Problem
How do you get out of a building's windows fast?
What if there are no windows?
Answers
Here's one answer.
http://www.thisisgoodgood.com/skysaver-revolutionary-self-rescue-backpack-save-fires/
But it costs a lot and only works if you have a window.
You must fix a hook to support it. OK at home. No good in a hotel, methinks.
Can you send it back up for somebody else?
What if there are no windows? I am shocked by the numbers of buildings which have no windows on the street side. The fire engine parked in the road could not rescue anybody. The people could not signal for help.
Earthquakes and flooded buildings and bombed buildings also require exits. If rubble blocks your staircase you are trapped. You need a window.
If you have to go down stairs, I would try to link myself to a vulnerable small child with a dog lead, or long scarf, so we did not become separated. You risk being slowed down. That's better than going back to look for them.
I've heard of people wrapping wet towels around their faces. How about wetting your clothes? Would that help? If you have a chance to visit a fire service or fire service website, check their advice, print it out and pin it on a notice board, along with exit from the building, so all your visitors know where to find the fire escape, external, or internal, just like a hotel.
If you are phoning friends when stuck in a fire, instead of saying, 'I love you,' how about asking for advice on what to do.
Action
It's not enough to check that the building you are in right now is safe. What about when you go shopping in the nearby mall? Who might do there? Your friends, family, neighbours, acquaintances, your doctor and your children's teacher. Local schoolchildren. Tourists. Customers. Anybody you know, or their relatives, could be in an unsafe building near you. Ask, act, ask for action.
Please check buildings in your city and write asking how people can escape and what regulations require.
Useful Website
http://www.thisisgoodgood.com/skysaver-revolutionary-self-rescue-backpack-save-fires/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
How do you get out of a building's windows fast?
What if there are no windows?
Answers
Here's one answer.
http://www.thisisgoodgood.com/skysaver-revolutionary-self-rescue-backpack-save-fires/
But it costs a lot and only works if you have a window.
You must fix a hook to support it. OK at home. No good in a hotel, methinks.
Can you send it back up for somebody else?
What if there are no windows? I am shocked by the numbers of buildings which have no windows on the street side. The fire engine parked in the road could not rescue anybody. The people could not signal for help.
Earthquakes and flooded buildings and bombed buildings also require exits. If rubble blocks your staircase you are trapped. You need a window.
If you have to go down stairs, I would try to link myself to a vulnerable small child with a dog lead, or long scarf, so we did not become separated. You risk being slowed down. That's better than going back to look for them.
I've heard of people wrapping wet towels around their faces. How about wetting your clothes? Would that help? If you have a chance to visit a fire service or fire service website, check their advice, print it out and pin it on a notice board, along with exit from the building, so all your visitors know where to find the fire escape, external, or internal, just like a hotel.
If you are phoning friends when stuck in a fire, instead of saying, 'I love you,' how about asking for advice on what to do.
It's not enough to check that the building you are in right now is safe. What about when you go shopping in the nearby mall? Who might do there? Your friends, family, neighbours, acquaintances, your doctor and your children's teacher. Local schoolchildren. Tourists. Customers. Anybody you know, or their relatives, could be in an unsafe building near you. Ask, act, ask for action.
Please check buildings in your city and write asking how people can escape and what regulations require.
Useful Website
http://www.thisisgoodgood.com/skysaver-revolutionary-self-rescue-backpack-save-fires/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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