Hi Kelvin,
There are products such as Evac-Chairs designed to allow anyone assisted
evacuation down stairs to escape from a building. To my knowledge there are
no products allowing wheelchair users to do the same whilst staying in their
wheelchairs. All these products have limitations on their use and cost is
always an important element.
>From: Kelvin Mok <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Accessibuilt list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: John Rainey <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Wheelchair Evacuation
>Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 20:38:11 -0600
>
>At 02:36 PM 9/8/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>"a good assistance product" is the magic phrase.
>
>
>One more question is can wheelchairs be eased down the building's stairs in
>current evacuation procedures? If not is the current procedure to abandon
>the wheelchair at the head of the stairs and bodily carry out the disabled
>person out of the building?
>
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