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High Rise Evacuation

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High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities Webinar

Announcing "High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities" - the next session in the "Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series" to be held on April 10th. Produced by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.

Produced by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.

When emergencies strike and people in high rise structures are involved, organized evacuation of the building is necessary. People with disabilities are often thought to be hindrances to this organized evacuation or, worse, are afterthoughts in the evacuation process – putting them at greater risk. This session, will include representatives from building code, evacuation chair development, and fire agencies to discuss how planning, building codes, and evacuation chair and other technologies are being used to improve the evacuation of people with disabilities from high rise buildings. We encourage you to join us on April 10th!!

Title: High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities

Time: 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT/8am Hawaii

Presenters:

Marsha K. Mazz, Director of the Office of Technical and Information Services at the U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board);

Kimberly Paarlberg – Senior Staff Architect in Technical Services with the International Code Council (ICC)

Glenn Hedman, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Disability & Human Development and the Director, Assistive Technology Unit at the University of Illinois at Chicago and

Allan Fraser, Senior Building Code Specialist on the National Fire Protection Association staff

Registration: Free on-line at Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series - Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series

These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the ElluminateLive! webinar platform and all sessions will be closed captioned.

The previous sessions in this free series addressed the Federal Response to Emergencies and the State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies. These sessions were recorded and can be reviewed at Archives - Emergency Management and Preparedness - Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series
 
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