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3.2.7.9.(3)
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Application
Application 1: 
Design, with respect to the minimum duration of the simultaneous operation under a full load of all elevators for firefighters plus one additional elevator, of emergency generator power supplies for elevators required by Clause 3.2.7.9.(1)(a):
This applies where the time to recall all elevators under emergency power supply is not more than 5 min, each from its most remote storey:
  • to the storey containing the entrance for firefighter access referred to in Articles 3.2.5.4. and 3.2.5.5., or
  • to a transfer lobby.
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Intent
Intent 1: 
To exempt, from the application of Sentence 3.2.7.9.(2), buildings in which all elevators can be recalled to a reference level within a certain period of time, on the basis that the elevators can be returned before the time that the firefighters' elevator will be required for use.
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