Abstract

The invention concerns a system for rescuing occupants (10) from an elevated position in a structure (4), such as a high-rise building, and it characterized in that the system comprises position indicators (15, 15') for two lower anchor points (6, 7) arranged at a base level, said lower anchor points (6, 7) being positioned at a distance (D1) from each other, and two cable sections (3a, 3b) having their upper ends secured at an upper anchor point (8) positioned onto the structure (4) at an elevated position, said cable sections (3a, 3b) having a sufficient length to reach down to the position indicators (15, 15') for the lower anchor points (6, 7). The invention also concerns a method for rescuing occupants (10) from an elevated position in a structure (4), such as a high-rise building.

IPC Classes  ?

• A62B 1/06 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of rope-lowering devices
• A62B 1/20 - Devices for lowering persons from buildings or the like by making use of sliding-ropes, sliding-poles or chutes, e.g. hoses, pipes, sliding-grooves, sliding sheets