HIGH RISE EVACUATION

EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITIES

ASTM PASSES new standards for
"External Evacuation Devices" for high rise emergencies.
Designation: E 2484 -- 08
Standard Specification for Multi-Story Building
External Evacuation Controlled Descent Devices

June 2008: At the NFPA World Safety Conference held in Las Vegas in early June, 2008,
NFPA membership voted to include adoptable annexes in the 2009 editions of both the
Building Construction and Safety Code, NFPA 5000 and the Life Safety Code, NFPA 101
that specify conditions for installation and use of "Controlled Descent Devices" and
"Supplemental Evacuation Systems" currently under development by Advanced Evacuation Solutions
for use by civilians in high rise emergencies.

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[amdni4]

It is because of narow minded people like that people still die in high rise fires.

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[kingsquirrel22]

Why don't you read before you type. My case is that the stairs and elevators will do just fine. Stop the argument of stairs vs elevators talk you can use both. Any fire above the 7th floor you should use elevator to go up. If the elevator doesn't work it is usually because it's a shit Hole building full of shines that don't give a damn, not the fire.

[theone2225]

oh right sorry i forgot all the rest of the high rise buildings are around 10 floors and easy to climb, you wanna climb 30 flights of stairs or more with 100 lbs of gear on your back you go right ahead GI Joe. You're the idiot that said no firefighter is gonna carry equipment up that high You'd be useless by the time you got to the fire. When did i say go put these on every building in the world?? they're just thinking up ideas to help firefighters BRO

[kingsquirrel22]

apparently you have paid no attention to any other high rise incidents besides 9/11. 9/11 was an exception of a routine fire. 2 buildings out of the rest of the high rises in the world is no reason to make such a drastic and useless change to every building. 60 Lbs? try over 100lbs, and that depends on your riding position that tour. elevators are shut down on purpose so that civilians cant use them. every firefighter in New York has a 1620 key to control the elevators. anything else BRO?

[theone2225]

right but that hole wasnt on all 4 sides of the building, if they had rails on all 4 sides then some of them would have to be free to use.

[theone2225]

apparently you paid no attention during 9/11, stairs to get up in high rises? ya that'll take hours and lots of energy. Elevators? most elevators are shut down during fires. Or they are knocked out like in 9/11. Firefighters arent going to carry equipment up that high?? Firefighters on 9/11 were carrying around 60 pounds of equipment with them. They carry high rise packs of hose, axes, saws, air packs, etc. You might wanna do more research yourself before posting "bro"

[zachray263]

i like your comment but don't forget that big hole left by the plane hitting the building you know and people couldn't get to the other side because debris blocked their path

[scrennert]

I like the concept, all buildings should have something like this.

[redrainjedi]

How can the firefighters go up the same rails that everyone else is going DOWN???

[redrainjedi]

Buddy, if you think people going insane with panic during a fire can put on a harness to then descend the building, you're living in a fantasy world.