The History of the Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation
In 1988, the National Association of Safety Authorities International (NAESAI) established a committee to investigate the possibility of forming a Foundation to educate the public, particularly children, on how to safely ride elevators and escalators.
A group made up of inspectors, suppliers and contractors explored the task. The committee determined that in order to succeed, they would need the entire elevator industry involved. The idea was presented to a Bridge Builders meeting at the next National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC) convention. The Bridge Builders had been established some years earlier as an informal forum to bring together all of the industry's associations to identify mutual problems and preclude duplication of efforts by the organizations. All of the major elevator manufacturing companies attended, as well as the President and Executive Director of all the national associations in the elevator industry.
The Founding Organizations
