EN 81-76:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2025
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Posebne izvedbe
osebnih in osebno-tovornih dvigal - 76. del: Uporaba osebnih dvigal za evakuacijo
invalidnih oseb
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
Sicherheitsregeln für Konstruktion und Einbau von Aufzügen - Besondere Anwendungen
für Personen- und Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die Evakuierung von
Personen mit Behinderungen
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Applications
particulières pour les ascenseurs et les ascenseurs de charge - Partie 76 : Évacuation
des personnes en situation de handicap au moyen d'ascenseurs
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 81-76:2025
ICS:
13.200 Preprečevanje nesreč in Accident and disaster control
katastrof
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 81-76
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
July 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.140.90 Supersedes CEN/TS 81-76:2011
English Version
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts -
Particular applications for passenger and goods passenger
lifts - Part 76: Evacuation of persons with disabilities using
lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation Sicherheitsregeln für Konstruktion und Einbau von
des élévateurs - Applications particulières pour les Aufzügen - Besondere Anwendungen für Personen-
ascenseurs et les ascenseurs de charge - Partie 76 : und Lastenaufzüge - Teil 76: Personenaufzüge für die
Évacuation des personnes en situation de handicap au Evakuierung von Personen mit Behinderungen
moyen d'ascenseurs
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 9
4.1 General . 9
4.2 Evacuation lift concept and classification . 9
4.3 General evacuation lift requirements . 9
4.4 Control system requirements .10
4.4.1 General .10
4.4.2 Evacuation control signals, functions and signal priorities .10
4.4.3 Availability and diagnostics .11
4.5 Evacuation operations and suspension of lift operation .12
4.5.1 General .12
4.5.2 Evacuation recall (Phase 1) .12
4.5.3 Evacuation operation (Phase 2) .13
4.5.4 Suspension of lift operation .18
4.6 Car and landing control equipment .19
4.6.1 Car controls for driver assisted evacuation operation .19
4.6.2 Remote evacuation controls.19
4.6.3 Landing controls and signals .19
4.6.4 Evacuation lift sign .20
4.6.5 Evacuation lift switch for driver assisted evacuation operation .20
4.7 Evacuation operation communication system .21
4.7.1 General .21
4.7.2 Remote assisted evacuation operation communication system .21
4.7.3 Driver assisted evacuation operation communication system .22
4.8 Vandal prone areas .22
4.9 Seismic conditions .22
4.10 Changeover and interruption of electrical supplies .22
5 Verification of safety measures and/or protective devices .23
6 Information for use .24
6.1 General information .24
6.2 Information for checks and maintenance .25
7 Building-related boundary conditions .25
7.1 General .25
7.2 Power supplies for evacuation lifts .25
7.3 Plans for the installation in the building .25
Annex A (informative) Overview of evacuation lift operations .26
Annex B (informative) Concept of the evacuation lift .28
B.1 General .28
B.2 Automatic evacuation operation .30
B.3 Remote assisted evacuation operation .31
B.4 Driver assisted evacuation operation . 31
Annex C (normative) Information on the building-related conditions in which the lift is
installed. 33
C.1 General . 33
C.2 Evacuation plan . 33
C.3 Evacuation lift’s operating environment . 33
C.4 Safe area . 34
C.5 Evacuation exit landing . 34
C.6 Emergency operation signage . 34
C.7 Water management . 34
C.8 Signals to the evacuation lift . 35
C.9 Remote assisted evacuation operation . 35
C.10 Intermediate emergency doors . 35
C.11 Protection of electric wires and cables and hydraulic hoses . 35
C.12 Power supply for the evacuation lift . 35
C.13 Air pressurization of the lift well . 36
C.14 Noise . 36
Annex D (informative) List of significant hazards . 37
D.1 Significant hazards related to the evacuation lift . 37
D.2 Significant hazards related to environment and building-related conditions . 38
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2014/33/EU aimed to be covered . 39
Bibliography . 41
European foreword
This document (EN 81-76:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “Lifts, escalators
and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2026, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by July 2027.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes CEN/TS 81-76:2011.
This document is part of the EN 81 series of standards. The structure of the EN 81 series of standards is
described in CEN/TR 81-10:2008.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request addressed to CEN by the European
Commission. The Standing Committee of the EFTA States subsequently approves these requests for its
Member States.
