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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stairs or a stairwell have collapsed during earthquake, overload, or structural failure — trapping people on or between flights.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Sudden lurch, cracking, and stairs tilting or dropping beneath feet.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Gap where flight existed — open shaft between floors.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — People visible through broken stairwell wall.
Scene hazards: Multi-story fall, Crush between flights, Dust, Blocked egress
Collapsed stair flights are unstable — climbing over them triggers further fall.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Grab handrail. Move up or down to nearest intact landing if steps are falling.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If flight gone beneath you, hold landing edge and call for help — do not jump across gap.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cover mouth with cloth.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Try alternate stairwell or fire escape if primary is blocked.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If trapped between flights: stay still, tap railing rhythmically.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Account for people on your floor — direct to alternate exit.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — stairwell collapse, floor number, people trapped count.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 or 108. Say stairwell collapse with building address and floor.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report blocked primary egress and number needing alternate route assistance.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If trapped: tap metal and conserve voice for when rescuers are close.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fall between flights causes crush and spinal injuries — professional extrication required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Building may be condemned pending full structural assessment.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT jump across missing flight gap.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT climb collapsed stair pile — it slides like avalanche.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use elevator when stairwell fails — fire may have caused both.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT light fire for visibility in stairwell.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You should run down stairs as fast as possible during structural failure
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Running on failing stairs increases dynamic load and causes falls in the gap. Hold rail, move deliberately to intact landing.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Multi-flight fall into open stairwell shaft.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stairwells are choke points in evacuation. Collapse traps people between flights and blocks exit for entire floors.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stair stringers and landings may fail sequentially under load or seismic stress.