Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations
GUIDE AT A GLANCE
| Section | Learn: |
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| Introduction |
Who Should Read This Guide How to determine if you may need assistance in an emergency evacuation? How to use this guide. Why it is important to focus on evacuation issues for people with disabilities and activity limitations. About the universal human tendency to avoid thinking about possible emergencies. |
| Evacuation Preparedness |
How to take responsibility for your safety. About the time and effort involved. What the law says. How to get involved in the planning process.
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| Evaluate Your Need to Identify as Someone Who Requires Assistance During an Evacuation | How to realistically evaluate your needs. |
| Master the Skill of Giving Quick Information on How Best to Assist You |
How to give first responders quick crucial information on how they can assist you without causing injury. How to practice explaining how people can best assist you. How to be clear, specific and concise. |
| Establish a Personal Support Network | How to put together a network of individuals who will check with you in an emergency and give assistance if needed. |
| Ability Self-Assessment |
How to evaluate your abilities, preparedness, limitations, needs, and your surroundings, to determine what type of help you will need. About specific issues to evaluate if you have any of these limitations:
About evacuating a site after usual business hours. |
| Evacuation Options |
How to determine all your evacuation options and prioritize them:
Determining options when traveling. Creating an emergency plan for your home. |
| References and Resources |
About references used in writing this guide. About recommended readings and resources:
Disability-related organizations |
| Acknowledgments |
About the sponsor and the author. Who reviewed and commented on sections of this guide. |
| Attachment A: Disability related Issues for Emergency Plan Coordinators |
About some of the disability-related issues you should share with emergency plan coordinators who are responsible for creating, reviewing, maintaining, practicing and revising emergency plans.) Fire Fighter Coordination |
| Attachment B: Emergency Health Information | How to compile and complete your emergency health information. |
| Feedback | How to tell us what you think about this guide. |
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