For the relationship with EU Legislation, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this
document.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document is a type-C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100.
This document is of relevance, in particular for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for persons with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting
process of this document.
The lifts concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
This is the first European standard specifying a lift which might be used for the evacuation of persons
with disabilities. Traditionally, building occupants have been instructed not to use lifts for evacuation e.g.
at a fire alarm. The possible use of lifts described in this document might therefore be new to those
responsible for buildings and to building occupants. Further text is included in Annex B on the concept of
an evacuation lift to support this document.
Previously CEN/TS 81-76:2011 described an evacuation lift based on trained assistants taking control of
the evacuation lift. This concept, further developed, is reflected in the option in this document for “driver
assisted evacuation operation”. However, such an evacuation concept might not be suitable for a building
which does not have trained assistants who can take control when needed such as for a residential
building with multiple owners sharing common escape routes.
Experience since 2011, and publication of standards such as EN 17210:2021, made clear that in some
buildings, the independent evacuation by persons with disabilities required the use of suitable evacuation
lifts, supported by an intelligent fire alarm system. This need is reflected in the option in this document
for “automatic evacuation operation”.
The further possibility of controlling an evacuation lift from outside the lift car (but preferably within the
same building) as an evacuation concept is reflected in the option in this document for “remote assisted
evacuation operation”.
These three concepts are reflected in the three optional modes described in this document allowing one
or more to be selected based on the building type and evacuation strategy.
This document further recognizes that different types of buildings with simpler requirements might not
need the full specification of evacuation lift described in this document (the full specification being a
“Class B evacuation lift”) and describes a Class A evacuation lift which might be specified where:
— the highest floor is such that a firefighter’s lift would not be required, and
— the evacuation strategy does not require more than one evacuation exit landing for the lift in
question, and
— the evacuation strategy does not require prioritization of evacuation lift service for specific landings,
and
— a secondary power supply is not available, the evacuation plan can accommodate an evacuation lift
with an automatic rescue operation.
A Class B evacuation lift is described which might be specified for all other cases and if a remote assisted
evacuation operation is specified. Additionally, a Class B evacuation lift has a larger minimum car size
and some additional control requirements for automatic evacuation operation.
Information on the building-related conditions in which the lift is installed is part of the information for
use and is specified in Annex C.
1 Scope
This document specifies the additional requirements to EN 81-20:2020 for new passenger and goods
passenger lifts, which can be used to support faster evacuation of persons with disabilities, including in
case of fire alarm.
This document does not apply to:
— lifts for evacuation due to circumstances which introduce other hazards such as explosion threat,
chemical or biological attack, flooding, storm damage, or earthquake. In these cases, this document
can be used as a basis with further measures as required from risk assessment;
— the provision of evacuation aids to assist when the evacuation lift is unavailable.
The significant hazards covered by this document are listed in Annex D.
The following significant hazards are out of the scope of this document:
— fire or smoke in the evacuation lift well, safe areas or machinery spaces;
— ingress of water to the lift well during evacuation process;
— insufficient or incorrectly located evacuation lifts;
— insufficient evacuation capacity;
— inability of users to understand the use of the lift in evacuation;
— entrapment in waiting area (safe area) due to absence of lift service or adjacent stairs;
— structural collapse or failure of building services (including public supply network, lighting,
ventilation) before the evacuation using lifts has been completed;
— presence of harmful gases, potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, transport
of dangerous goods;
— unavailability of the evacuation lift.
This document is not applicable to evacuation lifts manufactured before the date of its publication.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 81-20:2020, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons
and goods — Part 20: Passenger and goods passenger lifts
EN 81-28:2022, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons
and goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts
EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular
applications for passenger and goods passenger lift — Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including
persons with disability
EN 81-71:2005+A1:2006, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular
applications to passenger lifts and goods passenger lifts — Part 71: Vandal resistant lifts
EN 81-72:2020, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 72: Firefighters lifts
EN 81-77:2022, Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts — Particular applications for
passenger and goods passenger lifts — Part 77: Lifts subject to seismic conditions
EN ISO 12100:2010, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk
reduction (ISO 12100:2010)
ISO 8102-20:2022, Electrical requirements for lifts, escalators and moving walks — Part 20: Cybersecurity
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010 and
EN 81-20:2020 and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
evacuation lift
lift designed to be used for the evacuation of persons with disabilities
3.2
persons with disabilities
persons who, due to any temporary or permanent disability, impaired mobility or walking difficulty, are
unable to use stairs safely
3.3
evacuation lift switch
manual device for activation of the evacuation operation(s)
3.4
evacuation exit landing
EEL
floor to exit the building during the evacuation
Note 1 to entry: It is assumed that the evacuation exit landing has a safe and accessible route out of the building.
