Elevator Class Slides

Who Are We?
Elevator Rescue
Training Class for
Fire Departments
Agenda
Fire Service
o Key Box
o Phase I and Phase 2
Smoke Sensor Recall
o Flashing Fire Hat Signal
Shunt Trip Operation
Rescue from a Hydro Elevator
Rescue from a Traction Elevator
o Escape Hatch Method
o Leapfrog Method
Restrictors
Machine Room Less Elevators
Field Training Demonstration
o Rescue
o Phase 1 and Phase 2
Thompson Elevator Inspection Service, Inc.

1302 East Thayer Street
Mt Prospect, Illinois 60056
Phone: 847-296-8211 / Fax: 847-296-5424
Email: [email protected]
www.thompsonelevator.com
Established in 1975
Serving approximately 120+ municipalities in Illinois
Providing services for vertical transportation including but not limited to:
o Elevator Code Inspections
o Safety, code compliance, and plan approvals for new installations and
modernization projects
o Category Test Witnessing for conveyances including, but not limited
to, elevators, escalators, wheelchair lifts, freights, dumbwaiters,
material lifts, and dock lifts
Fire Key Box at Designated Level
Access Key Box at designated level

Key Box houses door access keys and fire service recall keys
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Fire Service Phase 1 Switch & Instruction Signage
Key in OFF normal operation

Key in ON position; recalls elevator to designated level
Key is removable in this position.
Key in BY PASS position; overrides smoke detector

operation and restores normal operation.
Key is NOl removable in this position
Fire Service Phase H Operation in Car Panel
FEOKI Key
New dedicated fire service key

universal to all elevators
regardless of manufacturer
Required by code since

A17.2007
Barrel key configuration
Fits Phase I switch in hallway

and Phase II fire cabinet in car
as well as Phase II switch in
cabinet
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If one elevator in building is

upgraded and provided with
barrel key, all other elevators
in that building will have to be
retrofitted with FEOKI key.
Fire Service Phase II Operation in Car Panel

To operate car
Insert fire key and

turn to "ON"
Press desired button
To cancel
floor selection
Press "CALL
CANCEL" button
To close poweroperated door
Press and hold

"DOOR CLOSE" button
To open poweroperated door
Press and hold

"DOOR OPEN" button
To hold car at floor
Turn key to "HOLD"
To automatically
send car to recall floor
With doors open, turn

key to "OFF"
Fire Service Phase II Operation in Car Fire Access Panel

Came into code in 2004
Operation same as exposed features
Addition of door open and close buttons
Addition of fireman's stop switch works at all times,
not overridden b fire service o .eration
Shunt Trip Operation
Flashing Fire Hat S'gnal
Located in Car Stations
Interrupts power supply before water flow
Activated by Shaft and Mechanical Room Smokes

Gives notification of potential Shunt Trip operation
Heat Detector location not to exceed 24" from sprinkler head

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Rescue of Trapped Passengers Hydraulic Elevator

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Establish contact with trapped passengers

Locate and gain access to elevator machine room
Locate and shut off Main Line Power
Open hatch doors and gate with car at lowest level sitting on butlers
Leave car shutdown at lowest level
Have building notify elevator company
Rescue of Trapped Passengers Traction Elevator
Establish contact with trapped passengers

Locate and gain access to elevator machine room
Locate and shut off Main Line Power
Remove passenger from disabled elevator with keyhole access,
if within 3 ft of landing up or down
Use of Car Top Escape Hatch for Rescue
Unlock and open car top escape hatch

Remove drop ceiling section, if equipped as so
Remove passenger with secured ladder from elevator cab and
from car top area
Multiple Cars in Hoistway
Leapfrog Removal Method
When Keyholes are NOT present at each floor.....
Use running elevator
to travel to floor closest to disabled elevator
With 1011 long section of conduit pipe, reach between hatch doors to release
door lock of disabled elevator.
Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

"Car Gate Restrictor" A17.1 Sec 2.12.5 2007
Required in code since 1984
Restricts opening of car gate (inner door) and hoistway (outer
doors) when car is out of unlocking zone
Maximum allowed opening is 4 Once outer doors are opened by rescue responders car gate is to be
able to opened without tools
Restrictors can be of electric mechanical design or mechanical only
Restrictor will need to be disarmed to open some gates to rescue
Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"

Allowed by code since 2004
Allows for hoist machine to be in hoistway
Allows for controller to be in control room in building, could be on
lower floor away from shaft
Some MRL type machines are still installed in conventional
machine room applications
For fire fighting purposes machine in hoistway is somewhat
inaccessible
MRL machines have brake override feature to lower or raise car,
depending on its location in shaft located in control room on
controller
Recommend requesting training from elevator company to operate
emergency brake release
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The revolutionary
machine roomless elevator
Kone MonoSpace Machine
concept
Room Less Platform
Otis Gen2 Machine Room Less Elevator System
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Who Are We?

Thompson Elevator Inspection Service, Inc.

Serving approximately 120+ municipalities in Illinois

Fire Key Box at Designated Level

Access Key Box at designated level

Fire Service Phase 1 Switch & Instruction Signage

Fire Service Phase 1 Switch & Instruction Signage

Key in OFF normal operation

Key in BY PASS position; overrides smoke detector

Fire Service Phase 1 Switch & Instruction Signage

Fire Service Phase 1 Switch & Instruction Signage

Fire Service Phase H Operation in Car Panel

New dedicated fire service key

Required by code since

Barrel key configuration

Fits Phase I switch in hallway

If one elevator in building is

Fire Service Phase II Operation in Car Panel

Insert fire key and

To close poweroperated door

Press and hold

To open poweroperated door

Press and hold

To hold car at floor

Turn key to "HOLD"

With doors open, turn

Fire Service Phase II Operation in Car Fire Access Panel

Shunt Trip Operation

Flashing Fire Hat S'gnal

Located in Car Stations

Interrupts power supply before water flow

Activated by Shaft and Mechanical Room Smokes

Heat Detector location not to exceed 24" from sprinkler head

Rescue of Trapped Passengers Hydraulic Elevator

Rescue of Trapped Passengers Hydraulic Elevator

Establish contact with trapped passengers

Rescue of Trapped Passengers Hydraulic Elevator

Rescue of Trapped Passengers Hydraulic Elevator

Rescue of Trapped Passengers Traction Elevator

Establish contact with trapped passengers

Use of Car Top Escape Hatch for Rescue

Unlock and open car top escape hatch

Multiple Cars in Hoistway

Leapfrog Removal Method

When Keyholes are NOT present at each floor.....

Use running elevator

to travel to floor closest to disabled elevator

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Restricted Opening of Hoistway on Car Doors

Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"

Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"

Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"

Otis Gen2 Machine Room Less Elevator System

Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"

Machine Room Less Elevators "MRL"