committee, shall provide information and guidance to members in support of a position that is proposed for the licensing of elevator journeymen.
Background 1. The elevator industry nationwide has achieved an outstanding safety record utilizing
trained journeymen. 2. The public interest and the public safety is protected by rigorous code enforcement. 3. Responsibility for the safety and quality of an elevator, escalator and moving walk
installation and service is ultimately assumed by the contractor. 4. Contractors, journeymen and inspectors must update their skills and knowledge as
new technology is introduced. 5. Licensing of contractors, journeymen and inspectors must not be used as a tool to
control the workforce but as a tool to assure that a trained and qualified workforce is available to the industry.
Plan of Action
1. To develop and maintain liaisons with governmental bodies in order to be alert to any pending legislation that may lead to the institution of licensing or to the alteration of existing licensing procedures.
2. Notify the NEII office of any pending licensing legislation so that a timely and appropriate response and/or action by the industry may be forthcoming.
3. NEII will support licensing of elevator contractors, journeyman and inspectors where the key provisions in the “Model Elevator Law” (copy attached) are included, in pending legislation.
4. NEII will vigorously oppose any licensing that does not include the key provisions in the “Model Elevator Law”.
5. NEII will vigorously oppose any attempt to require separate electrical licensing of elevator contractors and/or journeymen.
Organization
No organizational changes are required.
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Motivation
For successful implementation of this policy, it is imperative that members take an active role in keeping abreast of any legislative developments in this area.
Control NEII Central Code and National Labor Committees shall execute this policy and
provide periodic reports to the Board of Directors.
Where possible. the Area Code Committees, Area Labor Committees and the NEII staff shall be used in the implementation of this policy.
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PUBLIC CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES
2012/2013 CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
CLOSING DATES: Group A Codes: January 3, 2012 Group B Codes: January 3, 2013 *See Item 3 of these instructions for additional information concerning Group A and Group B Code Development Committees Responsibilities* 1)
Name: Brian Black Date: December 31, 2012 Jurisdiction/Company: BDBlack & Associates Submitted on Behalf of: National Elevator Industry Inc. Address: 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive City: Hamburg State: NY Zip Code: 14075 Phone: 585.302.0813 Ext. Fax: 585.302.0841 E-mail address (see # 4 below): [email protected]
2) Copyright Release: In accordance with Council Policy #28 Code Development, all Code Change Proposals, Floor
Modifications and Public Comments are required to include a copyright release. A copy of the copyright release form is included at the end of this form. Please follow the directions on the form. This form as well as an alternative release form can also be downloaded from the ICC website at www.iccsafe.org. If you have previously executed the copyright release for this cycle, please check the below:
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3) Code: Indicate appropriate International Code(s) associated with this Public Proposal – Please use Acronym: _IFC_______
If you have also submitted a separate coordination change to another I-Code, please indicate the code: __IBC___ (See section below for list of names and acronyms for the International Codes).
CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM
Code: ___IFC_____ –12/13 Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision (3.3.2); Note: If the proposal is for a new section, indicate (new). Proponent: Brian Black/BDBlack & Associates/National Elevator Industry Inc
Add text as follows: 404.3.1 Fire evacuation plans. Fire evacuation plans shall include the following: 1. Emergency egress or escape routes and whether evacuation of the building is to be complete or, where approved, by selected floors or areas only. 2. Procedures for employees who must remain to operate critical equipment before evacuating. 3. Procedures for the use of elevators to evacuate the building where Occupant Evacuation Elevators complying with Section 3008 of the International Building Code are provided. Reason: Where Occupant Evacuation Elevators are included in a building design, their use must be specifically spelled out in the building’s fire evacuation plan. Cost Impact: This code change proposal will not increase construction costs.
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Public Hearing: Committee: AS AM D Assembly: ASF AMF DF
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PUBLIC CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES
2012/2013 CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
CLOSING DATES: Group A Codes: January 3, 2012 Group B Codes: January 3, 2013 *See Item 3 of these instructions for additional information concerning Group A and Group B Code Development Committees Responsibilities* 1)
Name: Brian Black Date: December 31, 2012 Jurisdiction/Company: BDBlack & Associates Submitted on Behalf of: National Elevator Industry Inc. Address: 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive City: Hamburg State: NY Zip Code: 14075 Phone: 585.302.0813 Ext. Fax: 585.302.0841 E-mail address (see # 4 below): [email protected]
2) Copyright Release: In accordance with Council Policy #28 Code Development, all Code Change Proposals, Floor Modifications and
Public Comments are required to include a copyright release. A copy of the copyright release form is included at the end of this form. Please follow the directions on the form. This form as well as an alternative release form can also be downloaded from the ICC website at www.iccsafe.org. If you have previously executed the copyright release for this cycle, please check the below:
___X___2012/2013 Cycle copyright release on file
3) Code: Indicate appropriate International Code(s) associated with this Public Proposal – Please use Acronym: _IFC_______
CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM
Code: ___IFC__ –12/13 Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision (3.3.2); Note: If the proposal is for a new section, indicate (new). Proponent: Brian Black/BDBlack & Associates/National Elevator Industry Inc
Add text as follows: 607.4 Occupant evacuation elevator lobbies. Where occupant evacuation elevators are provided in accordance with Section 3008 of the International Building Code, occupant evacuation elevator lobbies shall be maintained free of storage and furniture. [renumber subsequent sections] Reason: The proposed text replicates an identical requirement in Section 607.3 for fire service access elevators. It is just as important for occupant evacuation elevator lobbies to be maintained free of storage and furniture if the elevators are to be available and safe for building occupants to use this system to evacuate the building in case of fire. Cost Impact: The code change proposal will not increase the cost of construction. Public Hearing: Committee: AS AM D Assembly: ASF AMF DF
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PUBLIC CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES
2012/2013 CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
CLOSING DATES: Group A Codes: January 3, 2012 Group B Codes: January 3, 2013 *See Item 3 of these instructions for additional information concerning Group A and Group B Code Development Committees Responsibilities* 1)
Name: Brian Black Date: December 31, 2012 Jurisdiction/Company: BDBlack & Associates Submitted on Behalf of: National Elevator Industry Inc. Address: 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive City: Hamburg State: NY Zip Code: 14075 Phone: 585.302.0813 Ext. Fax: 585.302.0841 E-mail address (see # 4 below): [email protected]
2) Copyright Release: In accordance with Council Policy #28 Code Development, all Code Change Proposals, Floor Modifications and
Public Comments are required to include a copyright release. A copy of the copyright release form is included at the end of this form. Please follow the directions on the form. This form as well as an alternative release form can also be downloaded from the ICC website at www.iccsafe.org. If you have previously executed the copyright release for this cycle, please check the below:
___X___2012/2013 Cycle copyright release on file
3) Code: Indicate appropriate International Code(s) associated with this Public Proposal – Please use Acronym: _IFC_______
CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM
Code: __IFC___ –12/13 Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision (3.3.2); Note: If the proposal is for a new section, indicate (new). Proponent: Brian Black/BDBlack & Associates/National Elevator Industry Inc
Add new text as follows: 607.4 Water protection of hoistway enclosures. Methods to prevent water from infiltrating into a hoistway enclosure required by Section 3007.4 and Section 3008.4 of the International Building Code shall be maintained to prevent water from infiltrating into the hoistway enclosure. [renumber remaining sections] Reason: The referenced sections of the International Building Code provide performance criteria to ensure that water from the operation of an automatic sprinkler system outside of an enclosed fire service access or occupant evacuation elevator lobby does not enter the hoistway and compromise the function of the elevator. Drains in the lobbies or drainage trenches at the hoistway door openings are two of many ways these requirements can be met. As drain openings are subject to clogging by dirt and debris, it is important that the integrity of these systems be maintained if the elevators are to remain function in case of a fire. Cost Impact: The code change will not increase the cost of construction. Public Hearing: Committee: AS AM D Assembly: ASF AMF DF
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PUBLIC CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CODES
2012/2013 CODE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE
CLOSING DATES: Group A Codes: January 3, 2012 Group B Codes: January 3, 2013 *See Item 3 of these instructions for additional information concerning Group A and Group B Code Development Committees Responsibilities* 1)
Name: Brian Black Date: December 31, 2012 Jurisdiction/Company: BDBlack & Associates Submitted on Behalf of: National Elevator Industry Inc. Address: 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive City: Hamburg State: NY Zip Code: 14075 Phone: 585.302.0813 Ext. Fax: 585.302.0841 E-mail address (see # 4 below): [email protected]
2) Copyright Release: In accordance with Council Policy #28 Code Development, all Code Change Proposals, Floor Modifications and
Public Comments are required to include a copyright release. A copy of the copyright release form is included at the end of this form. Please follow the directions on the form. This form as well as an alternative release form can also be downloaded from the ICC website at www.iccsafe.org. If you have previously executed the copyright release for this cycle, please check the below:
___X___2012/2013 Cycle copyright release on file
3) Code: Indicate appropriate International Code(s) associated with this Public Proposal – Please use Acronym: _IFC_______
CODE CHANGE PROPOSAL FORM
Code: __IFC_ –12/13 Code Sections/Tables/Figures Proposed for Revision (3.3.2); Note: If the proposal is for a new section, indicate (new). Proponent: Brian Black/BDBlack & Associates/National Elevator Industry Inc. Revise as follows: 607.5 Standardized fire service elevator keys. Buildings with elevators equipped with Phase I emergency recall, Phase II emergency in-car operation, or a fire service access elevator shall be equipped to operate with a standardized fire service elevator key approved by the fire code official complying with ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Exception: The owner shall be permitted to place the building’s nonstandardized fire service elevator keys in a key box installed in accordance with Section 506.1.2. 607.5.1 Requirements for standardized fire service elevator keys. Standardized fire service elevator keys shall comply with all of the following:
1. All fire service elevator keys within the jurisdiction shall be uniform and specific for the jurisdiction. Keys shall be cut to a uniform key code. 2. Fire service elevator keys shall be of a patent-protected design to prevent unauthorized duplication. 3. Fire service elevator keys shall be factory restricted by the manufacturer to prevent the unauthorized distribution of key blanks. No uncut key blanks shall be permitted to leave the factory. 4. Fire service elevator keys subject to these rules shall be engraved with the words “DO NOT DUPLICATE.”
607.5.2 Access to standardized fire service keys. Access to standardized fire service elevator keys shall be restricted to the following:
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1. Elevator owners or their authorized agents. 2. Elevator contractors. 3. Elevator inspectors of the jurisdiction. 4. Fire code officials of the jurisdiction. 5. The fire department and other emergency response agencies designated by the fire code official.
607.5.3 Duplication or distribution of keys. No person shall duplicate a standardized fire service elevator key or issue, give, or sell a duplicated key unless in accordance with this code. 607.5.41 Responsibility to provide keys. The building owner shall provide up to three standardized fire service elevator keys where required by the fire code official, upon installation of a standardized fire service key switch or switches in the building. Reason: The National Elevator Industry Inc. (NEII®) agrees with the reason this section was added to the 2012 International Fire Code, that firefighters need a standardized fire service elevator key that is secure and that will work throughout a jurisdiction. However, this is already a requirement in the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators referenced by the International Fire Code:
ASME A17.1-2010/CSA B44-10 SECTION 2.27 EMERGENCY OPERATION AND SIGNALING DEVICES 2.27.8 Switch Keys The key switches required by 2.27.2 through 2.27.5 for all elevators in a building shall be operable by the FEO-K1 key. The keys shall be Group 3 Security (see 8.1). A separate key shall be provided for each switch. These keys shall be kept on the premises in a location readily accessible to firefighters and emergency personnel, but not where they are available to the public. This key shall be of a tubular, 7 pin, style 137 construction and shall have a bitting code of 6143521 starting at the tab sequenced clockwise as viewed from the barrel end of the key. The key shall be coded “FEO-K1.” The possession of the “FEO-K1” key shall be limited to elevator personnel, emergency personnel, elevator equipment manufacturers, and authorized personnel during checking of Firefighters’ Emergency Operation (see 8.1 and 8.6.11.1). Where provided, a lock box, including its lock and other components, shall conform to the requirements of UL 1037 (see Part 9). NOTE (2.27.8): Local authorities may specify additional requirements for a uniform keyed lock box and its location to contain the necessary keys.
Group 3 Security is specified in Section 8.1:
8.1.4 Group 3: Emergency Operation Group 3 covers access or operation of equipment by emergency, authorized, and elevator personnel.