3.5
suspend service landing
SSL
landing at which the lift is taken out of service during suspension of lift operation
Note 1 to entry: It is assumed that the suspend service landing has a safe and accessible route out of the building.
Note 2 to entry: Suspend service landing can be the same or different than the EEL.
3.6
safe area
fire and smoke protected area at the landing in front of an evacuation lift
Note 1 to entry: For details see also C.4.
Note 2 to entry: The design of the safe area is not covered by this document.
3.7
automatic rescue operation
device or function that operates automatically in case of failure or loss of power supply to move the lift
car to a landing
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
4.1 General
Evacuation lifts shall comply with the safety requirements and/or protective/risk reduction measures of
this clause. In addition, evacuation lifts shall be designed according to the principles of
EN ISO 12100:2010 for relevant but not significant hazards which are not dealt with by this document.
4.2 Evacuation lift concept and classification
The concept of the evacuation lift is explained in informative Annex B.
The evacuation lift shall comply with the requirements of either Class A or Class B.
4.3 General evacuation lift requirements
4.3.1 The evacuation lift shall be designed in conformity with EN 81-20:2020 and provided with
additional protection, controls and signals in accordance with this document.
4.3.2 The minimum evacuation lift car size shall be of a type 2 according to EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022,
Table 3.
Where the intended use of the evacuation lift is to accommodate such items as a stretcher or bed, then
the minimum car size shall be type 3 according to EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, Table 3.
For a Class B evacuation lift, the minimum lift car area shall be of type 3 or type 4 according to
EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, Table 3, or other car dimensions providing at least the same floor area.
4.3.3 A Class A evacuation lift shall have one EEL.
4.3.4 A Class B evacuation lift shall have at least one EEL.
4.3.5 The evacuation lift shall have an emergency trap door according to EN 81-20:2020, 5.4.6, except
for the size of the emergency trap door for lifts of Class B, which shall be at least 0,50 m × 0,70 m.
NOTE The emergency trap door in the car roof is intended to provide a way to give support to the persons in
the car.
4.3.6 An evacuation lift shall be provided with a means to suspend evacuation operation, see 4.5.4.
NOTE The suspend service signal allows a building management system (fire detection and fire alarm system
or BMS) to suspend evacuation operation, e.g. if smoke or fire is detected in the lift spaces or safe areas.
4.3.7 The evacuation lift shall not be affected by an electrical fault in the lift control system from other
lifts located in the same lift group.
4.3.8 When on evacuation operation, the evacuation lift doors shall open only where there is a safe area
in front of the landing door.
4.3.9 In the case of lifts with more than one car door, no more than one car door shall be open at the
same time during evacuation operation. When one of the car doors is open, the door open buttons for the
other car doors shall be inoperative.
4.3.10 Voice announcements shall be in at least one of the official local languages. Voice announcements
shall be according to EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, 5.1.3.
4.3.11 Automatically operated horizontal sliding car and landing doors shall be used.
4.4 Control system requirements
4.4.1 General
Evacuation operations and suspension of lift operation shall not override any of the following:
— any electric safety devices;
— the inspection operation in accordance with EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.5;
— the emergency electrical operation in accordance with EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.6;
— the firefighters lift switch in accordance with EN 81-72:2020, 5.8, if applicable;
— the behaviour of the lift in seismic mode in accordance with EN 81-77:2022, 5.10.4, if applicable;
— the remote alarm system in accordance with EN 81-28:2022, 4.1;
— any maintenance control.
NOTE Maintenance controls include, but are not limited to, the following functions:
— prevention of movement of the lift after the opening of any door providing access to the pit
(EN 81-20:2020, 5.2.6.4.4.1 d));
— prevention of movement of the lift after the return to normal operation of the lift from the pit
inspection station (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.5.2.2);
— protection for maintenance operations (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.7); or
— landing and car door bypass device(s) (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.1.8).
