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Self-Escape

Our research indicates that self-escape is the fourth leading cause of safety issues with residential elevators.  The following items contribute to this:

• Unit purchased from a non-local source with no ability to service the product they sell.  They typically cannot, or will not, respond to emergency escape situations.
• If power fails, residential elevators take passengers to the lowest landing before shutting down.  there are documented incidents of elderly or handicapped passenger being injured while attempting to get out of a basement or lower floor by trying to use the stairs.
• Potential of elevator phones malfunctioning, creating a situation where a passenger attempts self escape, falling down the shaft in the process.
• Gate systems and door locks allow self escape at any point in the shaft.

Revolution Solution for self-escape entrapment

• The Revolution will travel both up and down in the event of a power failure, and will continue to do so for up to one hour of continual use.
• The Revolution uses a built-in, commercial quality speaker phone that is tamper-proof and not prone to failure.
• The Revolution uses a "gate restrictor" system that will not allow the gate to be opened unless the car is at a landing.  The door lock systems will not allow for self escape without the skilled working knowledge of an elevator technician.
• The Elevator Company and its dealers are always only a phone call away, and always have local emergency response representatives wherever their product is sold.