Safety Demonstration, photo 8

This image shows the Life Pack, a large inflatable air bag situated outside one of the dormitories for a safety demonstration at Appalachian State University (1967-current). Observers and participants can be seen standing around the air bag. As part of a safety demonstration, the Boone Fire Department demonstrated the means which a person could be rescued from the multi-story dormitory, which included running the fire truck's ladder up to the top of the dormitory, and a volunteer jumping from the top of the building into an large inflated air bag on the ground. The dormitory used was either Gardner or Coltrane Residence Hall, both built in 1968.

Safety

Appalachian State University

General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 5, Physical Plant, C14.1.6.5.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

News Bureau

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Photographs

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Appalachian State University

1970-1979

Series 2 -- Events

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