Simply, this requirement is unnecessary because the need it purports to address is already covered by the code’s referenced standard. However, there is a greater problem with having a requirement in the International Fire Code that conflicts with the firefighter key requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The proponents of this code provision proposed in the 2012 cycle dismissed the conflict between the IFC and ASME code by claiming that Section 102.7 of the IFC resolves this by stating, “Where differences occur between the provisions of this code and the referenced standards, the provisions of this code apply.” This argument may be true for most codes and standards referenced in the I-Codes, but is incorrect in this case. In many jurisdictions in the United States (e.g., Wisconsin) the building code, fire code and elevator code are enacted by different pieces of legislation and regulated by entirely different state or municipal rules and agencies. Because of this, one department enforces the fire code, another the elevator code, and neither official is obligated or legally able to recognize the requirements of the other. In other words, Section 102.7 of the IFC does not “trump” the laws and rules that adopt and regulate these jurisdictions’ elevator codes.
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The result is that the State Fire Marshall will require one firefighters’ elevator key (the IFC key), the Chief Elevator Inspector will require another (The ASME A17.1 FEO-K1 key), neither will have priority over the other, and the building owner will be continuously in violation of one law or the other. The other major problem with this new section of the code is that, unlike the demands placed on proponents for most I-Code changes, no evidence was offered to support the need for this change. There was (and is) no evidence that firefighters have been hampered in fighting a building fire because some unauthorized person was using an ASME A17.1 FEO-K1 key at the time. No loss of life or property because some pizza delivery person was able to acquire a firefighter elevator key on the internet (as alleged in the testimony on this code change) and deny elevator use for firefighters or emergency personnel. Ironically, we found that in Massachusetts the only reported misuses of firefighter keys were by EMTs. EMTs are authorized to be given the special IFC fire key by the existing code text! A Captain in the Toronto Fire Department who has fought countless high-rise fires in his career dismissed the need for some special fire service elevator key that exceeds the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44 by asking, “What can you do with it? Ride an elevator up and down, up and down until you throw up?” As dismissive as the Captain’s statement may be, it demonstrates how unnecessary it is for the IFC to create special requirements for keys that conflict with the ASME requirements that have been in place (and referenced by the IFC and IBC) for years. This code section “solves” a problem that does not exist while creating many more for the Fire Marshall, Elevator Inspector, and building owner. Cost Impact: This code change will not increase the cost of construction. Public Hearing: Committee: AS AM D Assembly: ASF AMF DF
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 156 BLD-BSY(54.3 and 54.5)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise as follows:Chapter 54 Elevators and Conveying Systems…54.3 Ambulance Stretcher Accommodation.54.3.1 In buildings of more than three stories, a minimum of one elevator shall be provided for fire fighter emergencyoperation to all floors.54.3.2 The elevator car shall be sized and arranged to accommodate a 2 ft × 6 ft 4 in. 7 ft (610 mm × 1930 2130 mm)ambulance stretcher with minimum 5-in. (125-mm) radius corners in the horizontal, open position.54.3.3 The elevator car shall be identified by the international symbol for emergency medical services (star of life). Thesymbol shall be minimum 3 in. (75 mm) in height and shall be located inside the car on both sides of the door frame.…54.5 Elevator Machine/Control Rooms and Machinery/Control Spaces. Elevator machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces that contain solid-state equipment for elevators that have a travel distance of more than 50 ft(15 m) above the level of exit discharge, or more than 30 ft (9.1 m) below the level of exit discharge, shall be providedwith independent ventilation or air-conditioning systems to maintain the required temperature during fire fighter serviceoperations for elevator operation.54.5.1 The operating temperature shall be established by the elevator equipment manufacturer's specifications.54.5.2 Where standby power is connected to the elevator, the machine/control room and machinery/control spaceventilation or air-conditioning shall be connected to standby power.54.5.3 Elevator machine/control rooms and machinery/control spaces shall be enclosed with fire barrier walls meetingone of the following criteria:(1) The fire barrier walls shall have a fire resistance rating of not less than the required rating of the hoistway enclosurethe machine/control rooms or machinery/control spaces serve.(2) The fire barrier walls, for other than fire service access elevators, shall have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance ratingwhere the machine/control rooms and machinery/control spaces do not abut, and do not have openings to, the hoistwayenclosure they serve.(3) The fire barrier walls shall have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating where the machine/control rooms ormachinery/control spaces serve a hoistway that is not required to be fire resistance rated.54.5.4 Openings shall be protected with assemblies having a fire protection rating meeting one of the following criteria:(1) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum rating not less than that required for the hoistway enclosuredoors.(2) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum ¾-hour rating where the machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces do not abut, and do not have openings to, the hoistway enclosure they serve.(3) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum ¾-hour rating where the machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces serve a hoistway that is not required to be fire resistance rated.Substantiation: Relative to the proposed change to 54.3.2, the minimum 7-ft stretcher length and minimum 5-in. radiuscorners, along with the currently mandated 2-ft width, are the standard dimensions that need to be accommodated in anelevator car with the stretcher in the horizontal, open position. A 3500 pound capacity elevator car can accommodatesuch stretcher.
Relative to the proposed changes to Section 54.5, where the term “machine rooms” and the term “machinery spaces”occur, a change is proposed to standardize the terminology for correlation with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 – and that term is“machine/control room and machinery/control space.” In 54.5, the word “independent” is being deleted as MachineRoom Less (MRL) elevators have controllers in spaces common to the building, like a closet off the corridor, and the airconditioning unit might serve more than the control space. Relative to 54.5.3(2), it is critical to protect Fire ServiceAccess Elevator systems by keeping heat from reaching the solid-state equipment and associated wiring/equipmentlocated in machine rooms and machinery spaces. The reduction to 1-hour fire-resistance rating, as offered by current54.5.3(2), defeats this need.Public Input Response:See First revision #702
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 157 BLD-BSY(54.12)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise as follows:Chapter 54 Elevators and Conveying Systems…54.12 Fire Service Access Elevators.54.12.1 General. When Where required by 33.3.7, every floor of the building shall be served by the minimum numberof fire service access elevators required by this section 33.3.7. Except as modified by this section, the fire serviceaccess elevator shall be installed in accordance with Chapter 54 and ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevatorsand Escalators.54.12.1.1* Shunt breakers shall not be used on fire service access elevators.54.12.1.2 A minimum of two elevators each having Each required fire service access elevator shall have a minimum3500 lb (1588 kg) capacity serving every story within the subject building shall be provided to serve as a fire serviceaccess elevator.54.12.1.3 A minimum of one Each required fire service access elevator shall be sized in accordance with 54.3.2.54.12.2 Fire Service Access Elevator Lobbies.54.12.2.1 General.54.12.2.1.1 Each fire service access elevator shall open into a fire service access elevator lobby complying with54.12.2, except as otherwise permitted by 54.12.2.1.2.54.12.2.1.2 Exception: Where a fire service access elevator has two entrances onto a floor, the second entrance shallnot more than one entrance shall not be required to open into an elevator lobby complying with 54.12.2.54.12.2.2 Access.54.12.2.2.1 Each fire service access elevator lobby shall have direct access to an exit stair enclosure.54.12.2.2.2 The exit stair enclosure shall also have access to the floor without passing through the fire service accesselevator lobby.54.12.2.3 Lobby Enclosure.54.12.2.3.1 Each fire service access elevator lobby shall be enclosed with a smoke barrier , in accordance with Section8.11, having a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating, except as otherwise permitted by 54.12.2.3.2 that lobby doorassemblies shall comply with 54.12.2.4.54.12.2.3.2 Exception: Enclosed fire service access elevator lobbies shall not be required at the street floor or level ofexit discharge.54.12.2.3.3 Lobby door assemblies shall comply with 54.12.2.4.54.12.2.4 Lobby Door Assemblies. Each fire service access elevator lobby door, other than doors to the hoistway,exit stair enclosure, elevator control room, or elevator control space, shall comply with both of the following:(1) The door shall have not less than a ¾-hour fire protection rating.(2) The door shall be a smoke leakage-rated assembly in accordance with NFPA 105, Standard for Smoke Doorassemblies and Other Opening Protectives.(3) and The door shall be self-closing or automatic-closing in accordance with 11.2.1.8.
54.12.2.5 Lobby Size. Each fire service access elevator lobby enclosure shall be not less than 150 ft2
(14 m2) in area
with a minimum dimension of 8 ft (2440 mm).54.12.3 Pressurization System.54.12.3.1 General. Fire service access elevator hoistways and fire service access elevator lobbies that are required tobe enclosed in accordance with 54.12.2.3 shall be pressurized in accordance with Section 55.7.54.12.3.2 Activation of Pressurization System. The elevator pressurization system shall be activated by initiation ofthe building fire alarm system.54.12.3.3 Supply Air. The supply air intake for the pressurization system shall be from an outside, uncontaminatedsource located a minimum distance of 20 ft (6100 mm) from any air exhaust system or outlet.54.12.4 Sprinklers.54.12.4.1 The building shall be protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system inaccordance with 55.3.1.1(1), except as otherwise specified in 54.12.4.1.1 through 54.12.4.3.54.12.4.1.1 A sprinkler control valve and a waterflow device shall be provided for each floor.54.12.4.1.2 The sprinkler control valves and waterflow devices required by 54.12.1.1 shall be monitored by the buildingfire alarm system.54.12.4.2* Sprinklers shall not be installed in fire service access elevator machine/control rooms and machinery/control
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000spaces, and such prohibition shall not cause an otherwise fully sprinklered building to be classified as nonsprinklered.54.12.4.3* Where a hoistway serves fire service access elevators, sprinklers shall not be installed at the top of theelevator hoistway or at other points in the hoistway more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor, and such prohibitionshall not cause the building to be classified as nonsprinklered54.12.35 Standpipe Hose Connection. Each building exit stair having direct access to the fire service access elevatorlobby shall be provided with a Class I standpipe hose connection in accordance with Section 55.4.54.12.6* Water Protection. 54.12.10* An approved method to prevent water from infiltrating into the hoistwayenclosure from the operation of the automatic sprinkler system outside the enclosed fire service access elevator lobbyshall be provided.54.12.7 54.12.4 Elevator System Monitoring. The fire service access elevator shall be continuously monitored at theemergency fire command center by a standard emergency service interface system meeting the requirements of NFPA72.54.12.8 Hoistway Lighting. Where fire fighters’ emergency operation is active, the entire height of the hoistway shallbe illuminated to a minimum of 1 ft-candle (10.8 lux) as measured from the top of the car of each fire service accesselevator.54.12.9 54.12.5 Electrical Power. The following features serving each fire service access elevator shall be supplied byboth normal power and Type 60/Class 2/ Level 1 standby power:(1) Elevator equipment(2) Elevator machine room ventilation Ventilation and cooling equipment for elevator machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces(3) Elevator controller cooling equipment car lighting54.12.10 Protection of Wiring or Cables.54.12.10.1 Wires or cables that are located outside the elevator hoistway and machine room and that provide normaland standby power, control signals, communication with the car, lighting, heating, air-conditioning, ventilation, and firedetecting systems to fire service access elevators shall be protected by one of the following means, except as otherwiseprovided by 54.12.10.2: construction having a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating or shall be circuit integrity cablehaving a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating.(1) The wiring shall utilize Type CI cable with a minimum 2-hour fire resistance rating.(2) The wiring shall be enclosed in minimum 2-hour fire resistance construction.54.12.10.2 Control signaling wiring and cables that do not serve Phase II emergency in-car service shall not be requiredto be protected.54.12.7 Standby Power. The fire service access elevator shall be provided with standby power in accordance with34.2.5.54.12.8 Elevator Machine Rooms and Machinery Spaces. Automatic fire sprinklers shall not be installed in fireservice access elevator machine rooms and machinery spaces.54.12.11 54.12.9 Fire Service Access Elevator Symbol. A pictorial symbol of a standardized design designatingwhich elevators are fire service access elevators shall be installed on each side of the hoistway door frame on theportion of the frame at right angles to the fire service access elevator lobby. The fire service access elevator symbolshall be designed as shown in Figure 54.12.11 54.12.9 and shall comply with the following:(1) The fire service access elevator symbol shall be a minimum of 3 in. (76 mm) in height.(2) The helmet shall contrast with the background, with either a light helmet on a dark background or a dark helmet on alight background(3) The vertical centerline of the fire service access elevator symbol shall be centered on the hoistway door frame. Eachsymbol shall be not less than 78 in. (1980 1981 mm) and not more than 84 in. (2130 2134 mm) above the finished floorat the threshold.Figure 54.12.911 Fire Service Access Elevator Symbol.54.12.10* Water Protection. An approved method to prevent water from infiltrating into the hoistway enclosure from theoperation of the automatic sprinkler system outside the enclosed fire service access elevator lobby shall be provided.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in the
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000provisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:The committee is not necessarily opposed to the submitters intent, however it has many questions relative to thespecific language in a number of places. The submitter was not present and therefore the committee could not getresponses to those questions. The submitter is encouraged to submit his text at the public comment stage and to beavailable to present it to the committee.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 280 BLD-BSY(A.12.2.11.1.6 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Bill Conner, Bill Conner Associates, LLCRecommendation: Add a new section to read:A.12.2.11.1.6 The written plan should identify the unguarded areas and should include precautions and provisions to
mitigate the fall hazard. Such precautions and provisions may include:TrainingChoreographyRehearsalRestricted access to the stageRestricted access to unguarded edgesWarning lightsAudible warningsTactile edgesWarning barriersSignageTemporary barriersPersonal fall protectionFall restraintSpotters
Substantiation: The need for exceptions from the normal guard requirements on stages is fundamental to the useand activity of a stage and theperforming arts. None-the-less, through anecdote and in the NFPA data, there is a recordof regular occurrences of falls off the edge of the stage, and into the first row, orchestra pits, openings for stage lifts, orother openings in the stage necessary for the activity of a stage. It is time for a change.Public Input Response:This should be submitted to NFPA 101 committee on Assembly Occupancies.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 158 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.1.1 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.1.1 Elevator shunt breakers are intended to disconnect the electric power to an elevator prior to sprinklersystem waterflow impairing the functioning of the elevator. The provisions of 54.12.4.3 and 54.12.4.4 prohibit theinstallation of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room, machinery/control space, and at the top of the elevatorhoistway, obviating the need for shunt breakers. The provision of 54.12.1.1 is not actually an exemption to theprovisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requires theautomatic main line power disconnect (shunt trip) only where sprinklers are located in the elevator machine/controlroom, machinery/control space, or in the hoistway more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked by
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000fire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 159 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.4.2 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.4.2 The presence of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space wouldnecessitate the installation of a shunt trip for automatically disconnecting the main line power for compliance with ASMEA17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as it is unsafe to operate elevators while sprinkler water isbeing discharged in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. The presence of a shunt tripconflicts with the needs of the fire service access elevator, as it disconnects the power without ensuring that the elevatoris first returned to a safe floor so as to prevent trapping occupants.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multiple
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 160 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.4.3 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.4.3 NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, permits sprinklers to be omitted from the top ofthe elevator hoistway where the hoistway for passenger elevators is noncombustible and the car enclosure materialsmeet the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 500033.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 161 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.10)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.54.12.6 A.54.12.10 This performance language will permit alternate design options to provide a means to preventwater from an operating sprinkler system from infiltrating into the hoistway enclosure. For example, such approvedmeans could include drains, sloping floor, and so forth. The objective of the water protection is to limit water beingdischarged from sprinklers operating on the floor of fire origin from entering the lobby and flowing under the landingdoors and down the hoistway, where it might interfere with safety controls that are normally located on the front of theelevator car. A small flow of water (of the order of the flow from a single sprinkler) will usually be diverted by the landingdoorway nose plate to the sides of the opening, where it can do little harm. The protection is intended to protect fromsprinklers outside the lobby.