4.4.2 Evacuation control signals, functions and signal priorities
Evacuation control signals, functions and priorities of signals shall be provided according to Table 1. At
least one of the optional evacuation operations (4.5.3.2, 4.5.3.3, 4.5.3.4) shall be provided.
Table 1 — Summary of evacuation controls, functions and priorities
a
Control name Function name Signal priority Clause Requirement
the suspend service Suspend service 1 (Highest) 4.5.4 Mandatory
signal
the driver assisted Driver assisted 2 4.5.3.4 Optional
evacuation signal evacuation operation
the remote assisted Remote assisted 3 4.5.3.3 Optional
evacuation signal evacuation operation
the automatic Automatic evacuation 4 4.5.3.2 Optional
evacuation signal operation
the evacuation recall Evacuation recall 5 (Lowest) 4.5.2 Mandatory
signal for each EEL (Phase 1)
the floor alarm signal Control of evacuation Applicable for 4.5.3.2.2 a) Mandatory for
for each floor zone and floor automatic class B
priorities. evacuation
the evacuation of all Optional for class A
operation only.
floors signal
a
The priority of a control signal does not confer any preference for the use of the relative evacuation operation.
NOTE The selection of (an) appropriate optional evacuation operation(s) is based on the evacuation strategy.
For changing the evacuation operation from one to another, see 4.5.2, 4.5.3.2.3, 4.5.3.3.3 and 4.5.3.4.3.
See Annex A for the evacuation control functionalities and priorities.
4.4.3 Availability and diagnostics
The interruption of a connection to the lift control system shall be treated as in Table 2.
Table 2 — Signal connection interruption reaction
Connection interruption of: The lift control system shall
consider the signal as:
the suspend service signal active (see 4.5.4)
the driver assisted evacuation signal active (see 4.5.3.4.2)
the remote assisted evacuation signal inactive (see 4.5.3.3.3)
the communication of the remote evacuation control panel for panel inactive (see 4.5.3.3.3)
more than 30 s
the automatic evacuation signal active (see 4.5.3.2.3)
the evacuation recall signal active
the floor alarm signal for each floor inactive
the evacuation of all floors signal inactive
NOTE In case of any evacuation operation signal becomes inactive unintentionally, the lift is prevented from
returning to normal operation by keeping the evacuation recall signal active during the evacuation operation.
4.5 Evacuation operations and suspension of lift operation
4.5.1 General
Upon receiving signals defined in Table 1, the evacuation lift shall operate as described in sub-
clauses 4.5.2 to 4.5.4.
4.5.2 Evacuation recall (Phase 1)
An evacuation recall signal shall be provided for each EEL either by an evacuation lift switch, if provided,
or provided externally.
On receipt of the first activated evacuation recall signal, corresponding landing shall be considered as the
active EEL. Other evacuation recall signals shall be ignored until the first signal is reset. The active EEL
shall be assigned in the sequence received.
In case of
— receipt of the first recall signal; or
— change of active EEL when none of the evacuation operations (Phase 2) is active (see also Table 1
and Table 2); or
— change of evacuation operation mode,
the lift shall behave as described as follows:
a) all registered car calls shall be cancelled, and no new car calls shall be registered;
b) all registered landing calls shall be cancelled, and no new landing calls shall be registered. This
requirement is not valid in case of change of evacuation operation mode;
c) a visual indication as shown in Figure 1 with minimum dimensions of 20 mm × 20 mm and located
in the car shall be activated. The visual indication shall remain activated as long as the lift is in
evacuation operation;
d) door re-open button (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.3), door close button (where provided), door protective
device (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b)), door reopening device (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 d)) and
remote alarm system (EN 81-20:2020, 5.12.3) shall remain operative;
e) a car parked at a landing, shall close the doors and travel nonstop to the active EEL. When the doors
are not closed after 20 s, the protective device according to EN 81-20:2020 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) shall be
made inactive and the doors shall attempt to close as defined in EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4);
f) a car travelling away from the active EEL shall make a normal stop latest at the nearest possible
landing without opening the doors, a voice announcement according to 4.3.10 shall announce
“evacuation” and the car shall return to the active EEL;
g) a car travelling towards the active EEL shall continue its travel nonstop to the active EEL. If the lift
has already started stopping at a level, it shall:
— make a normal stop without opening doors;
— give a voice announcement “evacuation” according to 4.3.10;
— continue to the active EEL;
h) on arriving at the active EEL, the car shall open its door and shall make a voice announcement
according to 4.3.10 and a visual indication informing the user(s) to leave the evacuation lift. The
visual indication shall be located within or above the car operating panel or above the car door(s);
i) when the doors are not closed at the active EEL after 20 s, the protective device according to
EN 81-20:2020 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) shall be made inactive, the doors shall attempt to close as defined in
EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4);
j) any landing call at the active EEL shall initiate opening of the doors;
k) the well shall be automatically illuminated.
