ASTM Committee E06 on Performance of Building has established a new subcommittee, E06.77 on High-Rise Building External Evacuation Devices. The scope of the new subcommittee is "The development and maintenance of standards for terminology, specifications, performance, practices and test methods for high-rise building external, multiple-occupant (10 or more) evacuation devices, for evacuation of persons who cannot use the primary evacuation routes to a safe zone." The scope includes platform-based devices, slides/chutes, and controlled descent devices. It does not include rope or chain ladders, helicopters or helicopters with platforms, parachutes, balloons, or evacuation chairs.

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