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susan peace
Member - 1 post
It's important that we learn as much as possible about disabled peoples experience of means of escape.
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Iain Sanderson
Member - 30 posts
Unfortunately many still think that the safe evacuation from buildings of the ambulatory disabled will be carried out by the Fire and Rescue Service. A fire safety strategy that relies on this is one where the disabled person is rescued. This means that the evacuation plan has failed. It is those with fire safety responsibilities under Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the the Regulatory reform (Fire Safety) Order who should be ensuring that disabled persons are evacuated from the building.
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Steve Rhodes
Member - 3 posts
There are two different scenarios which can be applied here, and numerous variations on each. Firstly, and I agree with Ian totally, the invited guest, whether to an office, meeting, hotel etc is the responsibility of the occupier in the event of an evacuation.
I am involved in a different scenario which is causing some difficulty and that is in the area of sheltered and supported housing which are home for people with impaired mobility of varying degrees, and generally deteriorating over time. In sheltered schemes there may be no staff present or a small number only. In such cases we are looking to design the buildings so that they are well compartmentalised and fire protected and are considering using a 'stay put' policy. It is our view that it would be more dangerous to have up to 30 people with mobility problems trying to move around the building without adequate support than to ask them to stay in a relatively safe area to await rescue. As I say there are variances, some homes will have people who can safely evacuate so as ever it is down to risk assessment of each individual case.
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Angela Ferguson
Member - 12 posts
Unable to download the document
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Kelly Mansfield - Workplace Law Network
Online advisor - 62 posts
Hi Angela,
The Fire and Disability Special Report is actually a purchaseable publication, as opposed to one that is free to download.
The document would be immediately available for you to download as soon as your order is processed.
If you want to order a copy, you can do so here: http://www.workplacelaw.net/news/display/id/11875 or by calling 0871 777 8881.
You'll receive 10% off the price of the report as you are a Workplace Law Network member.
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