(a)
Emergency Devices for Summoning Assistance. (Title 24, part 7, section
7-3041(a)).
(1)
Passenger elevators and automatic
operation freight elevators shall be provided with an emergency alarm system,
operable from within the car, which will provide effective means for summoning
assistance at all hours in case of emergency.
(2) New installations of passenger or freight
elevators, which are operated at any time without a designated operator in the
car, shall be provided with one of the two following emergency alarm systems.
(A) A telephone in each elevator car,
connected to a central telephone exchange providing 24 hour service.
(B) A system meeting the following
requirements.
1. An electric bell, operable
from the car, not less than 6 inches in diameter, located inside the building
and audible inside and outside the hoistway. One bell operable from all cars
may be used for a group of elevators.
2. Means for two-way conversation between
each elevator and a readily accessible point outside the hoistway.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Elevators in buildings having a height from the lowest to the highest elevator
landing of not more than 65 feet, providing the distance between any adjacent
landing does not exceed 15 feet.
2.
When the means of communication with an approved emergency service permits
two-way conversation. See section
3041(a)(3)(B).
3. If the bell or the means of two-way
conversation, or both, are normally connected to the building power supply,
they shall automatically transfer to a source of emergency power within 10
seconds after the normal supply fails. The power source shall be capable of
providing for the operation of the bell for one hour and the means of two-way
conversation for 4 hours.
(3) Where elevators, which are operated at
any time without a designated operator in the car, are located in buildings,
other than apartments, hotels, or similar residential buildings, where
attendants, watchmen, or tenants are not continuously available to take action
in case the emergency signal is operated, and are not provided with a telephone
in the elevator car connected to a central exchange system, they shall be
provided with one of the following additional emergency signal devices.
(A) An electrical alarm bell, not less than 6
inches in diameter operable from inside the car shall be mounted in a
weatherproof enclosure on the outside of the building near the main entrance. A
sign that can be read from the adjacent sidewalk shall be mounted on or near
the bell and shall be marked "ELEVATOR EMERGENCY, CALL POLICE" in letters not
less than 2 inches high. Only one outside alarm bell is required, which shall
be operable from the cars of all elevators of the type specified in the
building. An emergency power source meeting the requirements of section
3041(a)(2)(B)3
shall be provided.
(B) Means within
the car for communicating with or signaling to an approved emergency service
which operates 24 hours each day.
(4)
A sign, having lettering not less
than
3/16 inch,
shall be provided in passenger elevators adjacent to the car emergency alarm
giving instructions as to the use of the device for summoning
assistance.
(b)
Photoelectric Tube By-Pass Switch.
(1)
Elevators equipped with photoelectric tube devices, which control the closing
of automatic, power-operated car or hoistway doors, or both, shall have a
switch in the car which, when actuated, will render the photoelectric tube
device ineffective.
(2) The switch
shall be constant-pressure type, requiring not less than 10 lbf (44.5 N) nor
more than 15 lbf (66.7 N) pressure to actuate.
(3) The switch shall be located not less than
6 ft. (1.83 m) nor more than 6.5 ft (1.98 m) above the car floor, and shall be
located in or adjacent to the operating panel.
(4) The switch shall be clearly labeled "TO
BE USED IN CASE OF FIRE ONLY."
(5)
Switches shall be kept in working order or be removed when existing
installations are arranged to comply with subsection
3041(b),
Exceptions.
EXCEPTIONS to subsection
3041(b):
1. Elevators installed and maintained in
compliance with subsections
3041(c)(1)(A) and
3041(c)(1)(B).
2. Where alternate means, acceptable to the
Division and fire authority having jurisdiction, are provided that will ensure
the doors can close under adverse smoke conditions.
(Title 24, part 2, section
5103(h).)
(c) Operation of Elevators Under Fire or
Other Emergency Conditions.
(1)
Elevators with automatic operation and automatic power operated
hoistway doors shall conform to the following:
Exception: New elevators having a travel of not more
than 25 ft. (7.62m) and elevators existing at the time of adoption of this
order with a travel of not more than 50 ft. (15.24m).
