Fire extinguishers for lift motor room

[Guest Johnsulli]

Hello. Please can you give me guidance on how many fire extinguishers and what type of extinguisher do I need in a lift motor room in a high-rise block of flats?
Thank you.

[Tom Sutton]

It depends on the classes of risk present, in most lift motor rooms it is most probably an electrical risk but other classes could have been introduced inadvertently. You certainly would need extinguishers for a fire involving electrical equipment which would be a CO2 or Dry Powder. You should also consider that it has been advised that DP should not be used indoors and it could damage the electrical equipment so CO2 seems the best option. If there are other classes of fire present then it is important that you install an extinguisher that are safe to use near electrical equipment.

Check out http://www.firesafe.org.uk/portable-fire-extinguisher-general/ and fact file 22 from the FIA http://www.fia.uk.com/en/resources/technical-information/

[Guest Shivu]

Do we required extinguishers in side lift

 

[green-foam]

Why?

What is inside your lift that will catch fire?

Is not the best thing to do if there is a fire in a lift to get out at the next floor? By the time you have read the instructions of the extinguisher  the lift should be at the next floor.

[AnthonyB]

A lift car does not need a fire extinguisher. Even London Underground, who were probably the only people to routinely fit them, took theirs out years ago.

A lift motor room would usually have a 2 kilo CO2 (unless there was one already outside the motor room door).

If you don't have a lift motor room because you have the integrated shaft based lift machines you don't need anything!