Water protection can be achieved in any of several ways. Listed as follows are a few examples, which should beeffective in keeping the waterflow from a sprinkler into a lobby to a minimum:(1) A raised lip designed in compliance with the accessibility provisions of Chapter 12(2) A sloped floor and a floor drain(3) Sealing the sill plates and baseboards on both sides of the lobby partitionsSubstantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:The additional language is redundant and does not provide any additional clarification.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 156 BLD-BSY(54.3 and 54.5)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise as follows:Chapter 54 Elevators and Conveying Systems…54.3 Ambulance Stretcher Accommodation.54.3.1 In buildings of more than three stories, a minimum of one elevator shall be provided for fire fighter emergencyoperation to all floors.54.3.2 The elevator car shall be sized and arranged to accommodate a 2 ft × 6 ft 4 in. 7 ft (610 mm × 1930 2130 mm)ambulance stretcher with minimum 5-in. (125-mm) radius corners in the horizontal, open position.54.3.3 The elevator car shall be identified by the international symbol for emergency medical services (star of life). Thesymbol shall be minimum 3 in. (75 mm) in height and shall be located inside the car on both sides of the door frame.…54.5 Elevator Machine/Control Rooms and Machinery/Control Spaces. Elevator machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces that contain solid-state equipment for elevators that have a travel distance of more than 50 ft(15 m) above the level of exit discharge, or more than 30 ft (9.1 m) below the level of exit discharge, shall be providedwith independent ventilation or air-conditioning systems to maintain the required temperature during fire fighter serviceoperations for elevator operation.54.5.1 The operating temperature shall be established by the elevator equipment manufacturer's specifications.54.5.2 Where standby power is connected to the elevator, the machine/control room and machinery/control spaceventilation or air-conditioning shall be connected to standby power.54.5.3 Elevator machine/control rooms and machinery/control spaces shall be enclosed with fire barrier walls meetingone of the following criteria:(1) The fire barrier walls shall have a fire resistance rating of not less than the required rating of the hoistway enclosurethe machine/control rooms or machinery/control spaces serve.(2) The fire barrier walls, for other than fire service access elevators, shall have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance ratingwhere the machine/control rooms and machinery/control spaces do not abut, and do not have openings to, the hoistwayenclosure they serve.(3) The fire barrier walls shall have a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating where the machine/control rooms ormachinery/control spaces serve a hoistway that is not required to be fire resistance rated.54.5.4 Openings shall be protected with assemblies having a fire protection rating meeting one of the following criteria:(1) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum rating not less than that required for the hoistway enclosuredoors.(2) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum ¾-hour rating where the machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces do not abut, and do not have openings to, the hoistway enclosure they serve.(3) The opening protective assembly shall have a minimum ¾-hour rating where the machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces serve a hoistway that is not required to be fire resistance rated.Substantiation: Relative to the proposed change to 54.3.2, the minimum 7-ft stretcher length and minimum 5-in. radiuscorners, along with the currently mandated 2-ft width, are the standard dimensions that need to be accommodated in anelevator car with the stretcher in the horizontal, open position. A 3500 pound capacity elevator car can accommodatesuch stretcher.
Relative to the proposed changes to Section 54.5, where the term “machine rooms” and the term “machinery spaces”occur, a change is proposed to standardize the terminology for correlation with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 – and that term is“machine/control room and machinery/control space.” In 54.5, the word “independent” is being deleted as MachineRoom Less (MRL) elevators have controllers in spaces common to the building, like a closet off the corridor, and the airconditioning unit might serve more than the control space. Relative to 54.5.3(2), it is critical to protect Fire ServiceAccess Elevator systems by keeping heat from reaching the solid-state equipment and associated wiring/equipmentlocated in machine rooms and machinery spaces. The reduction to 1-hour fire-resistance rating, as offered by current54.5.3(2), defeats this need.Public Input Response:See First revision #702
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 157 BLD-BSY(54.12)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise as follows:Chapter 54 Elevators and Conveying Systems…54.12 Fire Service Access Elevators.54.12.1 General. When Where required by 33.3.7, every floor of the building shall be served by the minimum numberof fire service access elevators required by this section 33.3.7. Except as modified by this section, the fire serviceaccess elevator shall be installed in accordance with Chapter 54 and ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevatorsand Escalators.54.12.1.1* Shunt breakers shall not be used on fire service access elevators.54.12.1.2 A minimum of two elevators each having Each required fire service access elevator shall have a minimum3500 lb (1588 kg) capacity serving every story within the subject building shall be provided to serve as a fire serviceaccess elevator.54.12.1.3 A minimum of one Each required fire service access elevator shall be sized in accordance with 54.3.2.54.12.2 Fire Service Access Elevator Lobbies.54.12.2.1 General.54.12.2.1.1 Each fire service access elevator shall open into a fire service access elevator lobby complying with54.12.2, except as otherwise permitted by 54.12.2.1.2.54.12.2.1.2 Exception: Where a fire service access elevator has two entrances onto a floor, the second entrance shallnot more than one entrance shall not be required to open into an elevator lobby complying with 54.12.2.54.12.2.2 Access.54.12.2.2.1 Each fire service access elevator lobby shall have direct access to an exit stair enclosure.54.12.2.2.2 The exit stair enclosure shall also have access to the floor without passing through the fire service accesselevator lobby.54.12.2.3 Lobby Enclosure.54.12.2.3.1 Each fire service access elevator lobby shall be enclosed with a smoke barrier , in accordance with Section8.11, having a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating, except as otherwise permitted by 54.12.2.3.2 that lobby doorassemblies shall comply with 54.12.2.4.54.12.2.3.2 Exception: Enclosed fire service access elevator lobbies shall not be required at the street floor or level ofexit discharge.54.12.2.3.3 Lobby door assemblies shall comply with 54.12.2.4.54.12.2.4 Lobby Door Assemblies. Each fire service access elevator lobby door, other than doors to the hoistway,exit stair enclosure, elevator control room, or elevator control space, shall comply with both of the following:(1) The door shall have not less than a ¾-hour fire protection rating.(2) The door shall be a smoke leakage-rated assembly in accordance with NFPA 105, Standard for Smoke Doorassemblies and Other Opening Protectives.(3) and The door shall be self-closing or automatic-closing in accordance with 11.2.1.8.
54.12.2.5 Lobby Size. Each fire service access elevator lobby enclosure shall be not less than 150 ft2
(14 m2) in area
with a minimum dimension of 8 ft (2440 mm).54.12.3 Pressurization System.54.12.3.1 General. Fire service access elevator hoistways and fire service access elevator lobbies that are required tobe enclosed in accordance with 54.12.2.3 shall be pressurized in accordance with Section 55.7.54.12.3.2 Activation of Pressurization System. The elevator pressurization system shall be activated by initiation ofthe building fire alarm system.54.12.3.3 Supply Air. The supply air intake for the pressurization system shall be from an outside, uncontaminatedsource located a minimum distance of 20 ft (6100 mm) from any air exhaust system or outlet.54.12.4 Sprinklers.54.12.4.1 The building shall be protected throughout by an approved, supervised automatic sprinkler system inaccordance with 55.3.1.1(1), except as otherwise specified in 54.12.4.1.1 through 54.12.4.3.54.12.4.1.1 A sprinkler control valve and a waterflow device shall be provided for each floor.54.12.4.1.2 The sprinkler control valves and waterflow devices required by 54.12.1.1 shall be monitored by the buildingfire alarm system.54.12.4.2* Sprinklers shall not be installed in fire service access elevator machine/control rooms and machinery/control
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000spaces, and such prohibition shall not cause an otherwise fully sprinklered building to be classified as nonsprinklered.54.12.4.3* Where a hoistway serves fire service access elevators, sprinklers shall not be installed at the top of theelevator hoistway or at other points in the hoistway more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor, and such prohibitionshall not cause the building to be classified as nonsprinklered54.12.35 Standpipe Hose Connection. Each building exit stair having direct access to the fire service access elevatorlobby shall be provided with a Class I standpipe hose connection in accordance with Section 55.4.54.12.6* Water Protection. 54.12.10* An approved method to prevent water from infiltrating into the hoistwayenclosure from the operation of the automatic sprinkler system outside the enclosed fire service access elevator lobbyshall be provided.54.12.7 54.12.4 Elevator System Monitoring. The fire service access elevator shall be continuously monitored at theemergency fire command center by a standard emergency service interface system meeting the requirements of NFPA72.54.12.8 Hoistway Lighting. Where fire fighters’ emergency operation is active, the entire height of the hoistway shallbe illuminated to a minimum of 1 ft-candle (10.8 lux) as measured from the top of the car of each fire service accesselevator.54.12.9 54.12.5 Electrical Power. The following features serving each fire service access elevator shall be supplied byboth normal power and Type 60/Class 2/ Level 1 standby power:(1) Elevator equipment(2) Elevator machine room ventilation Ventilation and cooling equipment for elevator machine/control rooms andmachinery/control spaces(3) Elevator controller cooling equipment car lighting54.12.10 Protection of Wiring or Cables.54.12.10.1 Wires or cables that are located outside the elevator hoistway and machine room and that provide normaland standby power, control signals, communication with the car, lighting, heating, air-conditioning, ventilation, and firedetecting systems to fire service access elevators shall be protected by one of the following means, except as otherwiseprovided by 54.12.10.2: construction having a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating or shall be circuit integrity cablehaving a minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating.(1) The wiring shall utilize Type CI cable with a minimum 2-hour fire resistance rating.(2) The wiring shall be enclosed in minimum 2-hour fire resistance construction.54.12.10.2 Control signaling wiring and cables that do not serve Phase II emergency in-car service shall not be requiredto be protected.54.12.7 Standby Power. The fire service access elevator shall be provided with standby power in accordance with34.2.5.54.12.8 Elevator Machine Rooms and Machinery Spaces. Automatic fire sprinklers shall not be installed in fireservice access elevator machine rooms and machinery spaces.54.12.11 54.12.9 Fire Service Access Elevator Symbol. A pictorial symbol of a standardized design designatingwhich elevators are fire service access elevators shall be installed on each side of the hoistway door frame on theportion of the frame at right angles to the fire service access elevator lobby. The fire service access elevator symbolshall be designed as shown in Figure 54.12.11 54.12.9 and shall comply with the following:(1) The fire service access elevator symbol shall be a minimum of 3 in. (76 mm) in height.(2) The helmet shall contrast with the background, with either a light helmet on a dark background or a dark helmet on alight background(3) The vertical centerline of the fire service access elevator symbol shall be centered on the hoistway door frame. Eachsymbol shall be not less than 78 in. (1980 1981 mm) and not more than 84 in. (2130 2134 mm) above the finished floorat the threshold.Figure 54.12.911 Fire Service Access Elevator Symbol.54.12.10* Water Protection. An approved method to prevent water from infiltrating into the hoistway enclosure from theoperation of the automatic sprinkler system outside the enclosed fire service access elevator lobby shall be provided.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in the
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000provisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:The committee is not necessarily opposed to the submitters intent, however it has many questions relative to thespecific language in a number of places. The submitter was not present and therefore the committee could not getresponses to those questions. The submitter is encouraged to submit his text at the public comment stage and to beavailable to present it to the committee.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 280 BLD-BSY(A.12.2.11.1.6 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Bill Conner, Bill Conner Associates, LLCRecommendation: Add a new section to read:A.12.2.11.1.6 The written plan should identify the unguarded areas and should include precautions and provisions to
mitigate the fall hazard. Such precautions and provisions may include:TrainingChoreographyRehearsalRestricted access to the stageRestricted access to unguarded edgesWarning lightsAudible warningsTactile edgesWarning barriersSignageTemporary barriersPersonal fall protectionFall restraintSpotters
Substantiation: The need for exceptions from the normal guard requirements on stages is fundamental to the useand activity of a stage and theperforming arts. None-the-less, through anecdote and in the NFPA data, there is a recordof regular occurrences of falls off the edge of the stage, and into the first row, orchestra pits, openings for stage lifts, orother openings in the stage necessary for the activity of a stage. It is time for a change.Public Input Response:This should be submitted to NFPA 101 committee on Assembly Occupancies.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 158 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.1.1 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.1.1 Elevator shunt breakers are intended to disconnect the electric power to an elevator prior to sprinklersystem waterflow impairing the functioning of the elevator. The provisions of 54.12.4.3 and 54.12.4.4 prohibit theinstallation of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room, machinery/control space, and at the top of the elevatorhoistway, obviating the need for shunt breakers. The provision of 54.12.1.1 is not actually an exemption to theprovisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requires theautomatic main line power disconnect (shunt trip) only where sprinklers are located in the elevator machine/controlroom, machinery/control space, or in the hoistway more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked by
