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<\/div>\nWhile it’s a good idea for people with upstairs bedrooms to have a collapsible fire escape ladder handy, quickly finding and deploying the thing could be difficult in a smoke-filled home. That’s where the permanently attached Rescue Ready Retrofit is designed to come in.<\/p>\n
Developed by Virginia-based firefighters\/paramedics Brett Russell and Eric Hartsfield, the setup incorporates a ladder that is user-installed directly below a bedroom window, in place of the pre-existing wooden trim. Its anchoring cleats must be bolted to the load-bearing studs located underneath the plaster or drywall, on either side of the window.<\/p>\n
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Although there are<\/em> other permanently attached fire ladders, most of them are contained within a recessed compartment that has to be professionally cut into the wall.<\/p>\n By contrast, once it’s installed, the Rescue Ready ladder is simply covered with an included piece of molded plastic that replaces the removed wooden trim. In the event of a fire, that piece is quickly popped off, the window is opened, and the ladder is thrown out of it.<\/p>\n That ladder consists of 5052-aluminum rungs with an anti-slip coating, and nylon webbing. The current version of it measures about 13 ft long (4 m), meets ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards, and can support a weight of over 750 lb (340 kg). It’s presently limited to second-floor use, although a longer version is being developed for three-story homes.<\/p>\n The Rescue Ready Retrofit can be ordered now via the link below, although shipping likely won’t start until the end of the year– it’s priced at US$179. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Tags:<\/b> Ben Coxworth<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"The](\"https:\/\/assets.newatlas.com\/dims4\/default\/bf3177e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/960x720+0+0\/resize\/960x720!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2F9a%2Fefa07dd940cba158cd60128700d2%2F108460887-557426481593125-3901427858318764519-n.jpg\")
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