Firefighters' lift
Code of Practice for the Provision of Premises Information Boxes in Residential Buildings, Version 1, published in December 2020 by the Fire Industry Association (FIA) and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), defines a firefighters’ lift as a: ‘Lift, conforming to BS EN 81-72, which has protection, controls and signals which enable it to be used under the exclusive control of firefighters.’
This is as opposed to a fire-fighting lift which is: ‘A lift which has protection, controls and signals which enable it to be used under the exclusive control of firefighters, but that are less stringent than those of a firefighters’ lift.’
Or a firemen’s lift, which is a: 'Lift installed before fire-fighting lift standards were made available, incorporating only simple means to recall the lift to a designated floor, with no complex lift controls or protection measures for fire and rescue service use.'
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