The invention provides a well rescue device for rescuing a victim trapped in a well. The well rescue device includes a clamp assembly configured to provide support to a torso of the victim while moving the victim. Additionally, the well rescue device includes a seat assembly configured to provide seating support to the victim.

An emergency system is disclosed that includes an elongated inflatable slide portion that in the inflated condition has an upper end portion, an enlarged lower end portion and a middle portion therebetween, the slide portion optionally further includes a pair of raised side portions to assist with retaining an evacuee on the slide portion. The system is moveable from a ready position inside the building to a deployed position outside the building, wherein, in an embodiment, a release button in the ready position is arranged and configured to face an interior wall of the building, and in the deployed position is arranged and configured to face outward and be readily accessible by a potential evacuee. The slide may optionally include side support members, one or more securement straps, and other features.

An electro-pneumatic valve assembly includes a valve having a valve housing and a poppet and a solenoid valve having an actuator housing and a valve body. The valve housing has a wall that defines a valve inlet that is arranged to receive a fluid flow from a pressurized container and defines a valve outlet and a first port. The poppet is disposed within the valve housing and is movable between a first position and a second position. The actuator housing defines an opening. The valve body has a first wall that defines an inlet that is fluidly connected to the first port and a second wall that defines an outlet that is fluidly connected to the second port.

An electro-pneumatic valve assembly includes a valve having a valve housing and a poppet and a solenoid valve having an actuator housing and a valve body. The valve housing has a wall that defines a valve inlet that is arranged to receive a fluid flow from a pressurized container and defines a valve outlet and a first port. The poppet is disposed within the valve housing and is movable between a first position and a second position. The actuator housing defines an opening. The valve body has a first wall that defines an inlet that is fluidly connected to the first port and a second wall that defines an outlet that is fluidly connected to the second port.

An electro-pneumatic valve assembly includes a valve having a valve housing and a poppet and a solenoid valve having an actuator housing and a valve body. The valve housing has a wall that defines a valve inlet that is arranged to receive a fluid flow from a pressurized container and defines a valve outlet and a first port. The poppet is disposed within the valve housing and is movable between a first position and a second position. The actuator housing defines an opening. The valve body has a first wall that defines an inlet that is fluidly connected to the first port and a second wall that defines an outlet that is fluidly connected to the second port.

Disclosed is a lifesaving system using a drone and a lifesaving method using the lifesaving system. The lifesaving system includes: a lifesaving drone provided with a parachute, the drone approaching a victim by being remotely controlled and installed in the victim, and assisting rescuing the victim from a high-rise building by operating the parachute; and a disaster management center disposing a rescuing vehicle to a disaster occurrence area and remotely controlling the lifesaving drone when a disaster report is received, or a disaster occurrence area is recognized.

Disclosed is a lifesaving system using a drone and a lifesaving method using the lifesaving system. The lifesaving system includes: a lifesaving drone provided with a parachute, the drone approaching a victim by being remotely controlled and installed in the victim, and assisting rescuing the victim from a high-rise building by operating the parachute; and a disaster management center disposing a rescuing vehicle to a disaster occurrence area and remotely controlling the lifesaving drone when a disaster report is received, or a disaster occurrence area is recognized.

Damage mitigating apparatus comprises totally extending hollow tubes, and projectiles attached to undeployed fabric and formed with a tube-receivable rod. Pressurized gas which is generated upon triggering of a gas generator flows through the tubes to propel the projection and to cause performance of at damage mitigating operation. In one embodiment, a damage mitigating aerial vehicle comprises sensors for detecting flight related characteristics and a communication unit for commanding activation of parachute deploying apparatus and of a lift generator deactivation unit following determination of a flight failure. In one embodiment, an aerial vehicle transmits a critical failure alarm signal to an unmanned aircraft traffic management system (UTM) station following detection of to failure, and the UTM elation transmits a warning signal to neighboring aerial vehicles that are predicted to be in a vicinity of the descent path of the failed aerial vehicle to avoid collision with the failed aerial vehicle.

A fall-protection apparatus that includes a computing device configured to detect a mechanical command signal, and methods of using such an apparatus.

A safety device including a boom with a primary end and a secondary end, where: the primary end and secondary end are the opposite terminal ends of the boom; the primary end is configured to be, releasably or permanently, attached to a mounting which includes a mounting joint which is a hinge joint; the boom includes a base section, zero or one intermediate section and a load section connected together, in that order, by hinge joints, such that the safety device can extend from a mounting in a single plane, a movement plane, that lies parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boom, the primary end is coterminous with an exposed end, a first base end, of the load section; the load section includes a first load end and a second load end, where the first and second load ends are opposite terminal ends of the load section; the secondary end is coterminous with the second load end; and the second load end includes a connection point, where the connection point is configured to releasably attach a user to the boom via a device with fall arrest capabilities, such that the connection point does not slide lengthwise along the load section.