EvacuationDefend-in-place works — until the power doesn't.
Hospitals, skilled nursing, and assisted living are built to shelter in place. But when a fire, flood, or grid failure forces a vertical evacuation, non-ambulatory patients are the whole problem — and surveyors know it. Outpost closes that gap with chairs, transfer kits, staff training, and drills you can document.
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Requires a documented evacuation plan and the means to carry it out — not just an intent to shelter.
Life Safety surveyors look for equipment and trained staff to move non-ambulatory patients down stairs.
Vertical evacuation of occupants who can't self-evacuate is a designed capability, not an afterthought.
Equipment, training, and proof — in one deployment.
- HALO evacuation chairsStaged in the stairwells that serve your patient floors — manual Swift or powered Power depending on flights and load.
- ProMove transfer kitsFor bed-to-chair and floor transfers by staff who aren't trained lifters.
- Hands-on staff trainingYour team practices with the actual equipment, on your actual stairs, on shift.
- Quarterly drillsScheduled, documented drills that keep the capability real between surveys.
- 12-month audit logThe binder a Life Safety surveyor or insurer asks for — dates, names, serials, signatures.
- Signed certificateDeployment certificate for your emergency-preparedness file and your board.
Get the Healthcare readiness flyer
The obligation, the highlights, and a stairwell-readiness checklist — on one page you can forward to your team. We'll email it now.
Build your coverage in 30 seconds
Set your building, pick your chairs, and watch three tiers of coverage price themselves.
Care facilities (incl. RCFEs) are expected to move a non-ambulatory patient down every stairwell — one per stairwell is the baseline; one per floor per stairwell is full coverage.
Estimate only — final counts confirmed on your walkthrough. Chairs & slings are quoted; Go-Bags and SunCase are priced online.
Tell us the facility. We'll send the spec.
One-page spec and a fixed price for your building — no call required.