Is it possible to have an escape rope in a flat?

We used to have a small metal "rope" ladder for my bedroom at my parents previous house. It was bolted to the wall inside the house and coiled up. You could throw it out of the window and then climb down.

Wouldn't want to do much more than two storeys though...
 
Freefaller, what is the minimum height that you need to be at for a parachute to get you to the ground safely. Obviously 20ft would probably only give a few broken bones, but the parachute wouldn't have done anything other than make you heavier. But i think I'm right in saying that there will be a middle point where the parachute won't deploy in time to slow you. Now obviously this is talking about being burned alive so it would be interesting to find out what you think the dangerous-safe min height is (I'm assuming your regulation safe height is probably over estimated for obvious reasons).
 
Freefaller, what is the minimum height that you need to be at for a parachute to get you to the ground safely. Obviously 20ft would probably only give a few broken bones, but the parachute wouldn't have done anything other than make you heavier. But i think I'm right in saying that there will be a middle point where the parachute won't deploy in time to slow you. Now obviously this is talking about being burned alive so it would be interesting to find out what you think the dangerous-safe min height is (I'm assuming your regulation safe height is probably over estimated for obvious reasons).

The wiki article on BASE jumping says you can manage from 200ft, with the right equipment.
 
Dim and distant memory coming back here. Probably from the '60's. Remember visiting some folks (with my parents) who had just moved into some new council flats. Maybe 4 floors high or so, but each house had an upstairs and downstairs, if you get my drift - (maybe called them maisonettes?). Details are sketchy, but I'm sure they had some sort of emergency rope ladder, which got you down from the upstairs onto the concrete corridor which ran along the front of the block (on every second floor)

Ring a bell with anyone?
 
Not neccesarrly I'd use some o my spare rock climbing equipment. If i couldn't get too it because of fire I'd rip some electrical cable out the wall and use that.

Avoiding the electrocution issue if you can rip out electrical cable in any meaningful length from a wall in anything like a timely manner then whoever laid it wasn't trying.
 
Avoiding the electrocution issue if you can rip out electrical cable in any meaningful length from a wall in anything like a timely manner then whoever laid it wasn't trying.

or whomever laid it knows when you need to troubleshoot electrical problems easy access to the wireing is always a good idea
 
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