ISO/TS 18870:2014详细说明了客运电梯的要求，这些电梯安装在具有适当的综合建筑疏散策略的建筑中。它没有定义必须作为建筑物整体疏散策略的一部分提供的建筑物要求。 ISO/TS 18870:2014中不包括以下内容:建筑物疏散策略的细节；减少风险或消除危害的建筑特征细节；可能需要特殊功能的国家建筑要求。

ISO/TS 18870:2014 details requirements for passenger carrying lifts, which are installed in buildings having a suitable comprehensive building evacuation strategy. It does not define building requirements that will have to be provided as part of the overall evacuation strategy for the building. Excluded from ISO/TS 18870:2014 are the following: details of a building evacuation strategy; details of building features to reduce risks or eliminate hazards; national building requirements which might demand special features.