Mumbai: Mandatory installation of fire evacuation lift in high rise buildings

Henceforth, no one will be trapped in a house if there is a fire in Mumbai. BMC has made it mandatory to install fire evacuation lifts in high rise buildings. In case of fire a normal elevator cannot be used, an evacuation elevator can evacuate 100 people in 2 minutes. This lift can be a life saver for firemen and citizens.

A fire brigade official said that Mumbai now requires installation of evacuation lifts in buildings of height 70 metres (about 22 floors) and above. Buildings which do not install these lifts will not get NOC from the fire brigade. The state government had issued a circular in this regard last year, but now the municipality is going to strictly implement it. A fire evacuation lift is a special lift. It is designed to be fire resistant for at least 2 hours.

According to the official, a few minutes of awareness and rescue is crucial in case of fire. In such a situation, a fire evacuation lift will be very important. A vision panel sensor is installed in the lift. In this, the number of fire brigade, police, society president and members will be given. This lift will send an alert to all people as soon as there is a fire. This will alert people and help and rescue operations can be started soon. Also, people will be able to get out of the building during the fire by themselves.

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Equipped with modern technology, this lift can be very useful in case of fire in the building. In the event of a fire, the fire brigade first cuts off the electricity to the building. This shuts down the normal elevator, but the elevator can also be powered by a generator during that time. If there is no generator, there is a battery for backup, which can perform rescue work for half an hour.

Through the vision panel, one can see down where the fire has started. It also has a two-way system. A person sitting in an elevator can initiate a rescue operation by contacting the person sitting below. Not only this, there is also a trap door at the top in case someone gets stuck in the elevator. The person can be easily taken out by opening the trap door. These elevators will not contain fire or smoke, so no one will suffer during rescue in case of fire. The price of these lift ranges from INR 50 lakh to INR 1 crore.

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90% of fire calls go to the fire brigade

In Mumbai, the fire brigade receives an average of 7000 emergency calls every year. 90 percent of these calls are related to fire incidents. That is, an average of 15 calls are received by the fire brigade every day in Mumbai.

Fire incidents are on the rise in Mumbai, according to a fire brigade official. Minimising the loss of life and property in such a situation is a big challenge before us. Therefore, fire safety and fire evacuation elevators have become very important in high-rise buildings. For this, BMC has made it mandatory to install fire evacuation lifts in high-rise buildings.