Patent ID: 8113320

Claim:
A fire evacuation support system for managing an operation of an elevator based on information from a plurality of fire detectors provided on each of a plurality of floors when a fire occurs in a building, the building including, on each of the plurality of floors, an elevator installation zone in which the elevator is installed, a neighboring zone neighboring the elevator installation zone, the neighboring zone being in communication with the elevator installation zone through a first communication port, and an external zone in communication with the neighboring zone through a second communication port different from the first communication port, the first communication port being opened and closed by a first fire door, and the second communication port being opened and closed by a second fire door, the fire evacuation support system comprising an evacuation operation command section in which implementation of an evacuation operation for transporting a person left in the building to an evacuation floor is allowed for the elevator when contamination due to the fire is avoided in both the elevator installation zone and the neighboring zone, and in which the implementation of the evacuation operation is stopped when at least any one of the elevator installation zone and the neighboring zone is contaminated due to the fire.