The System

Three Steps, Under Pressure

Easy Rescue is built around one idea: whatever the system asks of you, you must be able to do it the first time, without having practised.

Set up the ladder

Place the Easy Rescue ladder at the window. It carries a designated anchor point, so the ladder itself becomes the anchor for the descent. A common rope ladder fitted with the rung extension works the same way.

Buckle up and clip

Put the backpack on and secure the integrated full-body harness over everyday clothing, then clip the galvanized steel cable to the ladder’s anchor point.

Step out and descend

Go out through the window. A friction-based braking system does the rest, lowering you at a steady 3–6.5 feet (1–2 metres) per second.

The Mechanism

Purely Mechanical, So There Is Nothing to Fail Quietly

The Controlled Descent Device is a friction brake. It has no battery, no electronics and no firmware, so nothing degrades between the day it is fitted and the day somebody needs it.

Withstands temperatures up to 150 °C (302 °F)
4 mm (5/32 in) aircraft-grade galvanized steel cable, fire resistant
No electricity, no training and no maintenance
Hand assembled in the USA

Full specifications

The Easy Rescue controlled descent device, opened to show its gear train