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000fire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 159 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.4.2 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.4.2 The presence of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space wouldnecessitate the installation of a shunt trip for automatically disconnecting the main line power for compliance with ASMEA17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as it is unsafe to operate elevators while sprinkler water isbeing discharged in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. The presence of a shunt tripconflicts with the needs of the fire service access elevator, as it disconnects the power without ensuring that the elevatoris first returned to a safe floor so as to prevent trapping occupants.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multiple
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 160 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.4.3 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add text to read as follows:A.54.12.4.3 NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, permits sprinklers to be omitted from the top ofthe elevator hoistway where the hoistway for passenger elevators is noncombustible and the car enclosure materialsmeet the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators.Substantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 500033.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:See First revision # 702 and committee response to PI #157
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 161 BLD-BSY(A.54.12.10)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.54.12.6 A.54.12.10 This performance language will permit alternate design options to provide a means to preventwater from an operating sprinkler system from infiltrating into the hoistway enclosure. For example, such approvedmeans could include drains, sloping floor, and so forth. The objective of the water protection is to limit water beingdischarged from sprinklers operating on the floor of fire origin from entering the lobby and flowing under the landingdoors and down the hoistway, where it might interfere with safety controls that are normally located on the front of theelevator car. A small flow of water (of the order of the flow from a single sprinkler) will usually be diverted by the landingdoorway nose plate to the sides of the opening, where it can do little harm. The protection is intended to protect fromsprinklers outside the lobby.
Water protection can be achieved in any of several ways. Listed as follows are a few examples, which should beeffective in keeping the waterflow from a sprinkler into a lobby to a minimum:(1) A raised lip designed in compliance with the accessibility provisions of Chapter 12(2) A sloped floor and a floor drain(3) Sealing the sill plates and baseboards on both sides of the lobby partitionsSubstantiation: This proposal makes many changes:· (54.12.1) The determination building height at which fire service access elevators are necessary, and therequired minimum number of fire service access elevators are the purview of the technical committee responsible for thehigh-rise building provisions of Chapter 33. Currently 33.3.7 and 54.12.1 each specify a minimum of two elevators, and33.3.7 also specifies the 120 ft building height threshold. To avoid conflict where changes are made in the future,Section 54.12 should be silent on number of fire service access elevators and concentrate on detailing the systemfeatures.· (54.12.1.1 and A.54.12.1.1) The annex text explains the need for the prohibition on shunt breakers. Theprohibition is already a feature of Section 11.14 relative to occupant evacuation elevators. It is needed here too in theprovisions for fire service access elevators.· (54.12.1.2) Deletion of the minimum number of fire service access elevators is consistent with the change,noted above, to 54.12.1. The text related to stories served is redundant with that in 54.12.1 and needs to be deleted.· (54.12.2.1.1 and 54.12.2.1.2) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPAManual of Style.· (54.12.2.3) The reformatting does away with “exception formatting” as required by the NFPA Manual of Style.Similarly, the new 54.12.2.3.3 moves text that was buried at the end of current 54.12.2.3 into its own numbered item.Additionally, in 54.12.2.3.1 where a smoke barrier is required, the typical reference to Section 8.11, which is where therequirements for smoke barriers appear, has been made.· (54.12.2.4) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure are addressed inChapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8 starting withthe provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevator control room orelevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, typically havecontrol rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway opening in an elevatorlobby. 54.12.2.4 is intended to maintain the integrity of the lobby enclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separationfrom the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures that smoke from another area on the floor will not reachthe lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I, thus rendering them unusable for Fire Service Access.Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator control room or space doors because any smoke emanating fromthose spaces has already activated the smoke detector in the control room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase Ioperation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smoke detector from smoke originating in the control room/space(or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (54.12.2.4(2)) The Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in anEmergency determined that the elevator lobby doors need to be smoke leakage-rated assemblies to help assure thelobby remains free of smoke. The reference to NFPA 105 assures that the required testing of the door will not conductedwith an artificial bottom seal.· (54.12.2.5) Minimum fire service access elevator lobby size was not determined when the provisions of 54.12
were added to the to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. The minimum 150 ft2with minimum 8-ft dimension is needed.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000· (54.12.3) Fire service access elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. 54.12.2.3 includes a requirementthat elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by the ASME A17 TaskGroup on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance to smoke intrusionnecessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposal requires that theelevator shaft and enclosed elevator lobbies of fire service access elevators be pressurized. Recognizing that in manycases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could be open (egress or blocked byfire hoses), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure even with multipledoors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized to engineer aneffective pressurization system.· (54.12.4) The requirement for sprinkler protection throughout the building provides “desirable redundancy” as33.3.2 requires the sprinklering of high-rise buildings. Inclusion of the sprinkler requirement in 54.12 helps emphasizethat sprinklers are an important part of the protection package that makes it safe for the fire service to use elevators.The requirement for sprinklers also resides in Section 11.14 for occupant evacuation elevators. The addition to 54.12helps to make the two elevator systems more compatible. The annex text added as A.54.12.4.2 and A.54.12.4.3 helpsto explain the basis for the requirements.· (54.12.6) The water protection provisions of current 54.12.10 are being relocated to follow the provisions forextinguishment.· (54.12.7) The term “emergency command center” is being changed to “fire command center” for correlationwith NFPA 72. NFPA 72 reserves the use of the term “emergency command center” for mass notification systems. Theterm “fire command center” is associated with fire.· (54.12.8) Requirements for hoistway lighting were not determined when the provisions of 54.12 were added tothe to the 2012 edition of NFPA 5000. Fire fighters rely on visual checks for smoke before moving an elevator up towardthe fire floor. The lighted hoistway assists with checking for the presence of smoke.· (54.12.9) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. Subitems (2) and (3) aremoved into a generalized, more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs bothnormal power and standby power.· (54.12.10) Several changes were made:o Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needs protection as the elevator isnot expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine rom.o The two protection methods were reformatted as a numbered list rather than a run-on paragraph. This wasdone for consistency with a similar provision in the occupant evacuation elevator provisions of Section 11.14.o The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling is consistent with a fire ina non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. The fire service accesselevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also is consistent with 54.12.9 thatrequires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2).o Relative to new 54.12.10.2, there is no technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in thehall call stations) that does not serve Phase II emergency in-car service.· (Current 54.12.7 and 54.12.8) Material moved/incorporated as 54.12.9 and 54.12.4.3.· (54.12.11) New subitem (2) added as the helmet symbol needs to contrast with its background in order to beseen effectively.
Public Input Response:The additional language is redundant and does not provide any additional clarification.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 142 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.1.1)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.1.1 The Phase I Emergency Recall Operation mandated by the Firefighters Emergency Operation provisionsof ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, recalls elevators upon detection of smoke bysmoke detectors installed in the following locations:(1) At each floor served by the elevator in the lobby (landing) adjacent to the hoistway doors(2) In the associated elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space(3) In the elevator hoistway where sprinklers are located in the hoistwayWhere smoke from a fire remote from the elevator lobby (landing), elevator machine/control room or machinery/controlspace, and elevator hoistway can be kept from reaching the elevator lobby (landing), elevator machine /control room ormachinery/control space, and elevator hoistway, the associated elevators can continue to operate in a fire emergency.The provisions of Section 11.14 address the features that need to be provided to make such elevator operation safe forevacuation.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 143 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.1.3 (New) )_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Add a new section to read:A.11.14.1.3 The Occupant Evacuation Operation requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevatorsand Escalators address the elevator-related features for occupant evacuation elevators – features for which an elevatorcode has jurisdiction. The requirements were written assuming that necessary and complimentary provisions that arenot within the purview of an elevator code would be addressed in building, life safety, and fire codes. ASME A17.1/CSAB44 Annex T, titled Building Features for Elevator Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO), lists the building constructionfeatures assumed to be present for coordinated use with its provisions for OEO.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does not
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 144 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.2.1)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.3.1 A.11.14.2.1 Building occupants have traditionally been taught not to use elevators in fire or similaremergencies. The emergency plan should include more than notification that the elevators can be used for emergencyevacuation. The plan should include training to make occupants aware that the elevators will be available only for theperiod of time prior to elevator recall via smoke detection in the elevator lobby, machine/control room ormachinery/control space, or hoistway. Occupants should be prepared to use the exit stairs, which are required to bedirectly accessible from the elevator lobby by 11.14.9.3 11.14.8.3, where the elevator has been called out of service.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does not
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 145 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.3.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.4.2 A.11.14.3.2 The emergency voice/alarm communication system with the ability to provide voice directionson a selective basis to any building floor might be used to instruct occupants of the fire floor who are able to use stairs torelocate to a floor level below. The selective voice notification feature might be used to provide occupants of a givenelevator lobby with a status report or supplemental instructions.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 146 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.3.3)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.4.3 A.11.14.3.3 An audible notification appliance will need to be positioned in the elevator lobby in order tomeet the requirement of 11.14.4.3 11.14.3.4. The continued use of the occupant evacuation elevator system ispredicated on elevator lobby doors that are closed to keep smoke from reaching the elevator lobby smoke detector thatis arranged to initiate the Phase I Emergency Recall Operation.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 147 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.4.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.5.2 A.11.14.4.2 The presence of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control spacewould necessitate the installation of a shunt trip for automatically disconnecting the main line power for compliance withASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as it is unsafe to operate elevators while sprinklerwater is being discharged in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. The presence of a shunt tripconflicts with the needs of the occupant evacuation elevator, as it disconnects the power without ensuring that theelevator is first returned to a safe floor so as to prevent trapping occupants. The provision of 11.14.4.2, prohibiting thesprinklering of elevator machine rooms, deviates from the requirements of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation ofSprinkler Systems, which permits no such exemption. However, NFPA 13 permits a similar exemption for electricalequipment rooms where the room is dedicated to electrical equipment only; the equipment is installed in a 2-hourfire-rated enclosure, including protection for penetrations; and no combustible storage is stored in the room. Similarsafeguards are imposed on the occupant evacuation elevator by 11.14.5.1 and 11.14.5.2.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 148 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.4.3)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.5.3 A.11.14.4.3 NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, permits sprinklers to be omittedfrom the top of the elevator hoistway where the hoistway for passenger elevators is noncombustible and the carenclosure materials meet the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. Theprovision of 11.14.5.3 11.14.4.3 restricts occupant evacuation elevators to passenger elevators that are innoncombustible hoistways and for which the car enclosure materials meet the requirements of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.(See 11.14.4.3.)
