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Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employers’ Guide to Including Employees with Disabilities in Emergency Evacuation Plans

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

This guide will be helpful for businesses that are developing an emergency evacuation plan. It addresses the legal requirements for emergency evacuation under the ADA. It focuses on identifying people who may need accommodations in an emergency evacuation based on the EEOC guidance, common accommodations, and plan implementation and maintenance.

Every Business Should Have a Plan – Business Continuity

www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/readybusiness-brochure-hires.pdf

The focus of this guide is on business continuity planning and evacuation plans. The guide has a short section on evacuation accommodations for employees with disabilities.

Individual

Preparing Makes Sense for People with Disabilities and Special Needs

www.ready.gov/america/_downloads/PrinterFriendly_DisabilitesSpecialNeeds.pdf

This guide provides basic information about preparing an emergency kit and making an emergency plan.

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

www.cdihp.org/evacuation/emergency_evacuation.pdf

This guide is designed to help individuals with disabilities assess their abilities and ensure their needs are met during emergency plans. It includes a self-assessment tool to help individuals with disabilities evaluate their abilities and the resources available to them.

Prepare Yourself Brochures

www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&FeatureID=1539

To be better prepared as a nation, we all must do our part to plan for disasters. All individuals, with or without disabilities, can decrease the impact of a disaster by taking steps to prepare BEFORE an event occurs. Results from focus groups conducted by the National Organization on Disability’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI), indicate that people with disabilities need to be more self reliant in emergencies. The National Organization on Disabilities offers this brochure series with specific information for people with different types of disabilities

Information Regarding Insulin Storage and Switching between Products in an Emergency

www.fda.gov/cder/emergency/insulin.htm

People with diabetes will find this information helpful when preparing their emergency preparation and emergency plan.

State Government

An ADA Guide for Local Governments Making Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Programs Accessible to People with Disabilities

www.ada.gov/emerprepguidescrn.pdf

This guide is designed to help local governments create emergency plans and programs that include and are accessible to people with a disability.

ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments Chapter 7 Emergency Management Under Title II of the ADA

www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/toolkitmain.htm

Chapter 7 of the ADA Best Practices Tool Kit explains state and local governments’ legal obligations in emergency situations and lists common accommodations for people with disabilities. Amendment I is a checklist assessment to evaluate if the emergency policies, procedures, and shelter facilities adequately met the needs of people with disabilities. Amendment II and III are guides to creating accessible emergency shelters.

Emergency Response Preparedness Self-Assessment Instrument

rtc.umn.edu/erp/main/using.asp

Emergency Response Preparedness Self-Assessment Instrument is a tool to help state government evaluate whether their emergency plans properly met the needs of citizens with disabilities.

Emergency Responders

Emergency Preparedness Initiative: Guide on the Special Needs of People with Disabilities for Emergency Managers, Planners, and Responders

www.nod.org/resources/PDFs/epiguide2005.pdf

The purpose of this guide is to make emergency managers, planners, and responders aware of the accommodation needs and other key emergency management considerations for people with disabilities.

Accommodating Individuals With Disabilities In The Provision Of Disaster Mass Care, Housing, And Human Services

www.fema.gov/oer/reference/index.shtm

This document focuses on the equal access requirements for people with disabilities that apply to the points-of-service that address human needs, specifically the functions and activities comprising Emergency Support Function 6 (Disaster Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services). It is intended to be used by disaster relief planners and service providers, including: Federal, state, local, and tribal governments, and non-governmental and private sector organizations. The document serves as a concise reference guide that describes existing legal requirements and standards relating to access for people with disabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions about building evacuation

www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=811&itemID=20771&URL=Research/Safety%20tips%20and%20fact%20sheets/High-rise%20buildings/

This guide was created by the National Fire Protection Agency to answer frequently asked questions about building evacuation in the event of a fire.




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