On deactivation of the evacuation recall signal and when any evacuation operation is not active, the car
shall travel to the latest active EEL, open the doors and then the lift shall return to normal operation and
visual indication (see 4.5.2 c)) shall be deactivated. A voice announcement according to 4.3.10 shall
announce that the evacuation operation of the lift has stopped.
4.5.3 Evacuation operation (Phase 2)
4.5.3.1 General
4.5.3.1.1 After the evacuation recall (see 4.5.2) is completed and when evacuation operation is
activated (see Table 1), the lift shall operate as follows:
a) registration of landing calls shall be reactivated on those landings intended to be served according
to the evacuation strategy;
b) when the lift is capable of serving landing calls, information about this service capability of the lift
shall be available for external systems;
NOTE This information is used e.g. for controlling evacuation route indicators.
c) service capability and the active EEL indications (see 4.6.3.2) shall be activated;
d) at any landing intended to be served, activation of any landing control device or any accessibility
button according to EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, 5.4.2.2.3, shall register a landing call;
e) the call registration feedback shall be according to EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, Table 4, item g);
f) if evacuation operation is not available, all existing landing calls shall be cancelled and call
registration feedback shall not be given.
4.5.3.1.2 In case of a change of the active EEL, existing landing calls shall not be cancelled. If a lift is on
its way to the active EEL during a change of the active EEL it shall behave as follows:
a) a car travelling towards the new EEL shall continue its travel non-stop to the new EEL;
b) if the car has already started stopping at the previous EEL, it shall make a normal stop and without
opening doors continue to the new EEL;
c) a car travelling away from the new EEL shall make a normal stop latest at the nearest possible landing
without opening the doors and return to the new EEL.
4.5.3.2 Automatic evacuation operation
4.5.3.2.1 General
Automatic evacuation is an evacuation where the lift automatically serves given landing calls and then
travels to the active EEL.
4.5.3.2.2 Functional requirements
After the procedure described in 4.5.3.1, when the automatic evacuation signal is active, and when no
higher priority signal is active (see Table 1), the lift shall operate as follows.
a) The lift control system of a Class B evacuation lift shall accept the following signals:
— a signal per each floor defined to be served during the evacuation, where the signal identifies an
active floor alarm; and
— a signal for the evacuation of all floors defined to be served during the evacuation.
b) The lift shall register and serve landing calls according to the following (see also B.2.1):
1) Evacuation lifts with either no active floor alarm(s) or with its signal for the evacuation of all
floors is active, shall serve landing calls, except from the active EEL, from floors defined to be
served during the evacuation.
2) When there is an active floor alarm(s) and the signal for the evacuation of all floors is not active,
the lift evacuation zone shall be:
— the floor(s) with active floor alarm(s);
— where there are more than one active floor alarms, the floors between floors with active
floor alarms;
— up to two floors above the highest active floor alarm; and
— up to two floors below the lowest floor with an active floor alarm.
If one of these floors is the active EEL, this shall be excluded from the lift evacuation zone.
3) When there is an active floor alarm(s) and the signal for the evacuation of all floors is not active,
landing calls from the floor(s) with active floor alarm(s) shall be served before other registered
landing calls from the lift evacuation zone.
4) When there is an active floor alarm(s) and the signal for the evacuation of all floors is active,
landing calls from the floor(s) with active floor alarm(s) shall be served before other registered
landing call from all other floors.
c) If the lift has started deceleration to respond a landing call, this landing call shall be served before
any other landing calls;
d) On arrival at a landing other than the active EEL, the car shall open the doors and give a voice
announcement according to 4.3.10 to inform persons to enter the car (message such as “Evacuation.
