Denver revamps city's elevator inspection process

Denver is revamping its elevator inspection process to address a “growing public safety crisis” caused by prolonged elevator failures and inspection delays, months after a Denver Post investigation found the city’s fire department was routinely rescuing people from malfunctioning lifts operating without valid permits.

The Denver Fire Department oversees the city’s more than 7,500 conveyances, but property owners pay third-party contractors to conduct inspections, which they then send to the fire department in order to receive certificates of operation.

Many of the worst elevators in the city, however, operated for years without valid licenses, The Post found in its investigation, leading to repeated rescues.

How Denver allows faulty or inoperable elevators to keep trapping people

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