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Lift - Communication in emergency
Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground
Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! |
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DerbyBorn wrote:
I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service Exactly that, see sub-paragraph 5 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1093/schedule/1/paragraph/5/made Ask him to check with head office what their public liability insurers think ... |
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On Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:37:39 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! do mobiles work in metal lifts? NT |
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wrote: On Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:37:39 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote: Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! do mobiles work in metal lifts? not if they are in the basement -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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wrote in message ... On Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:37:39 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote: Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! do mobiles work in metal lifts? Doesnt with my mates, his call drops out when he gets in the lift when talking to me on the mobile. But presumably that varys with the lift construction. |
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DerbyBorn Wrote in message:
Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! Did you not post this a month ago? If it wasn't you exactly the same sign was seen and question posed here. Tim -- |
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Lift - Communication in emergency
Normally there is a sign which tells you about the intercom system, and I
understand its supposed to have at least 30 minutes of power after empower failure. I'm not sure about the legal requirement but In Spain many years ago, they had what looked like an old fashioned speaking tube device in a little glass case on the wall of the lift with a little hammer to break the glass. I do not speak Spanish so could not really get the point. Maybe its for fires in a lift? Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "DerbyBorn" wrote in message 2.236... Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! |
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"Rod Speed" wrote in
: wrote in message ... On Sunday, 17 June 2018 16:37:39 UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote: Our local Supermarket has a lift from the basememt car-park up to Ground Level Stuck on the wall of the lift is a paper sign giving a Phone number to call in case of an emergency. This implies to me that the Emergency System is not working. I believe the regs say there should be a permanant means of communicating with the rescue service. Ones mobile phone - if it would work, does not seem to be this solution. Speaking to the manager he didn't seem to understand my concer and though te phone number was the Lift engineer! do mobiles work in metal lifts? Doesnt with my mates, his call drops out when he gets in the lift when talking to me on the mobile. But presumably that varys with the lift construction. I wanted to find if there were any exceptions - the Store Manager has been trying to phone me - I have been on holiday. Took a look this morning and the paper sign has gone. Hopefully he will be admitting they had got things wrong as the responses confirm there is no "get-out" for lifts of "pre-whatever date". Thanks. |
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