Every family should have an emergency escape ladder. Every family should have a plan in place to evacuate in the case of fire. While smoke detectors and heat alarms may alert you to the fire, you may still need a safe method of escape from a burning structure. If you don’t live in a home or building with a fixed fire escape you need to consider how you would escape a fire. It is recommended to have one ladder in every occupied room on floors above the main level. To use: close the door in the room prior to opening the window to avoid inadvertently feeding the fire with air drawn through the window, hang the brackets over the window sill, toss out the ladder, ensure a secure fit to the window, then climb down. Portable emergency fire escape ladders store easily for quick access in an emergency. The most common path that a fire takes is also the path that people use to exit the upper floors of a building - the stairs. With most homes and many offices having only a single staircase, this can be both terrifying and deadly. This is why more and more people are keeping emergency escape ladders stored in the upper floors of their home and offices. DON'T GET TRAPPED INSIDE 2-Story Escape Ladder (13-ft. deployed)