Quick Release Window Bars is developing an affordable device to integrates with permanently mounted security window bars, allowing for removal in an emergency.

Citing concern over preventable fire deaths, city officials Thursday announced a program to get homeowners to remove illegally installed security bars from windows throughout Los Angeles.

It can take less than one minute for flames to engulf an entire room in your home. Security bars on your windows can trap you inside, delaying your rescue.

Choose bars with a quick release which allows anyone inside get out fast. If you already have bars without the release upgrade to the emergency release model. “We had bars on the back.

* Windows with security bars, grills or similar devices for home security should have easy-to-use quick-release devices from inside the home.

Five years after San Mateo County's deadliest house fire, city and fire officials in East Palo Alto are making a new push to replace or repair illegal window security bars still installed on ...