F80 Elevator Emergency Operations

Question 1

Phase I Emergency Recall automatically sends all elevators to:

Accepted Answer

The designated recall floor (typically the lobby or ground floor)

Answer

Phase I recall moves all elevators to the designated recall level — usually the lobby or ground floor — and keeps them there with doors open. This prevents civilians from inadvertently riding elevators to a fire floor and makes elevators available for firefighter use.

Question 2

Which event typically triggers an automatic Phase I elevator recall?

Accepted Answer

Activation of a smoke detector in an elevator lobby or machine room

Answer

Phase I recall is automatically triggered by smoke detectors located in elevator lobbies, hoistways, or the elevator machine room. This protects occupants from elevator doors opening on a smoke-filled floor.

Question 3

Under Phase II firefighter service, the elevator can ONLY be operated by:

Accepted Answer

A firefighter physically inside the elevator cab using the Phase II key switch

Answer

Phase II places full control of the elevator inside the cab, operated by a firefighter using the special key switch. This allows firefighters to override normal controls, hold doors open, and travel directly to any floor — including the fire floor.

Question 4

During a fire in a high-rise building, occupants should be instructed to:

Accepted Answer

Avoid using elevators entirely and use enclosed stairwells for evacuation

Answer

Elevators must NEVER be used by occupants during a fire. Elevator shafts can fill with smoke, power may fail trapping occupants, and Phase I recall may strand an elevator at an unexpected floor. Enclosed stairwells are the designated means of egress.

Question 5

A smoke detector activates on the 15th floor. The building has elevators that serve floors 1–20. What happens to an elevator that was traveling toward the 15th floor when Phase I recall activates?

Accepted Answer

It bypasses the 15th floor and proceeds directly to the recall floor without stopping

Answer

When Phase I activates and a detector on a specific floor has triggered the recall, elevators are programmed to bypass that floor entirely and travel non-stop to the recall level. This prevents doors from opening on the potentially smoke-filled fire floor.

F80 Practice Test

F80 Practice Test

F80 Elevator Emergency Operations