Power Failure
Emergency Generator
- Due to the possibility of a failure of utility electrical service from the electric power company, the building is equipped with an emergency generator, which starts within 10 seconds in the event of an electrical power failure.
- In the event of a power failure, the emergency generator will supply electrical power to the following areas within the building:
- Emergency lighting system:
- Stairwells
- Exit lights
- Exit corridors
- Tenant suites (limited lighting only)
- Fire Department one-way and two-way emergency communication systems
- Fire alarm and detection system
- A minimum of one elevator in the low-rise and one elevator in the high-rise in each Tower.
- Fire pump
- Sump pumps
- Supply air fans when used as a component of the building smoke management system
- Exhaust air fans when used as a component of the building smoke management system
Power Failure Procedures
- The emergency generator will start automatically and supply emergency power to the above-mentioned systems within ten (10) seconds.
- All elevators will stop and then return to the first floor, one at a time, where the doors will open and allow all passengers to exit. Once all elevators have returned to the lobby, one low-rise and one high-rise elevator will operate in a normal capacity on emergency power.
