Emergency escape window height
The subject of using the emergency escape window came up in another thread. I did a quick walk around and discovered the rear window is taller than I am (6 foot tall) and the bedroom escape window is ...
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I suppose that these ladders are OK if you were somehow locked in; but in a true emergency, especially a fire, you will have no time to deploy anything. If the fire is significant enough that your only option is the emergency window you will be blinded by the smoke and you will be choking and unable to breath from the toxic fumes. You will only have seconds to live. Your only chance is to open the window, shove the family members out and dive out yourself. Will there be injuries? Probably. But they and you will be alive. In a true emergency seconds count.
