Fire fighter's personal escape system

A method for using a fire fighter's personal escape system comprising the steps of:

• a. wearing said fire fighter's personal escape system adapted to be placed around a waist of a fire fighter using a belt or harness for attachment thereto said waist, said fire fighter's personal escape system comprising:
• i. a heat resistant rope comprising an outer sheath and an inner core that is organized as parallel segments held together by breakable loop threads, and being capable of delivery without knots or tangles, said rope having a distal end and a proximal end;
• ii. said rope being housed within a heat shrink inner pouch and said proximal end projecting through a flap opening of said inner pouch;
• iii. said inner pouch securely placed in a heat resistant outer pouch which is adapted to be attached to a belt;
• iv. said proximal end of said rope being attached to a lightweight high strength hook, said hook comprising substantially parallel first portion and second portions;
• v. said hook having a pointed sharp tip integrated with said first portion capable of creating an anchor point;
• vi. said hook having a hook opening further integrated with said first portion;
• vii. said rope capable of being wrapped around substantial objects and being captured by said hook opening in order to provide an anchor point;
• viii. said hook having an elliptical central aperture integrated within said second portion suited for using a halligan tool to secure the hook to a structure
• b. removing said lightweight hook from a belt or hook pouch, said rope being attached to a belay and being inserted in said inner pouch;
• c. finding an appropriate location an anchor point for supporting descent of said firefighter;
• d. propelling through a window or an opening in an upper floor of a building;
• e. adjusting friction at said belay device that is inserted between said rope exiting said inner pouch and said hook and controlling a rate of descent of said firefighter, said belay or friction generation element being proximate to a carabineer;
• and
• f. disengaging said carabineer that attaches said belay or friction generation element to said belt when said firefighter reaches a point of safety, thereby permitting other firefighters to use a same descent pathway and removing said firefighter from danger;
• whereby said firefighter is provided with a light weight escape system that reliably creates a supporting anchor point at commonly available locations, deploys rope reliably and controls said rate of descent from comfortable levels to emergency high speed levels at the command of said firefighter.

A lightweight high strength hook, comprising:

• a. a first portion having a hook opening sufficient to form an anchor point;
• b. a pointed sharp tip integrated with said first portion;
• and
• c. a second portion having an elliptical central aperture and an attachment means for connection to a rope.