RIT's Most Popular Escape System!

RIT P.R.E.S.S. SYSTEM

The RIT Rescue & Escape Systems Pre-Rigged Escape Safety System or "P.R.E.S.S." for Class II Harness is designed to provide the firefighter the wide range of options for use.

The P.R.E.S.S. is designed to work with our Class II Harness, which has true leg straps and rear support straps for durability and lasting comfort. Our patented designed anchor strap prevents the user from tipping from side to side and also eliminates the fear of inversion. The Class-2 harness has an optional attached ladder hook can be used for positioning while working on ladders or in buckets.

The pre-rigged Egress System allows for the user to find an anchor and GO!!! No need to attach to attach to harness, rig hardware or tie knots. The egress system can be customized with a wide range of escape lines and descending devices.

RIT F.F.R.E.D. SYSTEM

The RIT Rescue & Escape Systems Firefighter Rescue Escape Device or "FFRED" is a safe and effective system for emergency egress.

The FFRED is self-contained and pre-rigged with 50' of Kevlar tubular webbing, a carabiner and a friction device. UL certified to NFPA standards, this emergency egress system weighs less than 4 pounds. this system requires limited skill and no extensive training to provide a safe controlled descent. Designed to fit vertually any SCBA, this FFRED converts your non certified SCBA waist strap into a UL certified NFPA approved emergency egress system. SCBA FFRED's are constructed with a Kevlar harness and an Advance sleeve in odrer to meet the SCBA flame test requirements. The FFRED system can be easily retrofitted to your air pack without affecting the operation or the integrity of the SCBA.

RIT Rescue and Escape Systems, Inc. was founded by Omar Jordan, a full-time Fire Fighter/Paramedic for a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. The escape device was conceived as a result of an actual fire ground situation that nearly claimed the lives of several fire fighters. While fighting a four-story apartment fire Omar and his fellow fire fighters were nearly trapped when the fourth floor roof caved in without warning. Luckily the stairway was clear enough for an escape route. If not, the only option was to jump out a window. "There was no other way out."

FFRED (Fire Fighter Rescue Escape Device) was conceived that night. After several years of research and development this system is finally on the market. FFRED utilizes technologies and methods new to the fire and utility service. The entire device was designed and tested as a system utilizing high temperature escape line and lightweight materials. It is important that all of the components be used together as a UL certified escape system. Utilizing individual components separately will not have the same effect and could prove to be dangerous.

The goal of this company is to provide reliable, affordable and easy-to-use rescue and escape systems to fire fighters, utility, industrial and public safety personnel.