prEN 81-76

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passengers and goods passenger lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using lifts prEN 81-76

Scope

1 Scope
This standard specifies the additional or deviating requirements to EN 81-20 for new passenger and goods passenger lifts, which may be used for the assisted evacuation of persons with impaired mobility.
This standard does not apply to:
— lifts which are not included in a fire resisting building structure;
— the general evacuation of persons from a building.
The following significant hazard is not dealt within this standard and is assumed to be addressed by the building designer:
— a fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces.

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