(A) A three-position (on, off, and by-pass),
key-operated switch shall be provided at the designated level for each single
elevator or for each group of elevators. The key shall be removable only in the
"on" and "off" positions. When the switch is in the "on" position, all
elevators controlled by this switch and which are on automatic service shall
return nonstop to the designated level and the doors shall open and remain
open.
1. An elevator traveling away from the
designated level shall reverse at or before the next available floor without
opening its doors.
2. Elevators
standing at a floor other than the designated level, with doors open, shall
close the doors without delay, and proceed to the designated level.
3. Door reopening devices for power-operated
doors which are sensitive to products of combustion, heat or flame shall be
rendered inoperative.
4. All car
and corridor call buttons shall be rendered inoperative and all call registered
lights and direction lanterns shall be extinguished and remain
inoperative.
5. A car stopped at a
landing shall have its "Emergency Stop Switch" required by section
3040(b)(5)
rendered inoperative as soon as the doors are closed and it starts toward the
designated level. A moving car, traveling to or away from the designated level,
shall have its "Emergency Stop Switch" rendered inoperative
immediately.
6. A sensing device at
each elevator landing which, when activated, prevents cars from stopping at
that floor shall not be substituted for the above
requirements.
(B) Sensing
Devices.
1. In addition to the key operated
switch required in section
3041(c)(1)(A)
above, sensing devices shall be located in accordance with NFPA No. 72-E-1984
at each elevator landing at each floor except the designated level. The sensing
devices shall be either combined rate of rise and fixed temperature devices or
smoke sensing devices approved and listed as suitable for this purpose by the
State Fire Marshal. The activation of a sensing device at any elevator landing
shall cause all cars in all groups that serve that landing to return non-stop
to the designated level. The operation shall conform to the requirements of
section
3041(c)(1)(A)1
through section
3041(c)(1)(A)5.
The key-operated switch required by section
3041(c)(1)(A),
when moved to the "by-pass" position, shall restore normal service independent
of the sensing devices. Smoke detector systems shall not be self-resetting.
EXCEPTIONS:
(a)
Elevator landings in buildings which are completely protected by an automatic
sprinkler system. (See NFPA No. 13-1983 Sprinkler System)
(b) Elevator landings of unenclosed landings
open to the atmosphere or open to an interior court of a building.
(c) Freight elevators located in single use
buildings where openings are into manufacturing areas.
2. In addition to the sensing devices
required by section
3041(c)(1)(B)1,
either or both of the following additions are permitted:
(A) Sensing devices installed at the
designated-level which, when activated, will cause all cars in all groups that
serve that lobby to return non-stop to an alternate level, approved by the
Division, unless the key-operated switch required by section
3041(c)(1)(A) is
in the "on" position.
(B) Sensing
devices installed in associated elevator machine rooms or associated elevator
hoistways which, when activated, will cause all cars to function as specified
in section
3041(c)(1)(B).
Note: See T24 CCR, section E620-37,
Foreign Wires, for limitations on sensing devices located in elevator
hoistways.
(C) Elevators
without a landing at grade level shall be returned to the landing closest to
grade level or other level approved by the local fire authorities and shall
conform to the requirements of section
3041(c)(1)(A)1
through section
3041(c)(1)(A)6.
(D) Elevators having a travel of 70 feet or
more above the lowest grade elevation surrounding the building shall be
provided with the following operation:
A two position (off, on) key-operated switch shall be
provided in or adjacent to an operating panel in each car and shall be
effective only when the designated level key-operated switch is in the "on"
position or a sensing device has been activated and the car has returned to the
designated level or other approved alternate level. The key shall be removable
only in the "off" position, and when in the "on" position it shall place the
elevator on emergency service.
The operation of elevators on emergency service shall
be as follows:
1. An elevator shall be
operable only by a person in the elevator.
