Pursuant to Sept 11, new developments has emerged in the field of skyscrapers emergency rescue. One of the companies specializing in this area is Escape Rescue Systems. The company developed an external elevator with multiple collapsible chambers. The advantage of the system is the ability to rescue people from several floors at a time. The higher the building, the more essential it is to rescue people from more floors at the same time.
Watch the video to see the system in operation.
Information from the company website:
The building-wide system is composed of (at least) two devices; each is an array of five collapsible cabins. The system is permanently stored on the roof in a folded position.
Upon deployment, each array is lowered to the ground. It then unfolds, enabling emergency responders to board the cabins. It travels upwards until it stops opposite five elevated floors simultaneously; enabling 300 occupants to enter through specially configured exit windows (150 people from 5 floors into each array). Each array is then lowered to the ground and tenants exit as it refolds. The system repeats this cycle, transporting responders up and into the building and evacuating tenants as required.
The system, based on a unique, patent-pending technology, enjoys substantial advantages over competing concepts and other new products:
• Very high throughput capacity;
• Effective to all building heights;
• Serves both evacuation (“down”) and rescue personnel transport (“up”);
• Requires no skill or unfamiliar actions by evacuees; and is
• Suitable for all ages and physical conditions of evacuees, including disabled people.
Links:
url: http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen?video_id=es8CK0-DsHc&
l=142&s=0D42788F97E26FCB:8A51374783A7BCE6&fs=1&title=building%20eva
url1: http://www.escaperescue.com/work/movie_window_wma.htm