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does not
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000address exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 149 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.5.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.6.2 A.11.14.5.2 Elevator shunt breakers are intended to disconnect the electric power to an elevator prior tosprinkler system waterflow impairing the functioning of the elevator. The provision of 11.14.5.2 11.14.4.2 prohibits theinstallation of sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room and machinery/control space and at the top of the elevatorhoistway, obviating the need for shunt breakers. The provision of 11.14.6.2 11.14.4.2 is not actually an exemption to theprovisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, as ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requires theautomatic main line power disconnect (shunt trip) only where sprinklers are located in the elevator machine /control roomor machinery/control space or in the hoistway where it could cause unsafe elevator operation more than 24 in. (610 mm)above the pit floor. The provision of 11.14.5.2 11.14.4.2 prohibits sprinklers in the elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The provision of 11.14.5.3 11.14.4.3 prohibits sprinklers at the top of the hoistway and at otherpoints in the hoistway more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor in recognition of the limitations on combustibilityestablished by 11.14.6.3 11.14.4.2.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 150 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.6.1)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.7.1 A.11.14.6.1 The minimum 2-hour fire resistance–rated separation is based on the omission of sprinklersfrom the elevator machine room in accordance with 11.14.5.3 11.14.4.2.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom building
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000occupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 151 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.6.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.7.2 A.11.14.6.2 The requirement of 11.14.7.2 11.14.5.2 is consistent with that in ASME A17.1/CSA B44,Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, which permits only machinery and equipment used in conjunction with thefunction or use of the elevator to be in the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space. An inspectionprogram should be implemented to ensure that the elevator machine/control room or machinery/control space is keptfree of storage.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service that
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000the elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 152 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.7.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.8.3 A.11.14.7.2 Wiring or cables that provide control signals are exempt from the protection requirements of11.14.8.2 E.7.2 provided such wiring or cables where exposed to fire will not disable Phase II Emergency In-CarOperation once such emergency operation has been activated.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when no
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000evacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 153 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.8.2)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.9.2 A.11.14.8.2 Elevator lobbies provide a safe place for building occupants to await the elevators and extendthe time available for such use by providing a barrier to smoke and heat that might threaten the elevator car or hoistway.Smoke detectors within the elevator lobbies are arranged to initiate a Phase I Emergency Recall Operation if the lobbyis breached by smoke.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 154 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.8.6)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Revise text to read as follows:A.11.14.9.6 A.11.14.8.6 The performance-based language of 11.14.9.6 11.14.8.6 permits alternate design options toprevent water from an operating sprinkler system from infiltrating the hoistway enclosure. For example, such approvedmeans might include drains and sloping the floor. The objective of the water protection requirement is to limit waterdischarged from sprinklers operating on the floor of fire origin from entering the hoistway, as it might by flowing into thelobby and under the landing doors, interfering with safety controls normally located on the front of the elevator car. Asmall flow of water (of the order of the flow from a single sprinkler) should be able to be diverted by the landing doorwaynose plate to the sides of the opening where it can do little harm. The requirement is intended to protect from water fromsprinklers outside the elevator lobby since the activation of sprinklers in the lobby would be expected to be preceded byactivation of the lobby smoke detector, which recalls the elevators.Water protection can be achieved in any of several ways. Mitigation features that should be effective in keeping thewaterflow from a sprinkler out of the hoistway include the following:(1) A raised lip in accordance with the accessibility provisions of Chapter 12 and a floor drain(2) A sloped floor and a floor drain(3) Sealed sill plates and baseboards on both sides of the lobby partitions and along the perimeter of the hoistway shaft
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some of
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000the features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom buildingoccupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control rooms
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000or machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000_______________________________________________________________________________________________5000 155 BLD-MEA(A.11.14.8.7)_______________________________________________________________________________________________Submitter: Brian D. Black, BDBlack & Associates / Rep. National Elevator Industry Inc.Recommendation: Delete the following text:A.11.14.8.7 The elevator lobby doors addressed in 11.14.8.7 do not include the elevator hoistway doors. The elevatorhoistway doors serving fire-rated hoistway enclosures in accordance with 8.6.5 must meet the criteria of Table 8.7.2.
Substantiation: This proposal makes changes for the following reasons:· (Section 11.14 Title) Title changed to “Occupant Evacuation Elevators” for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSAB44. Former title was developed to be a place holder for earlier versions of this Code until the elevator code could berevised to reflect the new technology of occupant evacuation elevators.· (Section 11.14 Various) Term “elevator machine room” changed to “elevator machine/control room ormachinery/control space” throughout Section 11.14. Change made for consistency with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 whichrecognizes Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators.· (11.14.1.1) Editorial replacement of “this section” with “Section 11.14” as it is not clear what constitutes asection as the word “Section” does not appear before the “11.14” that precedes the boldface heading at the beginning ofthe 11.14’s.· (11.14.1.2) Elevators are successfully used to move patients in hospitals under fire and similar emergencyconditions. Where such facility has an evacuation strategy using elevators with staff supervision it should not be forcedto meet the requirements of Section 11.14. The text proposed is currently in NFPA 101 Section 7.14 which is nearlyidentical to NFPA 5000 Section 11.14. The text was added to NFPA 101 but could not be added to NFPA 5000 duringthe last revision cycle as the subject had not been introduced to NFPA 5000 in the ROP stage. There is nothing tosuggest that the provision, if good for NFPA 101, is not good for NFPA 5000.· (11.14.1.3) Requirements for Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) have been approved for publication inthe 2013 edition of ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators. With this development andcorresponding changes to the NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, the comprehensive ASME/ICC/NFPApackage to establish occupant evacuation elevator requirements is complete, and provisions that were temporarily“parked” in NFPA 5000 Section 11.14 can be removed as they are addressed by ASME A17.1/CSA B44. The userneeds to be referenced, mandatorily, to the provisions for Occupant Evacuation Operation. Additionally, the occupantevacuation operation needs to be tailored to the specific building and, thus, the emergency plan required by 11.14.3.1 isrequired to be a part of the coordinated system.· (11.14.2) Occupant evacuation elevators need to be protected from smoke entering either through the shaftdirectly or from smoke in the corridor or stair system that adjoins the elevator lobbies. The provisions of 11.14.9.4include a requirement that elevator lobbies be protected with a smoke barrier, but the Hazard Analysis performed by theASME A17 Task Group on Elevators Used in an Emergency determined this was insufficient to provide the resistance tosmoke intrusion necessary for these elevators to be of value for an extended period during a building fire. This proposalrequires that the elevator hoistway and enclosed elevator lobbies of occupant evacuation elevators be pressurized.Recognizing that in many cases one or more elevator doors and doors to either the corridor or stair system could beopen (e.g., as for egress), the pressurization system must be sized to provide an adequate differential pressure evenwith multiple doors open. The reference to Section 55.7 assures that the provisions of NFPA 92 will be utilized toengineer an effective pressurization system.· (11.14.2.5 – 2012 edition numbering) Deleted text. See reason above for creation of new 11.14.1.2. Some ofthe features approved for inclusion in the new Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44-1are:o All of the information specified in 11.14.2.5 of NFPA 5000-2012o Approximate waiting times for persons awaiting an evacuation elevator and an indication that exit stairs mayalso be usedo Indicators in the signs in lobbies on floors not being evacuated that elevator service is not available. This willensure that persons who have heard of a fire in the building and who are aware that elevators may be available forevacuation will not waste time waiting for elevators that will not arrive at their floors.o Requirement that every sign in elevator lobbies where elevators have entered Phase I Firefighter service thatthe elevators are out of service and not available.o Messages will be permitted such as “Elevators in normal operation” on the lobby status indicator signs when noevacuation is occurring. The ASME A17 Elevators & Fire Task Group believes that this will accustom building
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Report on Public Input – June 2014 NFPA 5000occupants to reading the indicators and will also allow for monitoring to ensure that the signs are operable whenneeded.o Specification that all indicator signs comply with the Variable Message Sign requirements of ICC/ANSI A117.1,thus ensuring they are accessible to persons with disabilities.For the reasons detailed above, current 11.14.2.5 should be deleted in deference to the referenced ASME standard.· (11.14.3) Word “Occupant” deleted as the information features provisions grouped under 11.14.3 involve morethan “occupant” information. Some of the information is for emergency responders.· (11.14.3.3.1) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.4.2) Text related to instructions was reformatted to include only one requirement per numberedparagraph.· (11.14.4.4) Term “emergency command center” changed to “fire command center” for consistency with NFPA72 which applies the term “emergency command center” to mass notification systems.· (11.14.5) Requirements for control valve and monitoring editorially split into a numbered list for correlation withSection 7.14 of NFPA 101.· (11.14.6.1) Reference is made to the special Occupant Evacuation Operation provisions required at thebeginning of the section in 11.14.1.2.· (11.14.8.1) The electronics associated with elevator operation are sensitive to heat. Such electronics can befound in more places than the elevator machine room. Subitems (2) and (3) are moved into a generalized,more-inclusive item (2). Resultant item (3) recognizes that elevator car lighting needs both normal power and standbypower.· (11.14.8.2 and 11.14.8.3) Only wire and cable that is located outside the hoistway and machine room needsprotection as the elevator is not expected to run if the fire is in the hoistway or machine/control room ormachinery/control space. The change from 1-hr to 2-hr protection of the building runs of elevator power cabling isconsistent with a fire in a non-sprinklered room or a space where the sprinkler system fails to operate properly. Theoccupant evacuation elevators require power to run; maintaining the power source is crucial. The change also isconsistent with 11.14.8.1 that requires the standby power system to have minimum 2-hr duration (i.e., Class 2). There isno technical need to protect control signaling wiring (like that found in the hall call stations) that does not serve Phase IIemergency in-car service.· (11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8(1)) Requirements for doors from the elevator to the required exit stair enclosure areaddressed in Chapter 11 for means of egress. Doors from the elevator lobby to the hoistway are addressed in Chapter 8starting with the provisions for the protection of vertical openings. Relative to the new text related to doors to elevatorcontrol room or elevator control space, Machine Room Less (MRL) elevators, as permitted by ASME A17.1/CSA B44,typically have control rooms or control spaces that are accessed by a door immediately adjacent to a hoistway openingin an elevator lobby. The provisions of 11.14.9.7 and 11.14.9.8 are intended to maintain the integrity of the lobbyenclosure smoke barrier and the lobby’s separation from the remaining floor area on a building floor. This ensures thatsmoke from another area on the floor will not reach the lobby smoke detectors and place the elevator(s) into Phase I,thus rendering them unusable for occupant evacuation. Smoke and draft control is unnecessary on elevator controlroom or space doors because any smoke emanating from those spaces has already activated the smoke detector in thecontrol room/space and placed the elevator(s) in Phase I operation. It is thus unnecessary to protect the lobby smokedetector from smoke originating in the control room/space (or the hoistway to which the room/space is connected).· (11.14.9.8(3)) Requirement for vision panel revised so it can serve for viewing purposes from either side of thedoor. This was done for correlation with a similar requirement for a vision panel in the exit stair enclosure dooraddressed in 11.14.9.9.· (A.11.14.5.2) Annex text revised as NFPA 13-2013 will exempt sprinklers from elevator machine/control roomsor machinery/control spaces.· (A.11.14.6.2) Words “more than 24 in. (610 mm) above the pit floor” changed to “where it could cause unsafeelevator operation” to reflect change made to recent editions of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.· (A.11.14.9.6(1)) Words “the accessibility provisions of” added to cue the user to the fact that the requirementfor a raised lip to comply with Chapter 12 is an accessibility issue as abrupt floor level changes present unacceptablechallenges to accessibility.· (A.11.14.8.7 – 2012 edition numbering) Annex text being deleted as the renumbered 11.14.9.7 addressesmore than elevator hoistway doors making the current annex text deficient. The annex text being deleted does notaddress exit stair enclosure doors, doors to electrical control rooms and doors to electrical control spaces.Public Input Response:See FR260.
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FOREWORD Elevator, escalator, and moving walk energy efficiency standards are developing rapidly. This addendum uses the new SS-EN ISO 25745-1:2012 standard to add a movement energy efficiency requirement for elevators. The requirement of 1.8 mW*hr/(kg*m) is equivalent to class C in the VDI standard, which is an efficiency level with which we believe all major traction elevator vendors can comply. When part 2 of the standard is published, this requirement can become more robust and include standby ratings for various categories of elevators and movement efficiencies for escalators and moving walks. This addendum also paves the way for performing economic analysis to determine whether lower energy consumption requirements are justified. Note: In this addendum, changes to the current standard are indicated in the text by underlining (for additions) and strikethrough (for deletions) unless the instructions specifically mention some other means of indicating the changes. Only these changes are open for review and comment at this time. Additional material is provided for context only and is not open for comment except as it relates to the proposed substantive changes.