2. Elevators shall not respond to elevator
corridor calls.
3. The opening of
power-operated doors shall be controlled only by continuous pressure "Door
Open" buttons or switches. If the switch or button is released prior to the
doors reaching the fully open position, the doors shall automatically reclose.
Open doors shall be closed by registration of a car call or by pressure on
"Door Close" switch or button.
4.
The car shall stay on emergency service as long as the car key is in the "on"
position even though the designated level key-operated switch is returned to
its "off" position.
5. The
emergency stop switch shall be rendered operative.
(E) Multi-deck elevators shall conform to the
requirements of section
3041(c)(1)(D),
section
3041(c)(1)(F) and
the following:
1. The key-operated switch
required by section
3041(c)(1)(A)
shall be located at the designated level served by the upper deck.
2. The key-operated switch in the car
required by section
3041(c)(1)(D) for
emergency service operation shall be located in the top deck. The elevators
shall be provided with means for placing the lower deck out of service
including closing of car and hoistway doors. The lower deck shall be out of
service before the emergency service operation from the top deck becomes
effective. The means for placing the lower deck out of service shall be located
in that deck or adjacent to the entrance in the corridor.
(F) The switches required by section
3041(c)(1)(A) and
section
3041(c)(1)(D)
shall be operated by the same key but shall not be a part of a building master
key system. There shall be a key for the designated level switch and for each
elevator in the group and these keys shall be kept on the premises by persons
responsible for maintenance and operation of the elevators, in a location
approved by the local fire protection authorities readily accessible to
authorized persons, but not where they are available to the public. The locks
shall be of the cylinder type having not less than a 5-pin or 5-disc
combination.
(2) Attendant-Operated Elevators. Elevators
operable only by a designated attendant in the car shall be provided with a
signal system consisting of both visual and audible types actuated at the
designated level or other approved alternate level to alert the attendant to
return non-stop to the designated level or other approved alternate level.
Provisions shall be made to alert the attendant in the same manner when a
sensing device is activated.
(3)
Elevators Arranged for Dual Operation. Elevators arranged for dual operation
shall,
when on automatic operation conform to section
3041(c)(1)
and when on operation by a designated attendant in the car, conform
to section
3041(c)(2).
(4) Operating Instructions.
Instructions for operation of elevators under fire and other emergency
conditions shall be incorporated within the enclosure for the switch at the
designated level required by section
3041(c)(1) and
section 3041(c)(2) or
shall be posted adjacent to it. Instructions shall be in letters not less than
¼ -in. (6.4mm) in height and shall be permanently installed and
protected against removal and defacement.
(5) Floor Numbers. Elevator hoistways shall
have a floor number not less than 4 in. (102mm) in height, placed on the walls
and/or doors of the hoistway at intervals such that a person in a stalled
elevator, upon opening the car door, can determine the floor
position.
(6) Fire Signs.
All automatic elevators shall have not less than one sign at each
landing printed on a contrasting background in letters not less than ½
inch high to read: "In case of fire use stairway for exit. Do not use
elevator."
(7)
Elevators exempt from the requirements of section
3041(c):
(A)
Elevators in jails and penal
institutions, where the recall of an elevator would interfere with mandatory
security.
(B)
Elevators in noncombustible type structures such as rock quarrys,
mills, steel towers, dams, storage bins, noncombustible power plants, and tanks
where the elevators are used only by maintenance and operating
personnel.
(8)
The date for compliance with the retroactive requirements of section
3041(c) for
existing elevators installed before October 6, 1975 shall be October 6,
1978.
EXCEPTION: Elevators in buildings subject to the
provisions for existing high rise buildings section B1733 of title 19 where
good cause for not complying by October 6, 1975 and where a systematic and
progressive plan of compliance has been submitted to and approved by the
Division to comply on or before April 26, 1981.
(Title 24, part 2, section
5103(i).)
(d) Earthquake Emergency Operation.
(1) Passenger elevators with automatic
operation and counterweights shall be provided with earthquake protective
devices of the following types.
