Research on Accessible Emergency Preparedness
What is the best way to develop an accessible emergency evacuation plan? There are currently a number of research projects that explore various facets of emergency preparedness.
The following websites provides resources on accessible emergency preparedness research:
- Emergency Evacuation of People With Physical Disabilities From Buildings: 2004 Conference Proceedings. This report summarizes the deliberations and recommendations of an Interagency Subcommittee on Technology workshop held Oct. 13-14, 2004. The two-day workshop provided a forum for discussion on research recommendations to improve available data, building and life safety codes, evacuation technologies and evacuation practices for people with physical disabilities.
PDF version of the final report and recommendations, click http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf (72 pp, 746 K)
Word version of the final report and recommendations, click http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.doc.
- Disaster Mitigation for People with Disabilities: A Research Resource Guide
provided by the Independent Living Research Utilization
- Nobody Left Behind
Emergency Preparedness and People with Mobility Impairment's resource guide.
- Safe, Accessible, Free, and Effective Evacuation and Accommodation of People with Disabilities
Project Safe EV-AC's resources on safe evacuation.
- Emergency Information for People with Visual Impairments: Evaluation of Five Accessible Formats
Smith-Kettlewell Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center's guide on fire related evacuations.
- Disability Research Resources
American Association on Health and Disability's guide to research on accessible emergency preparedness.
- American Health Care Association Center for Assisted Living Disaster Planning Guide Developed by the Florida Disaster Preparedness Committee and the Florida Health Care Association, this Resource Manual for Developing a Comprehensive Preparedness Plan serves as a reference tool to assist in the development and implementation of a disaster procedure manual and an emergency operations plan for your own facility.
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