Section 362.3002. Elevator car to accommodate ambulance stretcher.

  Substitute the following wording for IBC section 3002.4:

(1)  Where passenger elevators are provided, at least one elevator shall be provided for fire department emergency access to all floors served by passenger elevators in all of the following situations:

(a) A building four or more stories above or four or more stories below grade plane.

(b) Any floor above or below the level affording fire department vehicle access, if the floor accommodates any one of the following occupancies:

1. Group I.

2. R-2.

3. Outpatient clinic and ambulatory health care facility.

(2)  The elevator car provided for fire department emergency access shall be of such a size and configuration to accommodate an ambulance stretcher 24 inches by 84 inches with not less than 5-inch radius corners, in the horizontal, open position.

(3)  Except in hospitals and except where all of a building's elevators are large enough for fire department emergency access, all elevator cars that are provided for fire department emergency access shall be identified by the international symbol for emergency medical services, star of life. The symbol may not be less than 3 inches high and shall be placed on both sides of the elevator hoistway door frame on all floor levels, approximately 60 inches above the floor.

CR 10-103 : cr. Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 9-1-11; CR 14-020 : r. and recr. (3) Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.