More than 4,000 Americans die each year in fires and approximately 20,000 are injured. An overwhelming number of fires occur in the home. There are time-tested ways to prevent and survive a fire. It's not a question of luck, it's a matter of planning. Every family should have an emergency escape ladder.

A Plan. Every family should have an emergency escape plan in place and know how to evacuate in the case of fire. Both smoke detectors and heat alarms will alert you to the fire, but you still need a safe method of escape from your home. If you don't live in a home or building with a fixed fire escape you need to consider how you would, and how you and your family members could escape a fire? During a home fire the main problem is: the most common path that a fire takes is also the path that people use to exit the upper floors of a building - the stairs. With most homes and many offices having only a single staircase, this can be both terrifying and deadly. This is why more and more people are keeping emergency escape ladders stored in the upper floors of their home and offices.

A Good Feature. One of the most important features of a home fire escape ladder is the presence of standoffs. These are protrusions that hold the ladder rungs away from the side of the house. Standoffs help steady the ladder and allow enough room for a secure toehold. The more stand-offs on a ladder the better. The emergency escape ladders we sell come in four (4) standard lengths - 12' feet, 20' feet, 35' feet and 50' feet. The shorter length is adequate for most two-story bedrooms, while the longer is used for three, four , five and six story rooms.

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