ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 16765 First edition 2003-01-15 Comparison of worldwide safety standards on lifts for firefighters Comparaisondesnormesdesecuritesurleplanmondialrelativesala luttecontreI'incendiedanslesascenseurs Reference number ISO/TR 16765:2003(E) @ ISO 2003 SO/TR16765:2003(E） PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is atrademarkof Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In @ISO2003 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @IsO2003—All rights reserved ISO/TR 16765:2003(E) Contents Page Foreword.. iv Introduction 1 Scope. 2 Terminology.. 2 Annex A (informative) Comparison of fire codes @Iso2003—All rightsreserved ii ISO/TR 16765:2003(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through isO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. In exceptional circumstances, when a technical committee has collected data of a different kind from that which is normally published as an International Standard ("state of the art", for example), it may decide by a informative in nature and does not have to be reviewed until the data it provides are considered to be no longervalidoruseful Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO/TR 16765 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 178, Lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors iv @ ISO 2003-All rights reserved ISO/TR 16765:2003(E) Introduction At the 1996 plenary meeting of ISO/TC 178 it was agreed via Resolution 136 that a comparison between CEN and Russia, would be produced. This has in the meantime been extended to include the codes of China, Hong Kong, India (Mumbai), Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan. The goal was to prepare a technicalreportwhichwouldprovidereferenceinformationtoassistnationalstandardscommitteeswher reviewing and revising individual codes and which may initiate a gradual convergence of the technical requirements worldwide. The comparison includes reference to national lift (elevator) codes, fire codes and building regulations The content of this Technical Report is based on the information provided by the ISO/TC 178/WG 6 members. This Technical Report is intended to aid standards writers in developing their firefighters lift (elevator) requirements and to help standards users understand the basis for the requirements as they are applied throughouttheworld This Technical Report must be read in conjunction with the various lift (elevator), fire and building codes, as it contain