ESTEP

Providing Training in Elevator Firefighters Emergency Service and Code Compliant Elevator Evacuation Techniques. 

 

About Us

 

Hello, thank you for your interest in my company ESTEP.  My name is Darren DeJoy and I have been in the elevator industry for nearly 30 years. I have 19 years field experience, ranging from construction of elevators to elevator repair to servicing elevators and maintaining a service route with regular customers. That’s when I new that  a program like ESTEP was needed.

After my time in the field, I worked 8 years for the State of Minnesota as a State Elevator Inspector.  While at the State,  I served on some of their elevator advisory committees and it was also at that time I acquired my QEI Certification. (Qualified Elevator Inspector) through NAESA (National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities).

For the last 3 plus years to present, I work for Minnesota Elevator Inc. as their Elevator Modernization Sales Engineer.  ESTEP is a private venture and is not affiliated with MEI.

ESTEP’s mission statement:

· To provide comprehensive training in elevator safety for emergency personnel and first responders.

· To provide training in Firefighters' Emergency Service Operation, including how to do code compliant testing of  Phase I and Phase II operation per ASME A17.1-2004.

· To provide code compliant solutions for safe evacuation of trapped passengers.

· To provide solutions to minimize damage to elevator equipment during extrication.