LIFT RESCUES

Parliament of Singapore · 20 July 2004

Official Report, 20 July 2004, Vol 78, Issue 2 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Steve Chia Kiah HongWong Kan Seng

LIFT RESCUES

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Mr Steve Chia Kiah Hong asked the Minister for Home Affairs how can civil defence officers open lift doors and help people trapped in the lifts if the lift keys are kept by contractors appointed by the Town Council and the officers do not have any spare sets.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The Town Councils are responsible for ensuring that the Automatic Rescue Devices (ARDs) in lifts are properly maintained and work as designed to release trapped persons from lifts in the event of a power cut-off. They have also engaged Emergency Maintenance Service Units (EMSUs) to carry out lift rescues should the ARDs fail. They must ensure that their EMSUs have sufficient teams to deal with such rescues.

During an emergency, SCDF's priority is to respond to and deal with life-threatening situations. Nevertheless, if the Town Councils require SCDF's support in specific lift rescues, they should make available their personnel and keys to assist in the rescues together with SCDF.

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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 20 July 2004. Republished on SGParliament.