Novel Design of Emergency Exit Slide for High Rises

Abstract

As the number of high rises buildings increases rabidly these days, residents safety and emergency escape solutions became crucial issue. Several hundreds of persons died or critically injured, each month, due to fire or emergency escape problems during fire or other emergency accidents in high rises around the world. This work aims to find a solution to this problem by proposing a novel design of emergency exit slide for high rises in order to reduce the number of victims during such emergencies. An emergency escaping volute slide or spiraled chute inside a tunnel including extendable accordion pleated tubing made of asbestos fabric, supported with vacuum-deposited aluminized materials padded on its inner side. A ring to its upper end, which made its base attachable with the top of the building supported with Artificial Spider Silk launchers to hold the slide during emergencies. Attachable to small slides from the escape openings of a building, the lower end of the tubing having a soft pad with low angle allowing a person sliding down the main slide can step up to assembly points on ground level, outside the building. The proposed technique resulted in enhanced results in comparison with previous techniques.