The S-CAPEPLUS Premium: A New Tool for Fire Rescue Pros

As a fire safety and evacuation professional, you are probably experienced using many evacuation devices for emergency evacuations. They work well and get the job done with enough training, but they also require maintenance contracts, can be expensive, and can be difficult to use in some scenarios (e.g. rotating staircases).

Especially in outdoor fire escape situations, you need something that is unbelievably durable, portable, lightweight, and affordable so you can have more on hand. The S-CAPEPLUS Premium checks off all of these requirements and more!

From Hospitals to Rugged Environments

Our first basic model, the S-CAPEPLUS has been incredibly popular amongst indoor areas and healthcare facilities. Organisations like University Hospital Ghent (Belgium), Philips, DSM, Vanderlande, Wythenshawe Hospital Manchester, University of Stuttgart and many more already installed the device. While the basic model of S-CAPEPLUS is a massive success for indoor fire escape situations, it didn’t hold up well outdoors and needed some improvements to make it more fire rescue friendly.

Many fire rescue professionals won’t only be carrying people through smooth hospital hallways and instead will also have to conquer perforated stairs, parking lots, and even off-road environments. The original S-CAPEPLUS couldn’t hold up to this kind of abuse, so we went back to the drawing board and added some innovative features not found on other evacuation mattresses.

Lined with the World’s Strongest Material

Dyneema® is an innovative woven knit that can hold up to tears, bumps, and anything else you’ll run over while in a rescue situation. Patients are kept completely safe while lying on the S-CAPEPLUS Premium and experience comfort during the escape. To see the S-CAPEPLUS Premium in action, check out this video where we tied a prototype of the S-CAPEPLUS Premium to the back of an SUV and had one of our assistants go for a ride over the rough asphalt in a parking lot. (https://s-capeplus.com/en/big-step-s-capeplus/)

New Safety Features for a Smoother Rescue

In a rescue situation when someone is injured, it is crucial that they can be transported to safety with minimal movement to protect their injuries. Because of this reason, in addition to upgrading the bottom liner, we also added other features to prevent injury disruption and to make transportation easier for the rescuer.

The S-CAPEPLUS Premium features sturdy head block to reduce the motion of the person in need, especially if they have a neck injury. We’ve also added improvements to the straps to make it easier to pull.

Are you interested in learning more, or would you like to receive a free quote so you can upgrade your stock of evacuation equipment? S-CAPEPLUS Premium is developed by Tetcon based in The Netherlands and available through several distributors in the UK. Get in touch with us today, and we’ll be glad to tell you more!