New fire escape system for UK homes

Family Safe Window Systems are proud to announce the launch of their new integrated window and fire escape ladder system. – invented and developed by Family Safe Window Systems of Kingston upon Hull,  East Yorkshire.

Sadly very few UK homes have an adequate or safe means of escaping from an upstairs bedroom window. Family Safe has launched the new Family Safe Fire Escape window system to dramatically improve the chances of families surviving a fire in the home.

In 2010 the UK Fire and Rescue Service attended over 277,000 fires in England and Wales alone, over 320 people died and a further 7,400 required medical attention for burns, smoke inhalation, broken bones, cuts and abrasions incurred during falls and dropping from heights. The majority of those involved in these fires found that finding a quick means of escape was the most difficult part. The Family Safe Window system has been designed with this in mind.

On discovering a fire in the home, the first thought is always of ensuring that all the family can get out. Sadly the design of most bedroom windows in the UK do not lend themselves to making climbing out of them and getting safely to the ground an easy task. Family Safe Windows decided to eliminate the window design flaw, so no matter what your window frame design is, be it just two small top opening windows and one large fixed bottom pane of glass or even a solid window with no openings, when mounted into the Family Safe Window System, it is effortlessly moved out of the way and at the same time an automated rigid ladder is deployed both inside the room to aid the climb up onto the window sill and another rigid ladder is deployed outside from the window sill to the ground. Both these ladder systems become fixed rigid ladders, making them easy for any member of the family to climb safely to the ground. For those of the family who are too small or have limited mobility or just feel they can’t use a ladder, then they can use the integrated pulley and harness system to be lowered to the ground. Harnesses are available for adults, children, infant cradle harness and even pets can all be lowered safely away from the burning building.

The system once installed can not be seen from the outside of the building, so it will not affect the overall design of a new home or change an existing house frontage. Inside the room, the system is not seen, no area of the room is taken up, so it can be fitted in to the smallest room in the house with no loss of area. There is no physical impact on the internal decoration of the room. The system is integrated into the structure of the building and is a permanent fixture. Window and ladder deployment is easy and for the most part completely automated.

"Family Safe is a family owned company, the product was first designed for our own family’s safety, once the first system was built, we recognized that lots of people would need and want a safe means of escape in the event of a fire at their home. That's why we have developed the system and put it into full production and following our launch date it will be available on line and at selected window installers around the UK.“, Steve John, owner of Family Safe Window Systems, explained. “We are very confident that our fire safety window will safe lives, give an enormous level of peace of mind and it will also increase the value of the properties it is installed in”, he added.

The main safety Features of the Family Safe Window System are:

• Forms an easy means of escape from a house or office fire
• The quick and easy deployment of the window and ladders is part of the automated design
• Developed with every family member in mind and every window no matter what the window frame configuration
• Can be reused should a home unfortunately experience more than one house fire.

Family Safe Window Systems

The Family Safe Window System is an integrated fire escape. The system enables any window to become a fire escape…