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Friday, March 22, 2013

High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities - Webinar: Apr 10, 2013 - RSVP

The ADA National Network is pleased to announce the next session in the “Emergency Management and Preparedness-Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series.”
Produced by the Pacific ADA Center and supported by the Great Lakes ADA Center.

When emergencies strike and people in high rise structures are involved, organized evacuation of the building is necessary. People with disabilities are often thought to be hindrances to this organized evacuation or, worse, are afterthoughts in the evacuation process – putting them at greater risk. This session will include representatives from building code, evacuation chair development, and fire agencies to discuss how planning, building codes, and evacuation chairs and other technologies are being used to improve the evacuation of people with disabilities from high rise buildings.

Date: April 10, 2013
Title: High Rise Evacuation for People with Disabilities
Time: 2pm ET/1pm CT/12pm MT/11am PT/8am Hawaii
Presenters:
Marsha K. Mazz, Director of the Office of Technical and Information Services at the U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board);
Kimberly Paarlberg, Senior Staff Architect in Technical Services with the International Code Council (ICC);
Glenn Hedman, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Disability & Human Development and the Director, Assistive Technology Unit at the University of Illinois at Chicago;
Allan Fraser, Senior Building Code Specialist on the National Fire Protection Association staff.
Registration Free on-line at: www.adaconferences.org/Emergency

These 90 minute webinars are delivered using the Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing System V11 and all sessions will be closed captioned.

The previous sessions in this free series addressed the Federal Response to Emergencies and the State, Local and Community Response to Emergencies.
The previous sessions were recorded and can be reviewed at: www.adaconferences.org/Emergency/Archives

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