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2020 ‘ ASTORS ’ Champion : High Rise Escape

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Using a Controlled Descent

Device

( CDD ) which works like a pulley , a

user slides a one of two permanently at- tached escape harnesses over them- selves , exits off of a balcony / roof

struc- ture or out of a window and the

CDD slowly lowers them automatically at the rate of 3 feet per second .

High Rise Escape Systems ( HRES

)

• Guardian Evacuation

System

• Best Disaster Preparedness , Di- saster Recovery

System

The Guardian

Evacuation ation System

is a fixed and / or portable escape sys- tem to attach to a structure , designed to mitigate means of egress for

any- one living or working above the

2nd floor , including

: government build- ings , embassies , barracks , hospitals , air traffic control towers , apartments , condominiums

, hotels

, industrial and job sites , theme parks , cranes , oil platforms , ships and more .

High Rise Escape

Systems ( HRES )

ac- complished this in a combination of several simple , low-tech devices that require no power , are inexpensive , have a long shelf-life and are easy to use .

As the first user descends , the

opposite end of the cable automatically retracts and reloads the CDD with the remain- ing escape harness for the next evacu- ee .

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