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Other options are available for lo- www.AmericanSecurityToday.com cations exceeding these heights. June 2019 - Edition 34 In operation, a user slides an Es- cape Harness over them, climbs over their balcony or out a win- dow and the CDD slowly lowers them automatically at the rate of 3 feet per second, which is com- parable to the descent of a slow el- evator. As they descend, the opposite end of the available. cable automatically retracts and re- The Guardian Escape System is loads the CDD for the next evacuee. a simple, reliable and inexpen- Then the process repeats. sive solution for emergency re- Everyone gets out. sponse – so that you and the ones that you are responsible for al- Escape harnesses are permanently attached at each end of the cable and ways have two ways out. full fire resistant evacuation suits are High Rise Escape Fire Resistant Evacuation Suits HRES also offers heat-resis- tant evacuation suits to com- plement HRES systems, and may be used in place of other harnesses for rescuers as they are oversized and simple to put on either yourself or oth- er. 24