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04 June 2023

Equal Opportunity In Evacuations In Future Tall Buildings

The future tall buildings belongs to building owners who see the need to adopt new solutions to provide equal access as well as equal egress for building occupants and their visitors. Such solutions would give the people with physical disabilities the same ability.....

04 June 2023

High Rise Rescue Operations

No Fire and Emergency Services Department likes to contemplate the possibility of a high-rise fire. While most building management have procedure for evacuation which is not dependent on the fire brigade however, if the system fails then the fire brigade will have to.....

04 June 2023

Evacuation Needs Of Tomorrow

In an ageing society, with more of the disabled joining the work force and the working population continuing to grow older, will existing access and evacuation.....

04 June 2023

Supplemental High Rise Evacuation

Authorities in many countries have make it mandatory for owners of designated premises to draw up plans to cater not only for fire emergencies, but also address other fire related emergencies or hazards affecting life safety. This is regardless of whether the hazard.....

04 June 2023

Life (Safely) Dangling From A Twaron Thread

A frightening scenario: fire in a multi-story building. Escape via the (emergency) staircase is possible, at least as long asheat and smoke are kept out. Suffocation by smoke in particular causes many fatalities. Trying to get away via theroof and wait there for a.....

04 June 2023

Nobody Is Left Behind

Now that the use of Supplemental Evacuation Technology for high-rise buildings has been approved by the NFPA, it provides redundancy and survivability into the.....

04 June 2023

Criteria For Choosing An Evacuation Chair

Evac+Chair is a universal evacuation solution for smooth stairway descent when the lift is out of service due to breakdown, under maintenance, power outage and in fire situation. Single user operation ensures no heavy lifting or manual handling is required during.....