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Thanks About 15 years ago the Northern Officers' Group (based in the North of England) developed some excellent Personal Emergency Egress Plan (PEEP) guidance and templates. It was intended mainly for use in the workplace. This used to be available through the Centre for Accessible Environments or the Access Committee for England. If people are interested, they may be able to Google it... Pete -----Original Message----- From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Shane Hogan Sent: 04 April 2008 13:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities - Press Release Hi - I thought that this our publication on evacuation might be interest to some of you. Best regards - Shane ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - The National Disability Authority (NDA) has today (3 April 2008) launched an important new publication entitled 'Promoting Safe Egress and Evacuation for People with Disabilities'. The publication is aimed at ensuring the speedy and safe evacuation of public buildings by people with a disability, particularly in the event of an emergency. The Chairperson of the NDA, Dr. Angela Kerins commented: "ensuring safe egress in an emergency is a complex issue requiring consideration of a broad range of factors, including the design and usage of a building, the training of staff and the provision of appropriate equipment and facilities. "Those responsible for buildings must ensure safe egress for all and this requires consideration of the needs of everyone using the building, particularly the specific requirements of people with disabilities," she said. This publication will be of special interest to facilities managers, accommodation officers, health and safety personnel, access officers, disability liaison officers and human resource professionals in the public sector. It will also be of interest to design consultants and disability organisations involved with accessibility matters as well as people with disabilities, families and carers. This important guide will assist organisations to plan effectively for the safe evacuation of people with disabilities, both staff and customers. Readers will find information on evacuation strategies, alarm equipment, evacuation equipment, training and specific building types, including healthcare buildings, educational buildings and heritage buildings. It also provides details of an appropriate planning process to ensure that people with disabilities can safely evacuate a building in case of emergency. There is a practical 'risk assessment checklist' to help organisations to assess their current situation. The report is currently available for download as a pdf document from http://www.nda.ie/egress. You can also request a copy of the report from [log in to unmask] or by telephone on +353-1- 608 0400. If you require this publication in an alternative format, please contact the ETA team at [log in to unmask] or +353-1-608 0487. Shane Hogan Project Manager - Excellence through Accessibility National Disability Authority Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.nda.ie/eta Direct Line: 01-6080497 "The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. It is the policy of the National Disability Authority to disallow the sending of offensive material and should you consider that the material contained in this message is offensive you should contact the sender immediately and also [log in to unmask]". ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.