Also, you may live in an apartment that already has a fire escape, which is great, but we recommend investigating the ladder to make sure it's in working order. We’ve seen too many ladders ...

then there is still a requirement to ensure that the external façade provides fire protection to the stair. This not only limits the choice of external wall material but also the provision of doors or ...

Photo 1 Fire escapes with gooseneck ladders to the roof. (Photos by author.) One of the earliest recorded building acts that required a second means of egress came on April 17, 1860, in Chapter ...

The order called for a set of iron or wood stairs affixed to the exterior of a building, but this wasn’t enforced, and the concept of a “fire escape” was approached with a significant amount ...

By the 1870s, fire escapes had become permanent iron structures. Some were just straight ladders clamped to walls, while others were the angled ladders more resembling stairs. But in true ...

While it's a good idea for people with upstairs bedrooms to have a collapsible fire escape ladder handy ... are other permanently attached fire ladders, most of them are contained within a ...

Besides being an important safety feature in case of an emergency, the fire escape stairs, situated under large “CAPITOL THEATRE” signs painted on the side of the building, are popular spots ...