EZ LITE Lightweight Evacuation Stair Chair, 350 lb 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 LITE Evacuation Stair Chair is built for that moment in buildings that need to be ready without carrying the cost or bulk of institutional equipment. 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.

At 28 lb the EZ LITE is light enough for one person to lift off the wall bracket and carry to whoever needs it, which matters more than it sounds. In a real evacuation the rider is not always standing next to the chair. A waist seatbelt holds them secure through the descent, and an adjustable headrest strap is there for riders who cannot support their own head. A footrest keeps the legs supported and the seat lifts out for cleaning.

The tracks control descent only. When a rider needs to go up a flight or clear an obstacle, the front handles let two people lift the chair with the rider still seated. On flat ground, with the tracks locked upright, four wheels let one person move the chair along corridors and landings like a wheelchair, and foot brakes behind the rear wheels hold it still during a transfer.

The EZ LITE is engineered for straight staircases with consistent step geometry, and the tracks grip wood, concrete, tile 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 buildings do not need one chair, they need one at every stairwell. Emergency planning guidance places an evacuation chair at the top of each exit stair on every occupied floor, so a three story school with two stairwells needs four. The frame folds flat in seconds and ships with a wall mount bracket and protective cover, so each chair lives in the stairwell where it will be used. Volume pricing is available for facility wide programs.

Maintenance is deliberately simple. The chair cleans with warm water and a soft cloth and can be disinfected between riders, which keeps it inside routine infection control practice. The tracks are never lubricated, so there is no service schedule to forget and nothing to go wrong between drills.

The EZ LITE 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.