Beats the hell out of jumping without a parachute, doesnt it??
How the heck are you gonna climb down when the whole building is on fire??
Grenfell fire
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Most of the people who perish in fires succumb to smoke inhalation. An oxygen bottle and a pair of decent goggles should do the trick in most situations.
Pure oxygen is going to get you into trouble. A SCBA is about $365 But most people would go their entire lives, perhaps four or more generations without ever using it.
That was what happened in this instance. The advice was stand pat, that turned out to be horrifically bad advice.
Better to have and not need than need and not have. Every home should have an escape plan. If those poor English buggers had an escape plan, most of them would have avoided ending up in the body bags.
An air tank and goggles might not be a bad idea (not O2 though, just air)
But a parachute might work. If it's between getting roasted alive and taking a chance on a building jump, I'd go for it.
You would need to be trained at jumping from a plane, and have a high quality chute that you can maneuver. Run as fast as you can off the roof to pick up as much horizontal velocity as possible (since horizontal and vertical velocity are independent of one another). Your forward momentum should carry you away from the building.
It's better odds than nothing.
Google is your friend.
Apparently they do make them....
http://www.sosparachute.com/en/site/sos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...igh-rise-office-workers-escape-emergency.html
But a parachute might work. If it's between getting roasted alive and taking a chance on a building jump, I'd go for it.
You would need to be trained at jumping from a plane, and have a high quality chute that you can maneuver. Run as fast as you can off the roof to pick up as much horizontal velocity as possible (since horizontal and vertical velocity are independent of one another). Your forward momentum should carry you away from the building.
It's better odds than nothing.
Google is your friend.
Apparently they do make them....
http://www.sosparachute.com/en/site/sos
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...igh-rise-office-workers-escape-emergency.html
Nah, just take the emergency stairwell down. They will fill with smoke, often, but are designed not to burn.
They do make them but your odds of survival are likely 50/50. Better than no odds. But again your best bet is a rope, a harness, and a belay, to get past whichever floor is impassable.
You'd need to find a side without flames shooting out but usually there is one.
The reason I suggest it is that it's really easy for anyone to learn how to rappel at any climbing gym and the equipment is cheap. Plus more than one person can descend a rope.
Would something like this work in a fire ?? Or do you need an oxygen bottle??
An independent air supply is the way to go. If I remember correctly, filters don't work on carbon monoxide.
So once again fuji is wrong: http://www.sosparachute.com/en/site/sos
I lost count how many times he's been wrong now, but its a lot
I'm not so sure Fuji is wrong. Needless to say sosparachute is going to say it is a great product and it is at least a chance, but is the parachute fire resistant or fireproof? If it wasn't you would't have survived this fire.
SkySaver might work: http://gizmodo.com/jump-safely-from-burning-buildings-wearing-this-window-1623480896
This contraption is even better because it can save multiple people:
http://www.escape-chute.net/neu/uk/safety_equipement.php
http://www.escape-chute.net/neu/uk/safety_equipement.php
I just don't see how effective these parachuting and repelling devices would have been in this fire.
Probably not very. But I'd say your survival odds are at least a bit better with a chute then without one.
If I were PM I'd make it mandatory that every apt. building in Canada was outfitted with an escape chute
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