EXCEPTIONS:
(1)
Elevators whose car and
counterweight guiding system including rails, brackets and guiding shoes whose
equipment fastenings and attachments to the building structural members have
been properly certified to the Division, by an engineer qualified under the
Civil and Professional Engineers Act, to be designed and built to withstand the
static and dynamic seismic forces for which the building was
designed.
(2)
Elevators in structures such as rock quarries, mills, steel towers,
dams, storage bins, power plants and tanks where the elevators are used only by
maintenance and operating personnel and in buildings such as jails and penal
institutions, where stopping of an elevator would interfere with the security
of the institution.
(3)
A period of seven years from October 6, 1975 will be allowed for
elevators existing at the time of the adoption of section
3041(d) to comply
with the retroactive requirements of section
3041(d)
.
(A)
Elevators with drum machines
operating at any speed and traction machines operating at rated speeds of more
than 150 f.p.m. shall be provided with either a seismic switch device or a
derailment switch device.
(B)
Elevators with traction machines
with rated speeds of not more than 150 f.p.m. shall be provided with a
collision switch device.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Elevators provided with either a seismic switch device or a derailment
switch device.
2.
Elevators with traction machines with counterweights located or
restrained to prevent the car and counterweight
colliding.
(C)
Elevators with traction machines arranged to operate under emergency
conditions after activation of either a seismic switch device or a derailment
switch device shall be provided with a collision switch device.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
Elevators with traction machines with counterweights located or
restrained to prevent the car and counterweight colliding.
2.
Elevators equipped with a
derailment switch that continuously monitors the position of the counterweight
and therefore acts as a collision
switch.
(2)
Passenger elevators with traction
machines, counterweights, and selective collective or group automatic operation
shall, upon activation of a seismic switch or derailment device, and if in
motion, either
(A)
Slow to a
speed not greater than 150 f.p.m. and proceed to the next floor in the
direction of the travel and stop.
EXCEPTION: Elevators operating in a hoistway
with more than 36 feet between landings shall not proceed to the next floor in
the direction of travel if the car must pass the counterweight
or
(B)
Stop and then proceed to the next
floor at a speed not greater than 150 f.p.m. in a direction away from the
counterweight.
(3)
Passenger elevators with traction
machines having automatic operation other than selective collective or group
automatic shall, if in motion, upon activation of an earthquake protective
device, stop.
EXCEPTION: Elevators with traction machines that comply
with 3041(d)(2).
(4)
Passenger elevators with counterweights and drum machines shall, if in motion,
upon activation of an earthquake protective devices stop.
(5) Elevators required to comply with section
3041(d)(1) when on
automatic operation shall conform to sections
3041(d)(2), (3), and
(4) when on attendant service.
(6)
Cars stopped by an earthquake
protection device shall be operable at not more than 150 f.p.m. from the car
top operating station as described in section
3040(a)(4) if so
equipped.
(7)
Activation of a seismic switch device or momentary activation of a
derailment switch device shall prevent operation of the car by the emergency
service key described in 3041(c) or a hospital emergency service key at a speed
greater than 150 f.p.m.
(8)
Activation of a collision switch
device or continuous activation of a derailment switch device shall prevent
operation of the car except from the car top operating station.
EXCEPTION: Cars stopped by activation of the collision
switch or derailment switch may be operable from the emergency service switch
described in section
3041(c) in the
direction away from the counterweight.
(9)
A collision switch shall, upon
activation, stop an elevator traveling at a speed of 150 f.p.m. before the car
meets the counterweight.
(10)
Elevators not in operation shall
remain at the landing. Elevators shall upon reaching a landing remain at the
landing unless operated by the emergency service key described in section
3041(c)
.
(11)
Cars with
power operated doors shall upon reaching a landing cause their doors to open
and remain open unless operated by the emergency service key described in
section 3041(c)
.
(12)
An
earthquake sensing device shall activate upon excitation in a horizontal or
vertical direction of not more than 0.15 g.
