EZ EVAC Evacuation Stair Chair, 400 lb Heavy Duty Emergency Chair for Stairs

When an emergency shuts down the elevators, the stairwell becomes the only way out, and anyone who cannot walk down it needs help. The EZ EVAC Evacuation Stair Chair is built for that moment. A trained staff member secures the rider, tips the chair back onto its rubber tracks at the top of the flight, and walks it down one step at a time at a controlled pace.

The tracks are the safety system. Tension controlled anti slip rubber tracks bear the rider's weight against the stair edges so the chair descends at a steady speed rather than gaining momentum under load. Nothing is powered and there are no batteries to charge, which means the chair still works during the power failures that take elevators out of service in the first place.

Getting someone into the chair is often the hardest part of an evacuation, and that is where seat height matters. At 20 inches, the EZ EVAC seat sits level with most wheelchair seats, so a rider can move across with little or no lifting. Once seated, a waist seatbelt, an ankle strap and an optional headrest strap hold them secure and upright for the full descent, and a footrest keeps the legs supported.

The tracks control descent only. When a rider needs to go up a flight or clear an obstacle, rear and front handles let two people lift the chair with the rider still seated. On flat ground, four wheels let one person push the chair like a wheelchair, and foot brakes behind the rear wheels hold it still during transfers. The telescoping handle locks at 43, 50, 57 and 64 inches so the operator stays upright with a clear line of sight down the stairs.

The EZ EVAC is engineered for straight staircases with consistent step geometry, and the tracks grip wood, concrete, tile, metal and carpet that is fully attached to the treads. It is not intended for spiral or round staircases, and loose or unattached carpet will not give the tracks reliable grip.

Most facilities do not buy a single chair. Emergency planning guidance places an evacuation chair at the top of each exit stair on every occupied floor, so a four story building with two stairwells needs six. The 30 lb aluminum frame folds flat and ships with a wall mount bracket and protective cover, so each chair stores in the stairwell where it will actually be used and lifts off the wall in seconds. Volume pricing is available for facility wide programs.

In care settings the chair cleans with warm water and a soft cloth and can be disinfected between riders, so it fits inside routine infection control practice rather than sitting outside it. It is also built for repeat use, which matters when the same chair is deployed for quarterly fire drills year after year.

The EZ EVAC is backed by an American company with US based phone support, replacement parts on hand, an operation and maintenance manual for your safety file, and a lifetime warranty on the frame and welds.