"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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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.

I think that if you are being chased by the flames you've almost certainly
succumbed to the smoke



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Regards,
Martin Brown