Elevators for High Rise Evacuation?

Elevators not forbidden: Seminar explores high-rise building evacuation...Though controversial, thoughtfully planned use of elevators can yield faster evacuation times and help deal with mobility-impaired occupants.

By Molly Kalmus, Research Assistant
The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS)

Although associated with 9/11 and the World Trade Center, the issue of managing emergencies in high-rise buildings goes back into the 1970s, when new construction techniques and technologies helped create awareness of the hazards of fire and smoke spread in modern high-rise. Read more here.