For example, there are some emergency plans where all people with disabilities were "directed" to go to the area of rescue assistance to await members of the emergency team to escort them...
Search Results "Community Emergency Preparedness"
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Get Involved in the Planning Process
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Walk Through Procedures
It is critical that members of an emergency response team (e.g., fire wardens, floor monitors) be involved in this practice....
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Atlantis Community Inc. - Denver, CO
Atlantis Community has been a local fixture for other forty years....
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Use of Accompanying Adults or Children as Interpreters
The ADA places responsibility for providing effective communication, including the use of interpreters, directly on covered entities....
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§382.29(b)(4)
(4) A passenger who has both severe hearing and severe vision impairments, if the passenger cannot establish some means of communication with carrier personnel that is adequate both to permit...
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National Shelter System
The Red Cross National Shelter System (NSS), developed in 2009, is a web-based portal, that contains information for over 56,000 potential emergency shelter facilities and is used to track...
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Rebuilding Together Mountain Communities - BlueJay, CA
Location: BlueJay, CA Rebuilding Together is a national, non-profit, non-denominational organization dedicated to preserving and revitalizing houses and communities, assuring that low-income...
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RESOURCES
Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20472 Toll Free: (800)621-3362 TTY: (800)462-7585 http://www.fema.gov/ The Federal Emergency Management Agency -...
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Other Resources
http://www.helpusafety.org/extinguisher.html Home Safety Family Disaster Preparedness - describes four steps to disaster safety--finding out what can happen, planning, preparing, and...
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E102.5 IETF (Section-by-Section Analysis)
For people who communicate without voice, RTT offers a way to interact that more closely resembles a live two-way call....
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III-4.1400 Surcharges
ILLUSTRATION 2: In order to ensure effective communication with a deaf patient during an office visit, a doctor arranges for the services of a sign language interpreter....
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SAMPLE SCENARIO: EXTREME HEAT
Who do you first communicate with? What are the impacts of the heat emergency and needs of your community? Fill in the needs assessment chart in your plan template....
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§ 35.152 Jails, detention and correctional facilities, and community correctional facilities.
[See subsections ...]
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Hospitals: ADA Standard Section 217.4.6
Section 217.4.6 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for TTYs in hospitals.
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11B-217.4.6 Hospitals
Where at least one public pay telephone is provided serving a hospital emergency room, hospital recovery room, or hospital waiting room, at least one public TTY shall be provided at each...
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11B-217.4.6 Hospitals
Where at least one public pay telephone is provided serving a hospital emergency room, hospital recovery room, or hospital waiting room, at least one public TTY shall be provided at each...
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232 Detention and Correctional Facilities
In addition, where emergency alarm systems and telephones are provided in general housing or holding cells, at least 2% of the cells must be equipped with accessible communication features...
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Substantive changes made to requirements for elevators
407.4.7.2) clarification that requirements for operable parts in 309 apply to call controls (407.2.1) and car controls (407.4.6) removal of redundant specifications for emergency...
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Alarms: ADA Standard Section 807.3.1
Where audible emergency alarm systems are provided to serve the occupants of cells, visible alarms complying with 702 shall be provided....
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11B-807.3.1 Alarms
Where audible emergency alarm systems are provided to serve the occupants of cells, visible alarms complying with Section 11B-702 shall be provided....
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11B-807.3.1 Alarms
Where audible emergency alarm systems are provided to serve the occupants of cells, visible alarms complying with Section 11B-702 shall be provided....
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24. Q: It sounds like awareness and training are critical for effective interaction with individuals with disabilities. How can I find out more about the needs of my local disability community?
As part of that process, the ADA encouraged entities to involve individuals with disabilities from their local communities....
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"Video Interpreting Services (VIS)"
., a live interpreter in another location), who can see and sign to the individual through a camera located on or near the monitor, while others can communicate by speaking. ...
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Using Qualified Interpreters
Many people with hearing and speech disabilities use sign language as their primary means of communication and use interpreters to communicate with people who don’t sign....
