Patent ID: 7210564

Claim:
A fire control system for an elevator wherein remainders inside a building are rescued to an evacuation floor upon activation of a fire detector provided inside said building, characterized in comprising: an evacuation-time calculating means for calculating as the evacuation time the time for the fire and smoke to reach the elevator hall of each floor; a rescue floor judging means for judging as a rescue floor a said floor of which said evacuation time is longer than the time required for making said car to newly respond to a rescue call from said evacuation floor, and as a non-rescue floor a said floor of which said evacuation time is shorter than the time required for making said car to newly respond to a rescue call from said evacuation floor; a rescue-operation-order determining means for determining the order in which rescue operation is to be carried out among said rescue floors; and a rescue operation means for carrying out rescue operation of said car in accordance with said order.