Evacuating the residents of a building during a dangerous situation is the primary concern of first respondents. Whether it’s a fire outbreak, a gas leak or an active shooting, the major priority is to ensure the people are safe while trying to neutralize the danger. Emergency exits in buildings prove to be inadequate in these situations. During chaotic moments, these exits are often overcrowded or out of reach. Slide to Safety is a revolutionary Rapid Evacuation System that serves as an effective alternative means of evacuation for buildings with multiple stories.
Features and Design
The STS was created to cater to all forms of contingencies. Loss of power is a common occurrence during emergency situations. The STS is non-electrical; this ensures people can still be safely evacuated when there is a power failure. The slide is attached to the windows of the second to fourth floors of a multi-story building. Essentially, every window with an STS serves as an emergency exit.
The STS further comes with telescoping stairs that makes it easy for children as well as the elderly to have access to the window exits. The stairs fold inside when it is not in use and pops out when the system is activated. This technology ensures the stairs occupy limited space in the room, while also ensuring they do not hinder free movement.
The STS system is deployed using compressed air canisters that work seamlessly with a proprietary inflation system. This state-of-the-art inflation system has been saving lives in the aviation industry for many years. However, the STS expands the possibilities, making it useful for various purposes.
How does STS work?
Slide to Safety either makes use of Pull handle activation or Push handle activation technology. Once the handle is pulled or pushed as appropriate, the slide pops out and it is fully inflated in less than 6 seconds. Once it’s inflated, everyone that would otherwise have been trapped in the building can slide to safety. The slide is applicable for second, third, and fourth floors of all types of multi-story buildings. It can effectively evacuate about 30 people under one minute.
The STS may be installed on residential, commercial, or educational buildings and other buildings with more than one floor. Whether the traditional egress is blocked or still available, Slide to Safety provides an alternative means of evacuation during emergencies.
Pricing info
The STS can only be installed by certified engineers from the manufacturing company. They would assess your building and determine the specification of the slides needed. Once this is done, they would provide a custom quote and prepare for the installation. A comprehensive safety training would be organized after the installation. You can visit the STS official website to request for a custom quote.
Startup
A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship refers to all new businesses, including self-employment and businesses that never intend to become registered, startups refer to new businesses that intend to grow large beyond the solo founder. At the beginning, startups face high uncertainty and have high rates of failure, but a minority of them do go on to be successful and influential. Some startups become unicorns; that is privately held startup companies valued at over US$1 billion.
Actions
Startups typically begin by a founder (solo-founder) or co-founders who have a way to solve a problem. The founder of a startup will begin market validation by problem interview, solution interview, and building a minimum viable product (MVP), i.e. a prototype, to develop and validate their business models. The startup process can take a long period of time (by some estimates, three years or longer), and hence sustaining effort is required. Over the long term, sustaining effort is especially challenging because of the high failure rates and uncertain outcomes. Having a business plan in place outlines what to do and how to plan and achieve an idea in the future. Typically, these plans outline the first 3 to 5 years of your business strategy.
Design principles
Models behind startups presenting as ventures are usually associated with design science. Design science uses design principles considered to be a coherent set of normative ideas and propositions to design and construct the company's backbone. For example, one of the initial design principles is "affordable loss".
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