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ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS shall also comply with the smoke and draft control door assembly requirements of Section 716.5.3.1 with the UL 1784 test conducted without the artificial bottom seal. 3007.7.4 Lobby size.Regardless of any number of fire service access elevators served by the same elevator lobby, the enclosed fire service access elevator lobby shall be not less than 150 square feet ( 14 mz) in area with a min- imum dimension of 8 feet (2440 mm). 3007.7.5 Fire service access elevator symbol. A pictorial symbol of a standardized design designating which eleva- tors are fire service access elevators shall be installed on each side of the hoistway door frame on the portion of the frame at right angles to the fire service access elevator lobby. The fire service access elevator symbol shall be designed as shown in Figure 3007.7.5 and shall comply with the following: 1. The fire service access elevator symbol shall be not less than 3 inches (76 mm) in height. 2. The vertical center line of the fire service access ele- vator symbol shall be centered on the hoistway door frame. Each symbol shall not be less than 78 inches (1981 Inm), and not more than 84 (2134 mm) inches above the finished floor at the threshold. FIGURE 3007.7.5 FIRE SERVICE ACCESS ELEVATOR SYMBOL 3007.8 Elevator system monitoring. The fire service access elevator shall be continuously monitored at the fire command center by a standard emergency service interface system meeting the requirements of NFPA 72. 3007.9 Electrical power. The following features serving each fire service access elevator shall be supplied by both normal power and Type 60/Class 2/Level 1 standby power: 1. Elevator equipment. 2. Elevator hoistway lighting. 3. Elevator machine room ventilation and cooling equip- ment. 4. Elevator controller cooling equipment. 3007.9.1 Protection of wiring or cables. Wires or cables that are located outside of the elevator hoistway and machine room and that provide normal or standby power, control signals, communication with the car, lighting, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and fire-detecting systems to fire service access elevators shall be protected by construction having a fire-resistance rating of not less than 2 hours, or shall be circuit integrity cable having a fire-resistance rating of not less than 2 hours. Exception: Wiring and cables to control signals are not required to be protected provided that wiring and cables do not serve Phase II emergency in-car operations. 3007.10 Standpipe hose connection. A Class I standpipe hose connection in accordance with Section 905 shall be pro- vided in the interior exit stairway and ramp having direct access from the fire service access elevator lobby. 3007.10.1 Access. The exit enclosure containing the standpipe shall have access to the floor without passing through the fire service access elevator lobby. SECTION 3008 OCCUPANT EVACUATION ELEVATORS 3008.1 General. Where elevators are to be used for occupant self-evacuation during fires, all passenger elevators for gen- eral public use shall comply with Sections 3008.1 through 3008.11. Where other elevators are used for occupant self- evacuation, they shall also comply with these sections. 3008.1.1 Additional exit stairway. Where an additional means of egress is required in accordance with Section 403.5.2, an additional exit stairway shall not be required to be installed in buildings provided with occupant evacua- tion elevators complying with Section 3008.1. 3008.1.2 Fire safety and evacuation plan. The building shall have an approved fire safety and evacuation plan in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 404 of the California Fire Code.The fire safety and evac- uation plan shall incorporate specific procedures for the occupants using evacuation elevators. 3008.2 Phase I Emergency recall operation. An indepen- dent, three-position, key-operated "Fire Recall" switch com- plying with California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders shall be provided at the designated level for each occupant evacuation elevator. 3008.2.1 Operation. The occupant evacuation elevators shall be used for occupant self-evacuation only in the nor- mal elevator operating mode prior to Phase I Emergency Recall Operation in accordance with the requirements in California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Division 1, Chop- ter 4, Subchapter 6, Elevator Safety Orders and the build- ing's fire safety and evacuation plan. 3008.2.2 Activation. Occupant evacuation elevator sys- tems shall be activated by any of the following: 1. The operation of an automatic sprinkler system complying with Section 3008.3; 2. Smoke detectors required by another provision of the code; 3. Approved manual controls. 418 2013 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE