据每日记事报道，近日，美国伊利诺伊斯州锡卡莫尔市立法部门一致通过建筑规范修正案，要求安装电梯的新建筑，不论高度，其电梯轿厢必须能放下水平展开为2-X-7英尺大小的担架。相比只要求电梯能放下竖直放置的担架的美国残疾人法案，和只规定三层以上建筑的电梯轿厢能放下水平担架的国际建筑规范，此次的修正案可谓是先行一步。该市市长柯尔特（Curt Lang）称该举措可以“在下楼的时候，比被消防员背着更为安全舒适”。

　　STRETCHER LIFTS FOR NEW BUILDINGS IN ILLINOIS TOWN

　　Lawmakers in Sycamore, Illinois, unanimously approved a building-code amendment requiring developers of new buildings with elevators design the units to accommodate a 2-X-7-ft. horizontal stretcher, regardless of the building’s height, the Daily Chronicle reports. The move goes beyond the Americans With Disabilities Act requirement that elevators accommodate a stretcher in the upright position and the International Building Code requirement that applies only to buildings taller than three stories. Mayor Curt Lang stated people will be “better served this way than by being carried by firefighters down the stairs.”