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2. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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   Fire escape in Oulu Lower part of a fire escape in New York City. A fire escape consists of a number of horizontal platforms, one at each story of a building, with ladders or stairs connecting them. The platform and stairs usually consist of open steel gratings, to prevent the build-up of ice, snow, and leaves.

3. Joseph Winters - Wikipedia

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   Joseph Richard Winters (August 29, 1824 [1] – November 29, 1916) was an African-American abolitionist and inventor who, on May 7, 1878, received U.S. Patent number 203,517 for a wagon-mounted fire escape ladder. On April 8, 1879, he received U.S. Patent number 214,224 for an improvement on the ladder.

4. History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom

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   The Act brought into being the first legislation that dealt with human life and escape, rather than just building safety. The Act stated that parishes were to appoint surveyors and "every parish should provide three or more proper ladders of one, two and three storeys high, for assisting persons in houses on fire to escape therefrom". [3]

5. Anna Connelly - Wikipedia

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   Connelly was aware of fire safety issues and the legislation, so she decided to invent a different solution, [4] which was a fire escape design that could be adopted by more landowners to increase building safety in cities. Planning of the fire escape by Anna Connelly. Connelly's device was patented in August 1877 (No. 386,816A). [4]

6. Bankstown Airport Air Traffic Control Tower - Wikipedia

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   A modern steel fire escape connects the walkway above to the ground level. The escape ladder appears to be of recent origins and may be a replacement for an earlier version (no escape ladder is indicated on the 1968 drawings). The west elevation, facing the road, features paired metal-framed casement windows lighting the internal stair. The ...

7. The best home elevators of 2025, according to mobility experts

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   They typically have a variety of built-in safety features designed to help prevent accidents or injuries. Manufacturers must follow strict safety regulations, and installers are required to abide ...