Addendum XX to 90.1-2010 Revise the Standard as follows Add the following: 3.2 Definitions freight elevator: an elevator used primarily for carrying freight and on which only the operator and the persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to ride. Travel Energy Rating: The normalized energy use of an elevator calculated in accordance with SS-EN ISO 25745-1:2012 using the following formula: 1000*Erc/(Src*Rated duty*2) Where:
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BSR/ASHRAE/IES Addendum XX to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings First Public Review Draft Erc = Main Energy Running plus Ancillary Energy Running; measured in accordance with SS-EN ISO 25745-1:2012 (Watt*hours). Src = one way travel distance of the elevator from its lowest to highest stop; which shall be the travel distance used during the measurement of Main Energy Running in accordance with SS-EN ISO 25745-1:2012 (ft) [SI=m] Rated duty = rated load (pounds) [SI = kg] 10.4.3 Elevators. Elevator systems shall comply with the requirements of this section: 10.4.3.1 Lighting. For the luminaires in each elevator cab, not including signals and displays, the sum of the lumens divided by the sum of the Watts (as described in Section 9.1.4) shall be no less than 35 lumens per Watt. 10.4.3.2 Ventilation Power Limitation. Cab ventilation fans for elevators without air-conditioning shall not consume over 0.33 W/cfm at maximum speed. 10.4.3.3 Standby Mode. When stopped and unoccupied with doors closed for over 15 minutes, cab interior lighting and ventilation shall be de-energized until required for operation. 10.4.3.4 Travel Energy Rating. Travel Energy Ratings for elevators shall not exceed 0.25mW*hr/(ft*pound) [ SI = 1.8 mW*hr/(kg*m)]. Exceptions:
1. Buildings with design occupancy of fewer than 20 persons per passenger elevator.
2. Buildings Elevators with no more than two stops on adjacent floors. of two stories.
3. Freight elevators.
10.4.4 Escalators and Moving Walks. Escalators and moving walks shall automatically slow to the minimum permitted speed in accordance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 or applicable local code when not conveying passengers. 12. NORMATIVE REFERENCES International Organization for Standardization Case postale 56 • CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland SS-EN ISO 25745-1:2012 Energy Performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks –
Part 1: Energy measurement and verification (ISO 25745-1:2012)
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ISO/DIS 25745-2 Draft Ver 17
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Secretariat: AFNOR
Energy Performance of Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks
— Part 2: Energy Calculation and Classification for Lifts (Elevators)
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Foreword..........................................................................................................................................................iv
IntroductionError! Bookmark not defined......................................................................................................................................................v
1 Scope....................................................................................................................................................1
2 Normative references ........................................................................................................................ 2
3 Terms and definitions ........................................................................................................................ 3
4 Data collection and analysis tools .................................................................................................... 5
5 Calculation of energy consumption ................................................................................................. 65.1 Methodolgy ......................................................................................................................................... 65.2 Calculation of running energy per day ............................................................................................. 65.3 Calculation or non-running (idle/standby) energy per day ............................................................. 95.4 Total energy consumption per day .................................................................................................. 105.5 Total energy consumption per year ................................................................................................. 105.6 Method for determing the daily energy consumption for energy storage
systems.............................................................................................................................................. 116 Lift energy efficiency classification ................................................................................................. 116.1 Rationale ............................................................................................................................................ 116.2 Performance level for running ......................................................................................................... 126.3 Performance level for idle/standby .................................................................................................. 126.4 Classification of energy performance of the lift ............................................................................. 127 Specific running energy for the ISO reference cycle ..................................................................... 138 Reporting ........................................................................................................................................... 139 Guidelines for reducing energy consumption of lifts .................................................................... 14
Annex A (informative) Table A.1 Number of trips per day (and operating days) per year .................................................................................................................................................... 15
Annex B (informative) Guidelines for reducing enrgy consumption of lifts ............................................. 16 Annex C (informative) Example Calculation ................................................................................................ 19 Annex D (informative) Example of an energy label ..................................................................................... 20
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 25745-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 178, Lifts, escalators and moving walks, Subcommittee WG10.
ISO 25745 consists of the following parts, under the general title Energy Performance of Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks:
Part 1: Energy Measurement and verification
Part 2: Energy Calculation and Classification for Lifts (Elevators)
Part 3: Energy Calculation and Classification for Escalators and Moving Walks
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This International Standard has been prepared in response to the rapidly increasing need to ensure and to support the efficient and effective use of energy. The Standard provides;
a) A method to estimate energy consumption on a daily and an annual basis for lifts.
b) A method for energy classification of new, existing or modernised lifts.
c) Guidelines for reducing energy consumption that can be used to support building environmental and energy classification systems.
This International Standard is intended to be a reference for the following parties:
building developers/owners to evaluate the energy consumption of various lifts;
building owners and service companies when modernising installations including reduction of energy consumption
the installers and maintenance providers of lifts;
consultants and architects involved in specification of lifts.
The total energy consumption over the entire life cycle of lifts consists of the energy to manufacture, install, operate, and the disposal of lifts. However for the purpose of this standard only operating energy (running and standby) performance is considered.
In the preparation of this standard Technical Committee ISO/TC 178, Subcommittee WG10 has initiated extensive research, which included the simulation of over 300 typical lift installations.The results of this research have been used to provide the numerical values shown in Tables 2 – 4.
This standard only considers traction and hydraulic technology, but may be used as a reference for alternative technologies.
This Standard can be used in relationship with national/regional jurisdictional energy performance purposes, such as European Directive 2010/31/EU, amongst others.
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Energy Performance of Lifts — Part 2: Energy Calculation and Classification for Lifts (Elevators)
1 Scope
This standard specifies:
a) a method to estimate energy consumption based on measured values, calculation or simulation, on an annual basis for traction and hydraulic lifts on a single unit basis;
b) energy classification system for new, existing and modernized traction and hydraulic lifts on a single unit basis;
c) guidelines for reducing energy consumption of existing lifts that can support building environmental and energy classification systems
This standard only considers the energy performance during the operational portion of the life cycle of the traction and hydraulic lifts.
This Standard does not cover energy aspects, which affect the measurements, calculations and simulations, such as:
i) hoistway lighting;
ii) heating and cooling equipment in the lift car;
iii) machine room lighting;
iv) machine room heating, ventilation and air conditioning;
v) non-lift display systems, CCTV security cameras, etc.;
vi) non-lift monitoring systems (e.g.: building management systems, etc.);
vii) input power harmonics (harmonics are addressed in the EMC standards);
viii) the effect of lift group dispatching on energy consumption;
ix) environmental conditions;
x) consumption through the power sockets;
xi) lifts whose travel includes an express zone.
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3 Terms, definitions and symbols
For the purposes of this document, the terms, definitions and symbols of Part 1 of this Standard apply in addition to the following. Terms and definitions
3.1 average cycle cycle of one up and one down trip each covering the average travel distance of the target installation 3. 2 energy power consumed over time
3.3 idle condition condition when the lift is stationary at a floor following a run before the standby mode is entered 3.4 load factor ratio between the running energy used by a car carrying an average load and the running energy measured with an empty car 3.5 reference cycle cycle during which the empty car is run from the bottom terminal landing, to the top terminal landing, and then back to the bottom terminal landing including two complete door cycles Note: The cycle can commence at the top terminal landing and return there if this is more convenient. 3.6 running current current drawn by the lift, when it has achieved rated speed in either the up or down direction 3.7 short running cycle cycle during which the empty car is run for a travel distance of between one quarter to half of travel height with the travel distance centred around the mid-point of the shaft and back to the starting point over a sufficient distance for the lift car to reach stable rated speed in both directions 3.8 standby condition condition when a lift is stationary at a floor and may have reduced the power consumption to a lower level set for that particular lift Note 1: There may be other electrical loads not associated with the lift, which shall not be included. Note 2 For units with energy storage systems, which may influence the measurement in standby
condition the lift must be connected and operating on main power supply with the energy storage outputs disabled while the measurements are taken. (see also 5.6).
Note 3: Care shall be taken to insure that the application of the standby condition does not compromise the safety of the installation.
3.9 standby current current used by the lift, when in standby condition
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3.10 trip(s) movement(s) from a starting (departure) landing to the next stopping (arrival) landing not including re-levelling Symbols
a is the average acceleration (m/s2)
dop is the number of operating days per year
Ed is the total daily energy consumption (Wh)
Enr is the daily non running (idle/standby) energy consumption (Wh)
Erav is the running energy consumption of an average cycle (Wh)
Erc is the running energy of reference cycle according to ISO 25745-1 (Wh)
Erd is the daily running energy consumption (Wh)
Erm is the average running energy consumption per metre of travel (Wh/m)
Esc is the running energy of the short cycle (Wh)
Espc is the specific running energy for a short cycle (mWh/kg*m)
Espr is specific runningenergy for ISO reference cycle (mWh/kg*m)
Essc is the start/stop energy consumption for each trip (Wh)
Ey is the annual energy consumption (Wh)
j is the average jerk (m/s3)
kL is the load factor
nd is the number of trips per day
Pid is the power used in idle mode (W)
Pst30 is the standby power used after 30 minutes (W)
Pst5 is the standby power used after 5 minutes (W)
Q is the rated load (kg)
Rid is the ratio of idle time consuming Pid (%)
Rst30 is the ratio of 30-minute time consuming Pst30 (%)
Rst5 is the ratio of 5-minute time consuming Pst5 (%)
sav is the average travel distance for target installation (m)
src is the one way travel distance of reference cycle according to ISO 25745-1 (m)
ssc is the one way travel distance of the short cycle (m)
tav is the time to travel the average travel distance, including door times (s)
td is the time for the opening, opened and closing times of the lift doors at the landings
tnr is the non running (idle and standby) time(s) per day (h)
trd is the running time per day (h)
v is the rated speed (m/s)
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4 Data collection and analysis tools
Data can be collected by measurement from existing installations or test facilities or obtained by simulation or calculation.
The energy values used to estimate annual energy consumption can be obtained using the energy measurement methodologies as specified in Part 1 of this standard or by calculation or simulation.
Energy measurements for existing lifts may be taken during commissioning or during the life of the installation.
Running energy measurements can be achieved on new or existing lifts by running the empty lift car between one terminal landing and the other terminal landing and then back to the first terminal landing in accordance with the reference cycle as specified in Part 1 of this standard.
Running energy measurements can be achieved in test facilities or on existing installations by either
a) running the empty lift car between one terminal landing and the other terminal landing and then back to the first terminal landing (full cycle), including the energy used during the two door operations, in accordance with the reference cycle as specified in Part 1 of this standard, or;
b) running the empty lift car from a defined landing in the test facility to a predetermined point in the lift well and then back to the defined landing (short cycle), including the energy used during the two door operations, in accordance to the measurement procedures specified in Part 1 of this standard.
Each cycle comprises two trips.
The running energy of the short cycle should be determined with the travel centred on the mid point between the defined landing and the predetermined point, in order to reduce inaccuracies due the influence of suspension means, travelling cables, etc. The travel of the short cycle may be between 1/2 and 1/4 of the total travel height. However the lift should always reach rated speed during the cycle. For lifts with two stops no short running cycle evaluation is needed because the lift always runs the full travel height.
Option b) allows a test facility to be arranged to match the terminal to terminal travel distance of a target installation with a specified rated speed. Option b) cannot be applied to two stop installations (see 5.1 and 5.2.5)
Idle power (Pid), 5-minute standby power (Pst5) and 30-minute standby power (Pst30) can be obtained as specified in Part 1 of this standard by measurement or by calculation or simulation.
The measurement of the 30-minute standby power is only necessary if any lift energy consuming components switch to a lower energy level after a time exceeding 5 minutes.
The standby power values should be determined taking into account the manufacturer’s powering down sequence times of the energy consuming components when the lift is in operation. The transition times from standby, hibernate or sleep modes should be indicated in the documentation of the installation.
Note: Some manufacturers may have a number of standby states depending on their powering down
sequence and recovery times; sometimes known as sleep, hibernate, energy reduction state etc.
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5 Calculation of energy consumption
5.1 Methodology
This section specifies a methodology for the calculation of energy consumption.
This calculation methodology may be applied to new lifts and in-service lifts and can only be applied to single units. It can also be used to re-assess an installation after modernisation.
This method applies whether the values are measured or are provided from a manufacturer’s model data.
In the case of identical lifts, the energy consumption value for one of the lifts can be measured and a calculation made. It may then be applied to the other lifts provided that verification of equivalence can be justified, eg: by using the electrical current verification procedure provided in Part 1 of this standard.
