The news stories are too common, with too common a thread: A student in a wheelchair is left behind during an active shooter drill because taking that child down stairs is too big a hassle. Or an adult wheelchair rider is left in an office stairwell as coworkers evacuate because that fire alarm is probably…
Reviewing RESNA’s Evacuation Standard: Performance Requirements, Installations, Inspections … and Why They Matter
RESNA Seeking Comments on Standard for Evacuation Devices
This standard covers mobility devices specifically used during building evacuations.
The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America’s (RESNA) standards committee on emergency stair travel devices (ESTD) has released a final draft standard for evacuation devices. The RESNA ED-1 Standard for Evacuation Devices — Volume 1: Emergency Stair Travel Devices Used by Individuals with Disabilities will be open for public comment starting on…