BS 8899:2016

BS 8899:2016 gives recommendations for the improvement andmaintenance of fire-fighting and evacuation provisions in existing lifts. It appliesto lifts installed permanently into buildings that are either already designed forfire and rescue service use or as evacuation lifts, or intended to be modified toinclude such features.This British Standard is not applicable to:

• new lifts, whether in new buildings or existing buildings, installed after thepublication of this standard;
• lifts where the building regulations or standards for the fire safety ofbuildings require or recommend a lift to the level of a new fire-fighting lift,e.g. due to extension or change of use of the building;
• double-deck lifts;
• dual entry lifts, where the firefighters lift protected lobbies are not locatedconsistently on the same side of the lift car on all floors served by theinstallation;
• lifts with partially enclosed wells;
• special cases such as potentially explosive atmospheres, extreme climateconditions and seismic conditions.

This British Standard covers the significant hazards, hazardous situations andevents relevant to lifts for fire and rescue service use and evacuation lifts.NOTE 1 BS EN 81-80 contains recommendations for the general improvement insafety of existing lifts relative to the base lift design standard. BS 8899 is intended tohave a similar relationship with BS EN 81-72 and the evacuation liftrecommendations in BS 9999.This British Standard applies to the lift installation only. It does not giverecommendations for the fire-resisting structure of the building or otherelements of the building design and management.NOTE 2 BS 9999 and BS 9991 contain recommendations related to additionalbuilding fire safety provisions needed to support the use of fire-fighting andevacuation lifts.Cross References:BS 476-22BS 5655-11BS 5655-12BS 8486-1BS 8486-2 BS 9999BS EN 81-58BS EN 81-20:2014BS EN 81-70:2003BS EN 81-72:2015BS EN 81-73BS EN ISO 14798BS 2655-1:1970BS 5588-5:1986BS 5588-5:1991BS 5588-5:2004BS 5588-8:1988BS 5588-8:1999BS 5655-1BS 5655-2BS 5655-10BS 5655-10.1.1 BS 5655-10.2.1BS 5810BS 8519BS 9991:2011BS 9991:2015BS EN 81-1BS EN 81-2BS EN 81-72:2003BS EN 81-80:2003BS EN 13015BS EN 60529:1992+A2:2013DD CEN/TS 81-76PAS 32-1PAS 32-2