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• Guidance on the emergency use of lifts or escalators for evacuation and fire and rescue service operations: BD 2466

Planning, building and the environment

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Summary

This document provides guidance on the emergency use of lifts or escalators for evacuation and fire and rescue service operations. It provides guidance on the:

• factors that should be considered by building designers, approvers and building operators and managers
• process to be adopted when considering the adoption of lifts or escalators for emergency evacuation
• use of these in both new and existing buildings and for fire and certain non-fire incidents, such as Imminent Catastrophic Events (ICE). ICEs are where there is some warning of a significant non-fire threat to a building.

The findings and recommendations in this report are those of the consultant authors and do not necessarily represent the views or proposed policies of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

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