 FACT: When Cynthia pulls the fire alarm, at Lisas urging, she runs  to the elevator and swipes her employee card. The elevator doors  open and she goes up. When a fire alarm is pulled, all the elevators  automatically go to the bottom floor, and the doors lock open. This  is so Firefighters can go to the affected floor. The only way to  release the elevator for use is with an Elevator key that is issued  to Firefighters, or to disable the alarm at the panel.