Safety equipment, namely, a device worn as a frontpack or backpack by a firefighter, which contains a cable and a mechanism to slowly and safely lower the firefighter down the exterior of a multistory building; safety equipment, namely, a backpack evacuation device, worn by an individual, which contains a cable and a mechanism to slowly and safely lower the individual down the exterior of a multistory building; rescue apparatus, namely, an evacuation winch and descender device for use by rescuers in retrieving people and lowering them to safety; fall protection equipment for fall restraint and fall arrest, namely, bars, anchors, harnesses, lines, lanyards, carabiners and anchorage connectors