Project Safe EV-AC

Where can I find information on evacuation chairs?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/Accomm/dev.htm

Where can I find sample emergency evacuation plans for workplaces?

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/emergency.html

Where can I find sample emergency evacuation plans for educational facilities?

http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/crisisplanning.pdf

http://www.wwu.edu/depts/eoc/EvacuationGuideForPWD.pdf

http://www.jt.cc.va.us/manualsonlineJTCC/pp/EmergencyResponsePlan.html

What accommodations should be considered for people with cognitive and psychiatric impairments?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/accomm/index.htm#cogpsych

What accommodations should be considered for people with hearing impairments?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/accomm/index.htm#Hearing

What accommodations should be considered for people with vision impairments?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/accomm/index.htm#vision

What accommodations should be considered for people with motor impairments?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/accomm/index.htm#Motor

http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf

Where can I locate information on tax incentives?

http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=5065

What is the best evacuation model for nursing homes? What evacuation procedures are required in nursing homes?

http://www.paho.org/english/ped/te_snreto.htm

Should evacuation hoods, respirators, or masks for be provided for individuals with respiratory impairments? Where can employers find information about which of these products to use?

http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf

What evacuation guides are available for evacuating children?

http://www.aap.org/advocacy/emergprep.htm

What plans should be made to help insure that service animals will be effectively evacuated?

http://www.cyberpet.com/cyberdog/articles/general/artad1d.htm

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_604_,00.html

What legislation is available to guide evacuation plan development?

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/emergency.html

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/evacuation.html

http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/index.html

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuation/evac.html

http://www.access-board.gov/evac.htm

http://www.drc.dot.gov/

Many federal agencies are working on improving emergency evacuation of people with disabilities so what are some of the models available as guides?

http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ep/preparing2.htm

http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ep/index2.htm

http://www.usda.gov/oo/target/pdfs/feb05access.pdf

http://www.access-board.gov/evacplan.htm

http://www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/documents/dotpart/pwd_guidelines.htm

http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_BASIC/GSA_OEP_Guide_6_R2K-c8N_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.doc

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/orders/39025a.htm

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/editorial/editorial_0711.xml

http://www.eh.doe.gov/feosh/resource/MODELOccupantEmergencyPlan.pdf

What is the best way to determine what evacuation device will work most effectively for a given situation?

http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf

When evacuating people who use mobility aids, what is the best policy regarding evacuation of the mobility aid? If the mobility aid is not evacuated, what is the best way to move people who use mobility aids to safety?

http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf

There is a lot of controversy about using a buddy system during an emergency evacuation; however, many workplaces continue to use a buddy system. For employers that choose to use a buddy system, what is the best way to make it effective?

http://www.icdr.us/documents/pwd-emergency-evac.pdf

Where can I find sample emergency evacuation plans for public assembly properties?

http://www.cityofseattle.net/fire/FMO/firecode/infobulletins/2003-4.pdf

What type of codes and other regulations might be helpful?

http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu/Accomm/reg.htm