Lift - Communication in emergency

[DerbyBorn]

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!

[Andy Burns]

Exactly that, see sub-paragraph 5

Ask him to check with head office what their public liability insurers think ...

[tabbypurr]

do mobiles work in metal lifts?

NT

[Max Demian]

Mobiles (and radios) certainly work in lifts. I don't think lift cars are metal.

[charles]

not if they are in the basement

[Brian Gaff]

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