Draft:Descending life line
Descending life lines (Korean: 완강기; Hanja: 緩降機) are safety apparatuses found in South Korea for escaping fire in high-rise buildings. Like auto belays in rock climbing, it slowly lowers the user to the ground with their own weight. To use it, the apparatus must be taken out from its container and hooked to a specialized arm that can be extended outside the window. Then, a
It was made compulsory in the revised "Fire Service Act" of 2006 (개정소방법) https://koreascience.kr/article/JAKO200814357784749.page
- started being installed in 90s (cite needed)
- In 2012, its weight capacity requirements was upgraded from 1000N (100kg) to to 1500N (150kg) https://blog.naver.com/fireds119/223839050712 (unreliable blog) http://ijfse.or.kr/upload/pdf/KIFSE-e6d7eca7.pdf (3)1.
International Journal of Fire Science and Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 32-44, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.e6d7eca7)
- 피난기구의 화재안전기준(NFSC 301)
Issues
[edit]https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2024082610250004511
- poor maintance
- hard to use (int j fire science)