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Emergency Preparedness Briefing |
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As
we’ve witnessed, emergencies can materialize in all forms, ranging from the
attacks of September 11, 2001 to the catastrophic results of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita. In all of these
situations, the need to safely and effectively evacuate individuals with
varying types and degrees of disabilities was crucial. Emergency evacuation
is on everyone’s radar screen. Safe
evacuation requires preparation. |
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Whether
a building visitor, tenant, or employee has a known or obvious physical
disability, a hidden disability, or becomes injured during the course of an
emergency, you must be prepared that not everyone will be able to use stairs
to safely and effectively evacuate a building. What the building was designed
to support in terms of an emergency evacuation is critical, both for
individuals with physical and sensory disabilities. In
emergency situations where evacuation is not feasible shelter in place will
be required. Preparing the building, it’s management, and occupants for that
process is an important aspect of emergency preparedness. ADA,
Inc.’s Emergency Preparedness Briefing provides participants with the
following: · a
better understanding of the changing demographics of disability · and
how someone’s physical, sensory, or hidden disability can impact on their
ability to safely navigate and evacuate the building · knowledge
of who is in your building & why is important. Recent
developments in equipment, devices, and information being developed at the
national level, and some of the latest
tools and techniques to make their buildings a safer place to stay or
evacuate, are also included. |