Emergency Evacuation Preparedness: Taking Responsibility For Your Safety A Guide For People with Disabilities and Other Activity Limitations

What the Law Says

Because there are no federal guidelines requiring disaster or evacuation plans, many people are unclear exactly whose responsibility it is. (Bondi 2001)

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) does not require formal emergency plans. But ADA’s Titles I, II and III do require that employers, public services, and public accommodations and services operated by private entities modify their policies and procedures to include people with disabilities.  Therefore when plans are created or revised they need to include people with disabilities and activity limitations.

Give Attachment A: “Disability-related Issues for Emergency Plan Coordinators” to personnel who are responsible for creating, reviewing, maintaining, practicing and revising emergency plans.