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### Safety Precautions for Using Elevators During a Fire * **Selecting an elevator:** * Choose an elevator that reaches only to the sky lobby below the fire. * Familiarize yourself with the elevators within your jurisdiction. * Determine the fire floor accurately before selecting a...

### Safety Precautions for Using Elevators During a Fire * **Selecting an elevator:** * Choose an elevator that reaches only to the sky lobby below the fire. * Familiarize yourself with the elevators within your jurisdiction. * Determine the fire floor accurately before selecting an elevator. * If smoke is reported on several floors, get off two floors below the lowest reported floor. * Make sure you know what floors contain access stairs before you get in an elevator. * Get off at least two floors below the lowest level of the access stairs if they also serve the reported fire floor. * **Procedures in the elevator:** * If the fire is within eight floors of the elevator lobby or sky lobby, walk up. * If there is an elevator available that stops short of the fire floor and brings you within eight floors of the fire floor, use it in preference to an elevator that also serves the fire floor. * If the fire is on or above the 8th floor, walk up. * Ensure that each team that enters an elevator has its car number, unit, and destination recorded by a firefighter at the lobby who is designated as lobby control. * Ensure that each team that enters an elevator is properly equipped. Each firefighter should be wearing a mask and have the cylinder turned on. * The facepieces shouldn't be in place but should be available. * Each team should have a forcible-entry tool set and a portable radio. * Immediately upon entering any car, press the call cancel button to eliminate any selections that have been made. * If available, use only firefighters' service elevators, which are placed in the proper operating position by a key or other secure means.