Enter the car”). A car call or destination indication to the active EEL shall automatically be indicated;
e) The door dwell time shall comply with EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, 5.2.2. When the actual door dwell
time exceeds no more than 20 s, all door protective devices shall be made inactive and the doors shall
attempt to close as defined in EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4) and a voice announcement according
to 4.3.10 shall be made (message such as “Doors closing. Stand clear of doors”);
f) Once the doors are closed, the car of the evacuation lift shall proceed towards the active EEL. A lift
having a rated load of at least 1000 kg and an actual load of less than 20 % of the rated load, may
serve intermediate landing calls on the way towards the active EEL;
g) In the case of 4.5.3.2.2 f), a voice announcement according to 4.3.10 and a visual indication shall
inform persons not to leave the car (message such as “No exit”);
h) The activation of any landing control device or any accessibility button according to
EN 81-70:2021+A1:2022, 5.4.2.2.3 shall register a new call and shall not prevent the car from closing
its doors and leaving the floor;
i) On arriving at the active EEL, the evacuation lift car shall open its door and shall make a voice
announcement according to 4.3.10 and a visual indication such as “Exit now”.
4.5.3.2.3 Deactivation of automatic evacuation operation
In case of any of the following:
— the automatic evacuation signal is deactivated; or
— the remote assisted evacuation signal is activated; or
— the driver assisted evacuation signal is activated,
automatic evacuation operation shall be ceased when the car next returns to the active EEL in accordance
with 4.5.3.2.2. During its return to the active EEL, the car shall not serve any calls from intermediate
landings.
4.5.3.3 Remote assisted evacuation operation
4.5.3.3.1 General
Remote assisted evacuation is evacuation under manual control of the lift from a remote location. Remote
assisted evacuation operation shall be only available for Class B evacuation lifts.
The cybersecurity of remote assisted evacuation operation shall comply with ISO 8102-20:2022,
Clause 5.
Remote assisted evacuation operation shall be provided with communication means as specified in 4.7.2.
The remote assisted evacuation operation shall override the automatic evacuation signal (see 4.5.3.2).
4.5.3.3.2 Functional requirements
After the procedure described in 4.5.3.1, when the remote assisted evacuation signal is active, and when
no higher priority signal is active (see Table 1), the communication to the remote evacuation controls
shall be initiated by the lift control system. The audio communication system (see 4.7.2.1) and the video
monitoring system (see 4.7.2.2) between the lift and the remote evacuation controls shall also be initiated
by the lift control, if not already active. After the communication to the remote evacuation controls and
the audio communication system are established and the remote evacuation control controls are
activated, the lift shall operate as described as follows:
a) the control of the lift is solely from remote evacuation controls except the alarm and door open
button(s) of the in-car operating panel(s) shall continue operation;
b) registered landing calls, the car position, the direction of travel and the car door(s) status (open,
closed or obstructed) shall be indicated at the remote evacuation controls;
c) a call registered on the remote evacuation controls shall cause the car door to close and the car to
travel to the required landing;
d) a separate command given from the remote evacuation controls shall cause the door protective
device (EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b)) to be deactivated, and the car doors shall attempt to close as
defined in EN 81-20:2020, 5.3.6.2.2.1 b) 4);
e) it shall be possible to register a new call from the remote evacuation controls. The previous call given
from the remote evacuation controls shall be cancelled. The car shall travel to the newly registered
landing;
f) on arrival at a landing, the car shall automatically open its selected door (see 4.3.9) and remain at the
landing until a new call from the remote evacuation controls is registered;
g) after opening the door, a voice announcement according to 4.3.10 to inform persons to enter the car
(message such as “Evacuation. Enter the lift”) shall be given;
h) when arriving at the active EEL, the evacuation lift shall make a voice announcement according to
4.3.10 and a visual indication such as “Exit now”;
i) one of the remote commands shall be automatic evacuation, where the lift shall operate as defined in
4.5.3.2.2.
4.5.3.3.3 Deactivation of remote assisted evacuation
Remote assisted evacuation operation shall be ceased when:
— the remote assisted evacuation signal is deactivated; or
— the remote evacuation controls become inactive; or
— the connection between the remote evacuation controls and the lift is interrupted for more than 30 s
(see also Table 1 and Table 2); or
— the driver assisted evacuation signal is activated.
In these cases, the car shall return to the active EEL according to 4.5.2.
4.5.3.4 Driver assi
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