On 09/08/2018 09:22, Martin Brown wrote:
On 09/08/2018 07:53, tim... wrote:


"harry" wrote in message
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I see someone else got injured jumping from a first floor window in a
fire.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-brother.html


Completely unnecessary.
If you are ever in that situation, climb out of the window and hang
on to the window cill with arms at full extent and let go.
You are only four feet off the ground in most situations.

someone has long arms

Moreover when they hit the deck their knees will be shattered as they
bend into the wall. I doubt very much if the average person would have
the strength to hold onto a windowsill whilst climbing out and they
would be more likely to end up falling in an uncontrolled manner.

The best bet is to sit on the window ledge and jump away from the
building landing with legs partially bent to absorb and slow the impact.
Pretty much like standard parachute landing training.

This may be easier said than done if you are being chased by flames.

+1 to all that. And aim to go into a foreward roll, but twisting your
shoulders with forearms protecting your face, so that you spread the
impact down one side of your body. Get it right, and most of the impact
will be on the back of the shoulders, which is where the body is toughest.