MS 1183 : Part S$: 1990 Accordingly, this code recommends that, like the firefighting lift, other lifts should not introduce an unreasonable fire risk into the protected area. Entry from within the building to any other lift in the same well has to be through the same protected lobby from which the firefighting lift is entered. ‘The operation of passenger lifts in the same well as a firefighting lift is covered in clause 14. The provision of sprinkler heads within the firefighting shaft is not essential : given compliance with the recommendations of this code, the only potential for fire occurring in the lift well would arise from combustibles within the car, which could not be reached by sprinkler discharge. Furthermore, any cooling effect from sprinkler discharge could not reliably control excessive temperatures in the lift well which would make the lift unsafe to use. There have been several occasions recorded when water from a landing valve, hose lines, etc., has entered the lift well and caused malfunction of the installation when it reached electrical door interlocks, car controls, ete. Water may come from the connecting and charging of fire fighters’ hoses, the use of hoses and Fixed hose reels and the operation of sprinkler heads. Although BS 5655: Part 1 requires a small slope on the landing to prevent cleaning water from entering the fift well, water from codes, and the recommendations attempt to identify and resolve the problem for the firefighting lift. The figure of 25 I/s is the recommended minimum flow rate from a wet rising main given in BS 5306 : Part 1, and is considered to be representative of likely flow rates from other sources; the absence of sprinkler heads does nor obviate the need for protection from water. 12.2 Recommendations. The following recommendations are applicable: (a) The firefighting lift well should be enclosed with construction complying with 9.2 and 93 (b) Landing doors or emergency doors should be provided so that there is access to the lift well at intervals of not more than 11 m-or 3 storeys, whichever is the lesser distance. Emergency doors in the well should: - (3) be not less than 1.8 m high and 0.53 m wide; (i) if hinged, open away from the lift well; (ili) _be kept locked in such a way that they are openable from outside the well with the standard lift door emergency unlocking key described in appendix B of BS 5655: Part |: 1979, and from within the well without a key (©) _A lift car should not share the same lift well as a firefighting lift unless it is a passenger lift car constructed in accordance with 11.2(b) and (e) and has access from a firefighting lobby only (see figure 5(a)). (d) An adjacent passenger lift car which is not constructed in accordance 11.2(b) and (e), oF to which access is possible from more than one side, should be located outside the firefighting shaft (see figure 5(b)). (©) Water should be prevented from entering the well of a firefighting lift and interfering with the operation of the electrical equipment of a firefighting lift. One or more of the following precautions should be taken (0 deal with a flow of 25 L/s; the method(s) chosen should be appropriate to the building, 25