(13)
An identified momentary reset
button or switch for each car, located in the control panel in the machine
room, shall be provided for elevators equipped with a seismic switch or a
derailment switch.
(14)
Cars stopped by an earthquake protection device shall remain stopped in
the event of a power failure and subsequent restoration of power. The functions
performed by the electrical protective devices required by section
3040(b) shall not
be canceled by the earthquake protection device.
(15)
Earthquake protection devices
with exposed live parts in the hoistway shall operate at not more than 24 volts
root mean square A.C. or 24 volts D.C. above or below ground potential and
shall not be capable of supplying more than ½ ampere when short
circuited.
(16)
Earthquake protection devices shall be of a fail safe-type or shall
include a dual system arranged to prevent energizing the sensing portion unless
the complete system is intact.
(17)
Earthquake protection devices
shall be arranged to be checked for satisfactory operation and shall be
calibrated at intervals recommended by the
manufacturer.
(e) Medical Emergency Elevators.
(1) All buildings and structures constructed
after the effective date of this order that are provided with one or more
passenger elevators shall be provided with not less than one passenger elevator
designed and designated to accommodate the loading and transport of an
ambulance gurney or stretcher maximum size 22 ½ in. (572 mm) by 75 in.
(1.90 m) in its horizontal position and arranged to serve all landings in
conformance with the following:
EXCEPTIONS to section
3041(e)(1):
1. Elevators in structures such as rock
quarries, mills, steel towers, dams, storage bins, power plants and tanks where
the elevators are used only by maintenance and operating personnel; elevators
in buildings such as jails and penal institutions; and private residence type
elevators in locations under the jurisdiction of the Division.
2. Elevators in buildings or structures where
each landing is at ground level or is accessible at grade level or by a
ramp.
3. Elevator(s) in two story
buildings or structures equipped with stairs of a configuration that will
accommodate the carrying of the gurney or stretcher as permitted by the local
jurisdiction authority.
4.
Elevators in buildings or structures for which the local jurisdictional
authority has granted an exception in the form of a written document.
5. Elevators in buildings or structures for
which the building plans were filed or for which a permit was issued prior to
(the effective date of this order).
(A) The
hoistway landing openings shall be provided with power operated
doors.
(B) The clear opening
provided by the elevator entrance shall be not less than 42 in. (1.07 m) wide
nor less than 78 in. (1.98 m) high.
EXCEPTION to section
3041(e)(1)(B):
See Exception to section
3041(e)(1)(C).
(C) The elevator car shall have a minimum
inside car platform of 80 in. (2.03 m) wide by 51 in. (1.30 m) deep.
Exception to section
3041(e)(1)(B) and
(C):
The platform dimensions and/or the clear entrance
opening dimension may be altered where it can be demonstrated to the local
jurisdictional authority's satisfaction that the car and entrance configuration
to be provided will handle the designated gurney or stretcher with equivalent
ease. Documentation from the local authority shall be provided to the
Division.
(D) The
elevator(s) that is designated the Medical Emergency Elevator shall be arranged
to be recallable by a key switch as are the elevators which must comply with
subsection
3041(c)(1)(A). For
the purpose of this subsection elevators in compliance with subsection
3041(c) shall be
acceptable.
(2)
Designation. New elevators arranged to conform with section
3041(e)(1) shall
be provided with identification which can be readily noted from the landings
and hallways.
(A) The identification shall be
the international symbol (Star of Life) for Emergency Medical
services.
(B) The symbol shall be
approximately 3 in. (76 mm) in size.
(C) The symbols (2 each) shall be permanently
attached to the hoistway door frame on that portion at right angles to the
hallway or landing areas at a glance not less than 78 in. (1.98 m) and not more
than 84 in. (2.13 m) above the floor level at the
threshold.
(3)
Designation. Elevators existing prior to July 1, 1986 that were intended as
medical emergency elevators or any other passenger elevator of adequate size
and configuration that the local jurisdictional authority may designate should
be provided with the international symbols as required by section
3041(e)(2).
Note: 1: The intent of section
3041(e) is to
ensure that each floor or landing of the building or structure can be accessed
or egressed with a gurney or stretcher in the horizontal position. The Division
will be receptive to passenger elevators of any size and/or configuration that
can be demonstrated to meet this intent even if it does not comply with the
specifications listed, providing the local building official and authority deem
it acceptable.
Note: 2: The orders in section
3041(e) are not
intended to be used to require the installation of an elevator, service to a
given floor or landing, or the altering of an existing elevator as a result of
building changes or upgrading. Such requirements must come from a different
source, code or law.
(Title 24, part 7, section
7-3041)
(Title 24, part 2, section
5108)
Notes
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, §
3041
1.
Repealer of subsection (c) and new subsections (c) and (d) filed 9-5-75;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 36).
2.
Amendment of subsection (d)(2) filed 6-23-77; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 77, No. 26).
3. Subsection (d) which was filed
9-5-75 (Register 75, No. 36), was approved by the Building Standards Commission
3-26-76. History note printed in Register 78, No. 30 for technical
reasons.
4. New subsections (c)(7) and (c)(8), amendment of
Exception within subsection (d)(1), repealer of subsection (d)(5) and Exception
within subsection (d)(17), and new subsection (d)(5) filed 12-22-78; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 1).
5. Repealer of
subsection (c)(7) (Register 75, No. 36 version) filed 1-3-79; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 1).
6. Amendment of
subsection (c) filed 6-19-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86,
No. 25).
7. Amendment of subsection (c)(1)(E) filed 12-4-86;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 49).
8. New
subsection (e) filed by Building Standards Commission with the Secretary of
State on 1-26-88. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to government
Code section
11343.8 (Register 88, No.
19).
9. Editorial correction of NOTE 2 filed 6-12-91; operative
7-12-91 (Register 91, No. 34).
10. Amendment of subsections (a) and
(b) and Reference citation, filed 7-1-91; operative 7-31-91 (Register 91, No.
43).
11. Editorial correction of subsections (c)(1)(B)1. and (e)(1)
EXCEPTION 4 (Register 95, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
142.3 and
7301.5, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code; and Section
18943,
Health and Safety Code.
1. Repealer of
subsection (c) and new subsections (c) and (d) filed 9-5-75; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 36).
2. Amendment of
subsection (d)(2) filed 6-23-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
77, No. 26).
3. Subsection (d) which was filed 9-5-75 (Register 75,
No. 36), was approved by the Building Standards Commission 3-26-76. History
note printed in Register 78, No. 30 for technical reasons.
4. New
subsections (c)(7) and (c)(8), amendment of Exception within subsection (d)(1),
repealer of subsection (d)(5) and Exception within subsection (d)(17), and new
subsection (d)(5) filed 12-22-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register
79, No. 1).
5. Repealer of subsection (c)(7) (Register 75, No. 36
version) filed 1-3-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
1).
6. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 6-19-86; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 25).
7. Amendment of
subsection (c)(1)(E) filed 12-4-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 86, No. 49).
8. New subsection (e) filed by Building
Standards Commission with the Secretary of State on 1-26-88. Submitted to OAL
for printing only pursuant to government Code section 11343.8 (Register 88, No.
19).
9. Editorial correction of NOTE 2 filed 6-12-91; operative
7-12-91 (Register 91, No. 34).
10. Amendment of subsections (a) and
(b) and Reference citation, filed 7- 1-91; operative 7-31-91 (Register 91, No.
43).
11. Editorial correction of subsections (c)(1)(B)1. and (e)(1)
Exception 4 (Register 95, No. 32).
Group II regulations apply to
existing elevators installed prior to October 25, 1998. Italicized paragraphs,
sentences, or phrases apply to all existing elevators while non-italicized
apply to elevators installed after 1970 or after the date the regulation was
adopted.