Emergency evacuation

Emergency evacuation - 2003 - RICS Building Control (139) April 2003, 11-12(2) .

An edited extract of a report from a "Lawrence Webster Forest Professional Bulletin" which looks at the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to fire safety. Highlights key points, such as risk assessment, refuges and use of a personal emergency evacuation plan including buddies. Suggests that access consultants generally only assess the ingress to a building by disabled people,not its' emergency egress. The full report can be found at www.lwf.co.uk.


DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1995
RISK ASSESSMENT
EVACUATION
DISABLED PEOPLE
PERSONAL EMERGENCY EVACUATION PLANS