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Is Identification of Which Means of Egress Are Available/Closest Necessary?
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Is Identification of Which Means of Egress Are Available/Closest Necessary?
These plans should be given to visitors when they enter the building so they can find the exits in an emergency....
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General
The IBC requires an evacuation elevator designed with standby power and other safety features that can be used for emergency evacuation of individuals with disabilities in facilities with...
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What Assistance Will the Person(s) Provide?
responders do their best to get to a site and the particular location of those needing their assistance, there is no way of predicting how long any given area will remain a safe haven under emergency...
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Will a Person Who is Blind or Has Low Vision Require Assistance to Use the Circulation Path?
If he or she cannot, then that person’s personal emergency evacuation plan will include a method for providing appropriate assistance....
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Is a transportation operator required to carry these “overweight” wheelchairs?
wheelchair and its occupant would be inconsistent with legitimate safety requirements, as when, for example, the wheelchair is so large it would block an aisle or would interfere with the safe evacuation...
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11B-215.1 General
Facility alarm systems (other than fire alarm systems) such as those used for tornado warnings and other emergencies are not required to comply with the technical criteria for alarms in...
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2. CREATING A SPACE
Look for spaces that are out of potentially dangerous areas (such as evacuation zones) and that are central to the population you serve....
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The September 11, 2001 Wake-up Call
It is not safe to assume that people with disabilities have been included in evacuation plans. ...
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Scoping Requirement for Alarms
The Board proposed covering facility alarm systems (other than fire alarm systems) that do not instruct occupants to evacuate the facility but provide other warning information, such as...
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207 Accessible Means of Egress
While typical elevators are not designed to be used during an emergency evacuation, there are elevators that are designed with standby power and other features in accordance with the elevator...
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Prepare different kits for different places and situations:
Home kit is a large kit with water, food, first aid supplies, clothing and bedding, tools, emergency supplies, and disability-specific items....
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For People with Disabilities, Which Circulation Paths Are Usable, Available, and Closest?
These plans should be given to visitors who are blind or have low vision when they enter the building so they can find the exits in an emergency....
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Boarding Assistance
Carrier personnel are not permitted to physically hand-carry a passenger with a disability on or off a plane, except in the case of an emergency evacuation....
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General Requirements of Part 382
qualified individual with a disability in any seat in which the person sits, unless the animal obstructs an aisle or other area that must remain unobstructed in order to facilitate an emergency...
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Invisible Wounds: Emerging Promising Practices for Meeting Planners
For those with invisible wounds — especially veterans, survivors of trauma, and those with a wide range of neurologic conditions arising from injury — meetings, events, and...
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III-4.2100 General
ILLUSTRATION 1: A private health clinic, in collaboration with its local public safety officials, has developed an evacuation plan to be used in the event of fire or other emergency....
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§ 382.55 Miscellaneous provisions
qualified individual with a disability in any seat in which the person sits, unless the animal obstructs an aisle or other area that must remain unobstructed in order to facilitate an emergency...
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I’m a paraplegic and travel with my personal manual wheelchair. May airlines require me to travel with an attendant?
ANSWER: Airlines may not require a passenger with a mobility impairment to travel with an attendant if that passenger can physically assist in his or her evacuation....
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§382.29(b)(3)
(3) A passenger with a mobility impairment so severe that the person is unable to physically assist in his or her own evacuation of the aircraft;...
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1. May an employer ask employees whether they will require assistance in the event of an evacuation because of a disability or medical condition?
Yes. Some employees may need assistance because of medical conditions that are not visually apparent. Others may have obvious disabilities or medical conditions but may not need...
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101.3 Intent
stability, sanitation, adequate light and ventilation, energy conservation, and safety to life and property from fire, explosion and other hazards, and to provide safety to fire fighters and emergency...
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Number Limits
number of foreign carriers commented that being able to limit the number of passengers with disabilities on board a given flight was important for safety, particularly in the context of an emergency...
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Prohibition of Discriminatory Practices
FAA's rule on exit row seating says that airlines may place in exit rows only persons who can perform a series of functions necessary in an emergency evacuation....