The Conveyance Certificate of Operation (CO) is issued once Denver Fire has received and processed the annual 3 rd party inspection report. It validates that the conveyance has been inspected and is safe to operate. Denver Fire is the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) over code enforcement of conveyances located within the City and County of Denver. It is the Conveyance Owners responsibility to ensure that the AHJ (Denver Fire) receives the annual inspection report. A Certificate of Operation will not be issued if the facility does not have a valid Operational permit where applicable. The 3 rd party inspection report should be submitted to DFDConveyances@denvergov.org for processing. Inspection reports for conveyances not covered by an Operational Permit require a $30 processing fee to be submitted with the report. All Conveyances are required to be inspected annually by a licensed 3 rd party inspector.
Please note that the conveyance maintenance contractor nor Denver Fire conduct conveyance inspections. A list of private 3 rd party inspectors licensed to inspect in the City and County of Denver ia available at Denvergov.org/Fire. The CO is a annual document and is valid for a period not to exceed 12 months. The expiration date is based on the date of the inspection and not the calendar year. This is different than the Conveyance Operational permit. Each individual conveyance located at a facility must have it s own valid Certificate of Operation. The inspector will note any and all violations found during his/her inspection. In most cases there are two possible inspection results. An annual Certificate of Operation (CO) or a Temporary Certificate of Operation (TCO).
All violations not warranting the issuance of a TCO must be corrected prior to the next inspection. These are violations that are typically minor in nature and do not pose an immediate safety risk. Failure to correct violations not warranting a TCO before the next inspection will result in a Repeat Violation upon the next inspection and a TCO will then be issued. Any violation deemed a TCO violation by the applicable code must be corrected within 90 days of the inspection date. The valid time frame of a TCO will not exceed 90 days and will NOT be extended. When a TCO is issued it will be accompanied by a Correction Affidavit. The Correction Affidavit will be completed by a licensed elevator contractor verifying that the violations have been corrected. Once the Correction Affidavit is processed a CO will be issued. ***Please note that the CO issued remains based on the original date the inspection occurred not the day that the violations are corrected.
If the Correction Affidavit is not submitted prior to the expiration date of the TCO the conveyance is non-complaint and should be shut down pending the correction of the violations before it is placed back into service. A facility may also have the conveyance re-inspected in lieu of the correction affidavit being submitted. In this case the inspector will sign the original report in the space provided verifying that the violations have been corrected. The report must be re-submitted with the inspectors signature. There are many factors that can affect the effective timeline of the CO. Missed inspections, failure to submit the correction affidavit prior to the next inspection, Witnessed test inspection date and, multiple inspections during the same year are a few examples
Once issued a copy of the valid certificate must remain on site. It is not required to be posted but must be available to view upon request. All current and past certificates issued by the Denver Fire Department Conveyance Division are available to view or re-print at www.denvergov.org/fire. There you can access our data base and view all conveyance related documents in our data base. The website is real time and is current as of the time viewed relative to the documentation we have received. Once we process a report and generate the applicable document it is available on the data base. If the 3 rd party inspection report is not submitted to DFD the inspection is considered not to have taken place. Again the conveyance owner is responsible for submitting the report to Denver Fire Conveyance Division.
Date of Inspection 3 rd Party Inspection report example Address for submitting payments and inspection reports. Facility Information Conveyance information Violation description. To include Code Reference, description of violation, Repeat and TCO violation result. Conveyance State ID number. Starts with CP and is unique to the Conveyance Inspection Information Inspection result recommended by the inspector Inspectors information
Issued Certificate of Operation example Type of Certificate issued. Annual, Temporary or, Construction Facility ID # unique to Denver Fire Conveyance Information. Includes State ID #, Local ID, Type of Conveyance, Capacity and, rated speed Conveyance owner/management company information Date of Inspection Date Certificate was issued Certificate expiration date Inspection performed by Maintenance Contractor Date of Last Witness Test inspection Facility name and address
Temporary Certificate of Operation Example Type of Certificate TCO violations noted by the inspector will be listed here Inspection date and expiration date. 90 days regardless of the issue date
Correction Affidavit Example Facility information. To include the address, the facility ID # and, the State Registration # of the conveyance Conveyance contractor to date the form the date that all noted violations are confirmed corrected. Violations noted by the inspector that warranted a TCO being issued Statement that by signing this form you are attesting to all of the TCO violations noted have been corrected Only a licensed conveyance contractor representative or mechanic can fill out and sign this section