Alternatively where a manufacturer is able to provide model calculations for the installed lift(s) this calculation may be applied to all of the lifts provided verification is performed.
In the case of groups of lift installations, each unit shall be considered as an individual unit.
The following sections indicate the calculation process. Alternatively any equivalent calculation method may be used. An example calculation is shown in Annex C.
Note: If the number of stops does not allow a short cycle measurement to be made then Sections 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 do not apply.
The methodology shown in sections 5.2 to 5.5 applies to hydraulic and traction lifts, which draw all power for normal running and non-running operation, directly from the mains supply. For systems, which draw all or partial power from energy storage systems during normal running or non-running operation, the method for calculating the daily energy consumption is outlined in section 5.6. Counterweights which store the energy of one lift run are not considered as an energy storage system.
5.2 Calculation of running energy per day
5.2.1 Usage and number of starts per day
The usage of an individual lift shall be categorized according to Table 1 by the estimated number of trips per day. The approximate number of trips per day can be obtained from observations or a trip counter. Where this data is not available it can be estimated for the specific usage category according to Annex A.
Table 1: Categorized number of starts per day
Usage category 1 2 3 4 5 6
Usage intensity/
frequency very low low medium high very high
extremely
high
Number of trips
per day (nd)
(typical range)
50
(< 75)
125
(75 - < 200)
300
(200 – < 500)
750
(500 - <1000)
1500
(1000 - < 2000)
2500
(≥ 2000)
Note: The number of trips is categorized in order to achieve comparable results for energy assessments carried out by different parties.
For lift applications in which the traffic pattern and the number of starts per day are well known, e.g. in existing buildings, a specific number of starts per day deviating from Table 1 may be agreed between involved parties for the assessment of the annual energy
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consumption and classification of the lift. In this case the selected number of starts has to be documented as required in clause 8.
5.2.2 Average travel distance
The average travel distance (sav) for the target installation shall be selected from Table 2 as percentage of the travel distance of the reference cycle according to Part 1 of this Standard.
Table 2: Percentage of average travel distance
Usage category 1 – 4 5 6
Number of stops Percentage average travel distance
2 100%
3 67%
>3 44% 33% 18%
# This figure may need to be reviewed, if the traffic movement between the two terminal floors is dominant. In this case the average travel distance may tend towards 100%.
5.2.3 Average running energy per metre
The average running energy consumption per metre of travel shall be determined when the lift is running at rated speed.
The average running energy consumption per metre of travel is given by:
scrc
scrcrm ss
EEE2
1
where:
Erc is the running energy consumption of reference cycle according to Part 1 of this standard (Wh)
Esc is the running energy consumption of the short cycle (Wh) src is the one way travel distance of reference cycle according to Part 1 of this
standard (m) ssc is the one way travel distance of the short cycle (m)
Note: src and ssc are the one way travel distances in each direction and need to be counted twice for the running distance of the complete cycle.
5.2.4 Start/stop energy consumption
The start/stop energy consumption includes the energy consumed to accelerate a lift up to rated speed, decelerate it from rated speed level at the destination landing, to open and close its doors and the idle energy used whilst standing at the landings.
The start/stop energy consumption for each trip is given by:
rcrmrcssc sEEE 22
1
5.2.5 Running energy of an average cycle
The running energy consumption of an average cycle for the target installation is given by:
sscavrmrav EsEE 22
where:
Erm is the average running energy consumption per metre of travel (Wh/m)
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sav is the average travel distance for target installation (m)
Essc is the start/stop energy consumption for each trip (Wh)
Note: The running energy of the average cycle can be determined directly by measurement, calculation or simulation. In this case the above evaluation is not required.
If the number of stops does not allow a short cycle measurement to be made then running energy consumption of an average cycle for the target installation is given by:
rc
avrcrav s
sEE
5.2.6 Daily running energy
The daily running energy consumption is given by:
2ravdL
rdEnkE
where:
Erav is the running energy consumption of an average cycle (Wh)
nd is the number of trips per day according to the selected usage category in Table 1
kL is the load factor
Erd is the daily running energy consumption (Wh)
Note: The average travel distance is that expected for the target installation. A cycle is two trips accounting for the division by 2 in the denominator.
The value for the load factor (kL) can be calculated using the equations below, where the value for percentage average car load (%Q) is taken from Table 3.
For traction lifts counterbalanced to 50%
kL = 1 – (%Q × 0.0164)
For traction lifts counterbalanced to 40%
kL = 1 – (%Q × 0.0192)
For hydraulic lifts with no balancing
kL = 1 + (%Q × 0.0071)
For hydraulic lifts with 35% counterbalancing of the car weight
kL = 1 + (%Q × 0.0100)
For hydraulic lifts with 70% counterbalancing of the car weight
kL = 1 + (%Q × 0.0187)
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Table 3 Average car load
Usage category 1 - 3 4 5 6
Rated load (kg) Percentage of rated load (Q)
≤ 800 7.5% 9.0% 16.0% 23.0%
801 – ≤1275 4.5% 6.0% 11.0% 18.5%
1276 – ≤ 2000 3.0% 3.5% 7.0% 13.0%
>2000 2.0% 2.2% 4.5% 9.0%
5.3 Calculation of non-running (idle/standby) energy per day
5.3.1 Running time per day
The total running time per day is given by:
3600av
drdt
nt
where:
tav is the time to travel the average travel distance for the target installation, including door times (s)
trd is the running time per day (h)
The time to travel the average distance is given by:
dav
av tja
av
vst
where:
td is the time for the opening, opened and closing times of the lift doors at the landings 5.3.2 Non-running time per day
To calculate the energy used per day when the lift is in idle/standby modes the non-running time per day has to be determined. The time per day when the lift is not running are the periods when the car is at a landing: with its doors open and users are entering or leaving the car; or with its doors closed in idle mode; or standby mode. This non-running time is usually 24 hours less the running time and is given by:
rdnr tt 24
where;
tnr is the non-running (idle and standby) time per day (h)
In cases where the lift is switched off at scheduled times the non-running time has to be determined for this specific situation.
5.3.3 Time ratios of idle/standby modes
The daily non-running (idle/standby) energy consumption can comprise three components: the time when idle between stopping and entering the 5-minute standby mode; the time between the 5-minute standby mode and the 30-minute standby mode, if occurring and the time after 30 minutes have elapsed.
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The ratios of time spent where the lift is in non-running (idle and standby) modes per day shall be taken from Table 4. In specific cases the time ratios may be determined from individual traffic simulations. In these cases the ratios have to documented according to clause 8.
Table 4: Time ratios in idle and standby modes
Usage category 1 2 3 4 5 – 6
Time ratios (%)
Rid 13 23 36 45 42
Rst5 55 45 31 19 17
Rst30 32 32 33 36 41
5.3.4 Daily non running (idle/standby) energy consumption
The daily non running (idle/standby) energy consumption is given by:
303055100 ststststididnr
nr RPRPRPtE
where
Pid is the power used in idle mode (W)
Pst5 is the standby power used after 5 minutes (W)
Pst30 is the standby power used after 30 minutes (W)
Rid is the ratio of idle time consuming Pid (%)
Rst5 is the ratio of 5-minute time consuming Pst5 (%)
Rst30 is the ratio of 30-minute time consuming Pst30 (%)
Enr is the daily non running (idle/standby) energy consumption (Wh)
Note If after the last trip made by the lift there is no change between the 5-minute standby power and 30-minute standby power values then the time ratio Rst30 is added to the preceding time ratio Rst5 or if there is no change between idle and 5-minute power values then the time ratio Rst5 is added to the preceding time ratio Rid.
5.4 Total energy consumption per day
The estimated daily energy consumption is given by:
nrrdd EEE
where:
Ed is the total daily energy consumption (Wh)
5.5 Total energy consumption per year
The estimated annual energy consumption is given by:
opdy dEE
where:
Ey is the annual energy consumption (Wh)
dop is the number of operating days per year
If the lift is switched off on certain days (e.g. weekends or holidays) the number of days per year can be reduced by the number of days the lift is switched off per year.
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5.6 Method for determining the daily energy consumption for energy storage systems
For systems using energy storage for normal running or non-running operation, energy consumption during a full 24 hours of operation, all energy drawn by the lift system shall be measured, calculated, or simulated applying the following conditions:
i) Energy storage devices shall be at the same state of charge at the beginning and the end of the 24 hour period.
ii) The number of starts per day shall be taken from Table 1
iii) The average travel distance shall be taken from Table 2
iv) The average load in the car shall be taken from Table 3
v) The percentage of non-running time in idle and all standby states, shall be taken from Table 4
When using the method in Section 6 only the combined classification from Table 7 shall apply. The total daily energy consumption shall be directly compared to the classification thresholds defined in Table 7 to determine the classification of the lift.
6 Lift energy efficiency classification
6.1 Rationale
This section specifies a methodology for the classification of a target installation.
The classification methodology may be applied to new lifts and in-service lifts and can only be applied to single units. It can also be used to re-classify an installation after modernisation.
This method applies whether the values are measured on an installation or are provided by simulation or calculation from a manufacturer’s model data.
The classification can be performed in accordance with the procedures in this document by using a representative sample of a family of lifts for the classification process which then shall be applied to the classification for all units in a range. However the following conditions shall apply;
a) If the representative sample of a family of lifts has a range of rated speeds, a classification for each speed shall be determined.
b) All parameters and components that may affect energy usage shall be the same as on the sample lift. Changes to any of these components or parameters shall require a reclassification.
Note: Examples of parameters and components that may fall into this category include: rated load, car weight, balance, door operators, door systems, machines, controllers, drives, guide shoes/rollers, lighting, car floor area, etc.
Normalisation of the running energy (for single reference cycle or short cycle) can be achieved by dividing the energy measured by the rated load and twice the one way travel distance. This normalisation method gives an explicit value to the lift system with reference to the building in which it is to be installed. Normalised values of energy consumption can allow comparisons to be made between different tenders for new systems or when upgrading is being considered
Note 1: The same equipment installed in different buildings may produce different values.
Note 2: for examples of normalisation see formula for Espc in clause 6.2 and Espr in clause 7
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6.2 Performance level for running
The specific running energy for the average running cycle is given by:
av
ravLspc sQ
EkE
2
1000
where:
Espc is the specific running energy for the average running cycle (mWh/kg*m)
kL is the load factor according to 5.2.6
Q is the rated load (kg)
The specific running energy for the average running cycle of the target lift is assigned to energy performance levels according to Table 5 below:
Table 5: Performance levels for running
Specific running energy for the average running cycle (mWh/kgm)
≤ 0.72 ≤ 1.08 ≤ 1.62 ≤ 2.43 ≤ 3.65 ≤ 5.47 > 5.47
Performance level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6.3 Performance level for idle/standby The idle and standby power values are assigned to energy performance levels according to Table 6. Table 6: Performance levels for idle/standby
Idle/standby power (W) ≤50 ≤100 ≤200 ≤400 ≤800 ≤1600 >1600
Performance level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
6.4 Classification of energy performance of the lift
The energy performance of the lift shall be classified by comparing the daily energy consumption calculated according to 5.4 with threshold values calculated from performance levels for running and non running (idle and standby) in accordance with Table 6. Where the exact number of trips (nd) is known from measurement or specification then the threshold values to be applied in Table 6 shall be calculated using this value for nd.
Where the exact number of trips (nd) is not known, but an estimated or anticipated usage category is known then the threshold values to be applied in Table 6 shall be calculated using the median value for nd taken from Table 1.
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Table 7 Classification of energy efficiency
Energy efficiency class Energy consumption per day (Wh)
A Ed ≤ 0.72*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 50* tnr
B Ed ≤ 1.08*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 100* tnr
C Ed ≤ 1.62*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 200* tnr
D Ed ≤ 2.43*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 400* tnr
E Ed ≤ 3.65*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 800* tnr
F Ed ≤ 5.47*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 1600* tnr
G Ed > 5.47*Q*nd*sav/1000 + 1600* tnr 7 Specific running energy for the ISO reference cycle
The specific running energy (Espr) for the ISO reference cycle can be calculated using the energy (Erc), measured according to Part 1 of this standard and is given by:
rc
rcspr sQ
EE
2
1000
where
Espr is the specific running energy for ISO reference cycle (mWh/kg*m)
8 Reporting
The results of the energy assessment shall be documented and shall include:
− Manufacturer − Location of lift − Type of lift − Drive system type − Rated load (kg) − Rated speed (m/s) − Travel height (m) − Number of stops − Number of starts (see cl5.2.1) − Usage category (1 – 6) − Idle power (W) − Standby power (Pst5) (W) − Standby power (Pst30) (W) − Operating days per year − Estimated annual energy consumption (kWh) − Time to hibernate (s) − Time to recover from hibernation (s) − Time to enter sleep mode (s) − Time to recover from sleep mode (s) − Specific running energy for the average running cycle (mWh/kg m) − Classification of lift is dependent on the expected usage (A-G) − Specific running energy for the ISO reference cycle (mWh/kg m) − Date of evaluation An example of an energy label is shown in Annex D. NOTE The comparison of the energy efficiency of different lifts is only possible for same usage.
