Designed so that a small attendant can easily move a much larger passenger down the stairs, the Garaventa Evacu-Trac is easily set up and ready for a passenger to transfer from their...
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Garaventa Evacu-Trac's Brake Can Stop it on the Stairway
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Stryker Stair-PRO Model 6252, Wheelchair-like Mobility
Wheelchair-like Mobility
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Stryker Stair-PRO 6252
Stair-PRO Model 6252 The revolutionary Stryker Stair-PRO provides breakthrough stairway mobility previously unavailable in any stair chair. Stryker’s patented Stair-TREAD system...
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Except in an Emergency Evacuation, No Hand-Carrying Passengers
Except in an Emergency Evacuation, No Hand-Carrying Passengers Under no circumstances – except for emergency evacuations – should you physically pick up a passenger with a disability...
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A. Scoping Requirements for Units with Mobility Features
Approximately 60 percent of the emergency transportable housing units provided by FEMA in response to major disasters and emergencies declared by the President between calendar years 2008...
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B. Scoping Requirements for Units with Communication Features
require at least 2 percent of the residential dwelling units in a facility to provide communication features.35 The advisory committee did not recommend alternate scoping requirements for emergency...
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Determine All Your Evacuation Options and Prioritize Them
Use your judgment given your specific situation and the information you have available during an emergency. For example, you don’t have specific information regarding the emergency....
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809.2.5 Bedrooms in Emergency Transportable Housing Units
of a bed in bedrooms in emergency transportable housing units....
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4.1.2(13)
(13) If emergency warning systems are provided, then they shall include both audible alarms complying with 4.28.2 and visual alarms complying with 4.28.3....
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Motor Impairments
Locate information on emergency evacuation devices from JAN’s SOAR at: http://AskJAN.org/cgi-win/OrgQuery.exe?Sol193....
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17. Q. What about "911" calls? How are those made accessible to people with speech or hearing disabilities?
A: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities must have direct access to "911" or similar emergency telephone services, meaning that emergency response centers must be equipped to...
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8. Testing to Ensure Direct, Equal Access
Frequent testing is essential to ensure direct, equal access to emergency communications services. The best way to test is to implement an internal testing program....
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RETURNING HOME
In case temporary housing is needed past the stay at the shelter, your emergency response plan could identify available physically accessible short-term housing, as well as housing with...
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D. Reasonable Modifications
The ADA generally requires emergency managers and shelter operators to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures when necessary to avoid discrimination.9 A reasonable...
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11B-216.4 Means of egress
Signs for means of egress shall comply with Section 11B-216.4.
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11B-207 Accessible means of egress
[See subsections ...]
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11B-216.4 Means of egress
Signs for means of egress shall comply with Section 11B-216.4.
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11B-207 Accessible means of egress
ETA Editor's Note From DSA's "Summary of 2022 California Building Code Changes for Accessibility in the Triennial Code Cycle": "Code amendment relocates Exceptions 1 and 2...
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Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations
By June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant © June Isaacson Kailes, Disability Policy Consultant, Playa del Rey, California and The Center for Disability Issues and the...
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7. Training Call Takers to Respond Effectively to TTY Calls
You should use this checklist to assess your current training program for emergency call services, policies and procedures, and testing program....
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Fire Safety Evacuation Planning
Various products are available that can facilitate assisted evacuation of people with disabilities in emergencies....
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233.3.6 Dispersion (Exception 2), F233.3.5 Dispersion (Exception 2), F233.4.6 Dispersion (Exception 2)
Exception 2 does not require emergency transportable housing units required to provide mobility features to be dispersed among the various types of units in the facility or to provide choices...
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907.2.1.1 System initiation in Group A occupancies with an occupant load of 1,000 or more
Activation of the fire alarm in Group A occupancies with an occupant load of 1,000 or more shall initiate a signal using an emergency voice/alarm communications system in accordance with...
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N. Health Units/Medical Care Areas
Health Units/Medical Care Areas In many schools, where emergency shelters are often located, nurses' rooms or other types of health care facilities may be provided....
