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FIREFIGHTER TRAININGAND FIRE & LIFE SAFETY
PRESENTED BYMARNIE PETERS
THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTS
(GAATES)
'Fire Safety for All' in Buildings 9-10 April 2015Dublin, Ireland
GAATESThe Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments
GAATES is the leading international organization dedicated to the promotion of accessibility of electronic and communication technologies and accessibility of the built environment.
www.GAATES.org
WHAT ABOUT ME ?What is the Plan ???
DON’T USE THE ELEVATOR!
ACCESS AND FIRE SAFETY
Building owners and managers develop Fire Safety Plans that address the needs of Persons with Disabilities by asking them to wait at the top of stairs for rescue.
I CAN’T USE THE STAIRS! Many codes and standards around the world fail to properly address the design and construction of SAFE firefighter elevators.
Still limited use of elevators for evacuation
FIRE SAFE ELEVATORS Coming soon to a location near me ?? Elevators as INDEPENDENT means of evacuation
ROLE OF FIREFIGHTERS
•Assess the situation•Ensure mass evacuation and verify buildings are empty
ASSIST in evacuation of persons with activity limitations??
DEFINING DISABILITY
Disability is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions.
An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; An activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; A participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations (World Health Organization).
WHY TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS?Statistics for Disability & Fire
•Physical disability was identified as a contributing factor in an estimated average of 15% of U.S. home fire deaths per year during 2007-2011 (NFPA)
•Elders with physical disabilities are more than twice as likely to be victims in home fire fatalities.
•85 percent of victims were killed in single family homes.
WHY TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS?Personal Preparedness
•71 % of respondents have no personal preparedness plan for disasters
•31 % always have someone to help them evacuate
•13 % never have anyone to help them
• 4.4% for people aged 15-24
• 6.5% for those 25 to 44
• 16.1% for those 45 to 64
• 26.3% for those aged 65 to 74
• 42.5% over 75 has a disability
DISABILITY AND AGING
Physical Disability
WHY TRAIN FIREFIGHTERS?
Limited movement of body parts (hands, feet, legs, joints) or complete loss of movement
• Common Examples: spinal cord injury, MS, Parkinson's, ALS, arthritis or a condition that restricts movement or complete loss of movement such as amputation
• Common Barriers: difficulty standing, walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, sitting
FIREFIGHTERS & PHYSICAL DISABILITY Appropriate vs. Dangerous
Lifts/Carries and Transfers
Use of Assistive Evacuation Devices, Evacuation Chairs
Assistive Devices• Avoid touching without
permission• Follow individual's directions• Wheelchair etiquette
TRAINING FIREFIGHTERS
TRAINING FIREFIGHTERS• Icebreaker and Myths & Facts• Disability and Emergency – Statistics • Disability Types & Emergency Response • Disability Related Supports & Equipment• Providing Assistance: Transfers & Guiding• Scenarios• Questions
TYPES OF DISABILITIES
• Vision• Cognitive• Learning• Mental Health• Speaking• Deaf/Hearing• Physical
• Self-Identification
• People First Language
• Avoid Victimizing /Patronizing Language
APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY
Old New
The disabled/The handicapped People w disabilities, disability community
Crippled, lame, suffers from, afflicted with, stricken with, victim of, invalid
Has a disability, is a person with a disability
Normal person, healthy, whole People w/o disabilities, able-bodied, person who is able to walk, etc.
Wheelchair bound, confined or restricted to a wheelchair
Person who uses a wheelchair
Dumb, mute Person who cannot speak
Spastic Person with cerebral palsy
Crazy, maniac, lunatic, insane, nuts, deranged, psycho, demented
People with mental illness, mental health disability
Retard, mentally defective, moron, idiot, slow, feeble-minded
Person with a cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disability
REMINDERS: APPROPRIATE
TERMINOLOGY
AIDS & ASSISTIVE DEVICES Assistive Devices:
Communication boards, evacuation chairs, etc.
Service Animals (Guide dogs, hearing ear, seizure dogs, mobility assist dogs, PTSD therapy dogs)
Support Persons Signage Language interpreters, personal care support workers, guides, etc.
Guiding someone with vision loss
HANDS ON EXERCISES
Conditions that affect cognitive abilities
• Common Examples: Down’s Syndrome,
Autism Spectrum, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Intoxicated persons: alcohol, drugs
DEVELOPMENTAL/
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
• Be patient• Provide one piece of information at a time• Try to allow additional time• Move away from distracting environments
and to a quieter area
Disability Awareness
On Thin Ice
Cognitive/Learning Exercise:
One nigth ther saw a firer in a builing one man saw very injure he was rushed to hositipal and theree day he diad for interle njres.
One night there was a fire in a building. One man was very (badly) injured. He was rushed to hospital and after three days, he died of internal injuries.
Mental Health:
Types of Mental Health Disabilities• Mood Disorders: Depression, Bipolar
Affective Disorder • Anxiety Disorders: Generalized
Anxiety Disorder (GAD), PTSD, OCD• Thought Disorders: Schizophrenia,
Borderline Personality Disorder
Common Barriers: Heightened anxieties/fears/suspicions, difficulty concentrating
Speaking Disabilities:
Restrictions in ability to communicate effectively through speech
• Common Examples: stutterers, some people with cerebral palsy, voice strength, fluency, aphasia, or voicelessness
Deaf / Hearing Disabilities: Any significant loss of hearing to total deafness
• Common Barriers:Hearing, hearing alarms, reading lips or no
interpreter, English literacy
Communication without speaking
Universal Signs
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
Exercise: Communicate without speaking
GAATES website:www.GAATES.org
www.GlobalAccessibilityNews.com
www.Facebook.com/GAATES Twitter: GAATES_GAN