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9 Guidelines for reducing energy consumption of lifts Annex B lists actions that can be accomplished on most modern lifts, which can substantially lower the energy consumption of the unit. Older units can benefit from some of the recommendations. It should be noted that in most cases, a significant amount of the energy is consumed by a lift due to standby energy consumption. Consideration should be given to optimize energy consumption based on lift capacity and the building traffic pattern. The guidelines are intended as a reference for a single unit installation. For multiple unit installations, car dispatching efficiency significantly affects the energy consumed by the lifts.
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Annex A (informative) Table A.1 Number of trips per day (and operating days per year)
Usage
category
1 2 3 4 5 6
Usage
intensity/
frequency
very low low medium high very high extremely high
Number of
trips per day
(nd)
Typical range
50
( 75)
125
(75 -200)
300
(200–500)
750
(500-1000)
1500
(>1000)
2500
(>2000)
Typical
buildings and
usage
residential
building up to 6
dwellings (360)
residential care
home (360)
small office or
administrative
building with few
operations (260)
suburban
railway stations
(360)
residential
building up to 20
dwellings (360)
small office or
administrative
building with 2
to 5 floors (260)
small hotels
(360)
office car parks
(260)
general car
parks (360)
main line railway
stations (360)
library (6)
entertainment
centres (360)
stadia
(intermittent)
residential
building with up
to 50 dwellings
(360)
medium-sized
office or
administrative
building with up
to 10 floors
(260)
medium-sized
hotel (360)
airports (360)
university (260)
small hospital
(360)
shopping centre
(360)
residential
building with
more than 50
dwellings (360)
large office or
administrative
building with
more than 10
floors (260)
large hotel (360)
very large office
or administrative
building over
100 m height
(260)
very large office
or administrative
building over
100 m height
(260)
Typical rated
speed
0.63 m/s 1.00 m/s 1.60 m/s 2.50 m/s 5.00 m/s 5.00 m/s
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Annex B (informative) Guidelines for reducing energy consumption of lifts
Action New equipment Existing equipment Handling capacity Select rated speed Select the lowest rated speed
commensurate with traffic design criteria. n/a
Select appropriate rated speed
Select lift (elevator) speeds that are appropriate to the task, eg: slower speeds for goods lift (elevator)s.
n/a
Select rated load Select smallest rated load commensurate with traffic design criteria
n/a
Select number of lifts (elevators)
Select the smallest number of lifts (elevators) commensurate with traffic design criteria
n/a
Location of lifts (elevators)
Locate lifts (elevators) together to minimise the number of journeys.
n/a
Location of lifts (elevators)
Locate lifts (elevators) in the most appropriate positions, ie: locate stairs before lifts (elevators).
n/a
Location of population served
Ensure symbiotic activities are located together, eg: sales/marketing, personnel/training.
Consider relocation of activities
Motion dynamics Select the lowest values for acceleration/deceleration and jerk commensurate with traffic design criteria.
Re-evaluate motion dynamics.
Equipment design Drive type: traction/hydraulic
Traction almost always produces significant energy savings
Modernise
Drive type: hydraulic If hydraulic drives are selected use counterbalancing or energy accumulation systems.
Install counterbalancing or modernise to energy accumulation system
Drive type: technology
Select an energy efficient drive for the lift (elevator) and consider regeneration systems, eg: VVVF
Replace older drives with energy efficient motors, eg: PMSM with regeneration
Starting current Use soft start technologies Modernise Geared/gearless Gearless recommended over geared
machine n/a
Machine position Select top drive in preference to bottom or side drive.
n/a
Roping Select 1:1 roping, where possible. n/a Door system Select door system that does not rely on
stalled motor to keep doors closed. Modernise
Guide shoes Use roller guide shoes for both car and counterweight in preference to slipper or swivel guide shoes.
Modernise
Guide rail fixings Ensure guide rails are stiff and do not flex. Modernise Guide rail plumbness Ensure guide rails are plumb and fixed at
the shortest spacing. Modernise
Counter balancing n/a Consider changing the value of counterbalancing and using a high average to peak torque ratio motor and/or install a smaller drive motor.
Counter-weight balance
Optimize in accordance with building traffic pattern
Optimize in accordance with building traffic pattern
Car Lighting LED Lighting produces considerable energy savings.
Modernise existing installations.
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Action New equipment Existing equipment Car balance Ensure the car is balanced against the
guide shoes. Ensure the car is balanced against the guide shoes.
Air resistance For high speed lifts (elevators) ensure lift (elevator) cars present low air resistance.
Check air resistance
Rope diameter Select as large a diameter rope as possible to reduce levelling operations due to rope stretch.
Modernise
D/d ratio Select the lowest possible sheave and pulley diameters to reduce inertial effects.
n/a
Brake Ensure the brake is not energised when the lift (elevator) is stationary.
Ensure the brake is not energised when the lift (elevator) is stationary.
Tank heaters/coolers Automatic control to minimum temperature required
Automatic control to minimum temperature required
Lift (elevator) well heaters
Automatic control to minimum temperature required
Automatic control to minimum required
Hydraulic oil cooler Where up starts exceeds 40 per hour install an oil cooler.
Where the number of up starts exceeds 40 per hour install an oil cooler.
Oil cooler location Install oil coolers outside the machine and recover waste heat.
Install oil coolers outside the machine and recover waste heat.
Operation Lift (elevator) traffic strategy
Review the traffic patterns and select the lift (elevator) control strategy to minimise the number of journeys.
Review the traffic patterns and select the lift (elevator) control strategy to minimise the number of journeys.
Parking feature Consider omitting the parking feature. Consider omitting the parking feature Automatic shut down Initiate standby after lift (elevator) idle for
five minutes. Initiate standby after lift (elevator) idle for five minutes.
Car lights Turn off when on standby Turn off when on standby Car fan/HVAC Turn off when on standby Turn off when on standby Car fan Ensure any car fans only operate when
car temperature exceeds 25°C. Ensure any car fans only operate when car temperature exceeds 25°C.
Machine room temperature
Provide automatic temperature control Provide automatic temperature control
Waste heat Recover waste heat from lift (elevator) motor rooms if the lift (elevator)s are used intensely.
Recover waste heat from lift (elevator) motor rooms if the lift (elevator)s are used intensely.
Machine room energy loss
Provide sufficient insulation Provide sufficient insulation
Lift (elevator) well vent (where provided)
Automate opening on fire only Automate opening on fire only
Maintenance Routine maintenance
Ensure proper, thorough and regular maintenance is carried out.
Ensure proper, thorough and regular maintenance is carried out.
Adjustments Ensure all critical parameters are adjusted during maintenance.
Ensure all critical parameters are adjusted during maintenance.
Drive profile Set up the acceleration/deceleration profile to the lowest acceptable values.
Set up the acceleration/deceleration profile to the lowest acceptable values.
Levelling/creep Set up levelling/creep distance to be as small as possible.
Set up levelling/creep distance to be as small as possible.
Motor blowers Ensure any motor blowers are switched to operate on demand.
Ensure any motor blowers are switched to operate on demand.
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Action New equipment Existing equipment Machine room heating
Ensure any machine room heating (including tank heaters) does not operate until the temperature drops below 6°C.
Ensure any machine room heating (including tank heaters) does not operate until the temperature drops below 6°C.
Machine room heating
Ensure machine room cooling/ventilation does not operate until temperature exceeds operating conditions.
Ensure machine room cooling/ventilation does not operate until temperature exceeds operating conditions.
Guide rail lubrication Ensure guide rails are adequately lubricated where required.
Ensure guide rails are adequately lubricated where required.
Top of car light Turn off when mechanic leaves Turn off when mechanic leaves Lights lift (elevator) well
Turn off when mechanic leaves Turn off when mechanic leaves
Tie down Ensure compensation/tie down systems are properly adjusted.
Ensure compensation/tie down systems are properly adjusted.
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Annex C (informative) Example calculation
Office SAFE (Swiss)1 S24 (rounded values for easier arithmetic)
Lift parameters Rated load 1500 kg Rated speed 2.50 m/s Travel 75 m Number of floors 20 Traction lift Counterbalancing 50% Acceleration 1.0 m/s2 Jerk 1.25 m/s3
Data determined by measurement, simulation or calculation Daily trips 750 (category 4) Idle Power 500 W Standby5 power 300 W Standby30 power 120 W Reference cycle energy 170 Wh Short cycle distance 50 m Short cycle energy 120 Wh
Data from tables Average car load 3.5% (from Table 3) Load factor (kL) 0.94 (from see 5.2.6)
Calculation
sav = 26.25 m
Erm = (170-120)/(75-50)/2 = 1 Wh/m
Essc = (170-2x1x75)/2 = 10 Wh
Erav = 2x1x26,25 + 2x10 = 72.5 Wh
Erd = 0.8x750x72.5/2 = 21,750 Wh
tav = 26.25/2.5 + 2.5/1 + 1/1.25 + 8 = 21.8 s
trd = 750x21.8/3.600 = 4.54 h
tnr = 24-4.54 = 19.46 h
Enr = 19.46x(500x45+300x18+120x37)/100 = 6,293 Wh
Ed = 21,750 + 6,293 = 28,043 Wh
Threshold values for classification:
A: Ed ≤ 0.72x1.500x750x26,25/1000 + 50x19,46 = 22,236 Wh
B: Ed ≤ 1.08x1.500x750x26,25/1000 + 100x19,46 = 33,840 Wh
C: …
Lift has class B
Ey = 28,043x365 = 10,236 kWh (365 days operation)
Espc = 1000x0.94x72.5/(2x1500x26,25) = 0.87 mWh/kgm
Espr = 1000x170/(2x1500x75) = 0.76 mWh/kgm
1 SAFE Swiss Federal Office of Energy (DIS-Project No. 101106), 2005. http://www.electricity-research.ch.
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Annex D (informative) Example of an energy label If a label is required then it may take the following form.
Performance class according to ISO/DIS25745-2 Figure D.1 Energy Label
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From the February 26, 2013 minutes of the NEII® Performance Standards Committee:
NEII PERFORMANCE STANDARDS COMMITTEE Scope:
The Performance Standards Committee reports to the CCC and develops industry standards that can be used as guidelines for building transportation equipment to achieve appropriate performance and maintain code and safety compliance.
NEII Performance Standards Committee Long-Range Objectives:
Expand NEII-1 to add a white paper and templates on MCP’s; Add guidelines in NEII-1 for compliance with the maintenance requirements in
ASME A17.1/CSA B44 (including PES certification), ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7, etc.;
Update NEII-1 Energy Efficiency Guidelines; Promote the harmonization of NEII/ISO positions on energy measurement and
classification; [Rationale: The committee does not want to use the A‐G classification system in ASHRAE 90.1 and North America. It is felt the classification creates a disincentive to continually improve the efficiency of a product once the minimum requirements of “A” have been met.]
Expand NEII‐1 to address green building technology;
Keep NEII-1 current with industry technology; and Develop destination dispatch elevator accessibility guidelines for NEII-1.
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ISO SPONSORSHIP REPORT
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Request for Interpretation: Edition: A17.1-2010/B44-10 and later editions Requirements: 8.6.8.13 Cleaning and 8.6.8.15.1 Machine Space Background: The requirements are as follows: 8.6.8.13 Cleaning. The interiors of escalators and their components shall be cleaned to prevent an accumulation of oil, grease, lint, dirt, and refuse. The frequency of the cleaning will depend on service and conditions, but an examination to determine if cleaning is necessary shall be required at least once a year. 8.6.8.15 Periodic Test Requirements — Category 1 8.6.8.15.1 Machine Space. The machine space access, lighting, receptacles, operation, and conditions shall be examined (Items 8.1 and 10.1). All escalator components shall be cleaned and examined. These components shall include, but not be limited to
(a) oil drip pans (b) upper and lower stations (c) steps and rollers (d) step frames, risers, and treads (e) tracks (f) truss components
Discussion: 8.6.8.13, the maintenance requirement, requires an examination at least once a year to determine if cleaning is necessary, however, the second paragraph in 8.6.8.15.1 requires all escalator components to be cleaned with a category 1 timing, essentially once per year. It is inappropriate to prescribe maintenance in a test requirement let alone to effectively mandate it during the category 1 testing. This inclusion of maintenance in a test requirement appears to be a mistake and also contrary to the express maintenance requirements in 8.6.8.13. Question 1: Is the cleaning in 8.6.8.15.1 required only if it is determined to be necessary in accordance with 8.6.8.13? Question 2: If the answer to question 1 is no, is cleaning always required at the time of the category 1 test?
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