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Get Real Using NFPA's Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities
Track(s): Building & Life Safety, Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity

Allan Fraser, NFPA

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Up to 50 percent of your community may need assistance in an emergency with 20 percent likely to have disabilities affecting their ability to understand preparedness information, hear alerts, and get out of their building. In 2007, NFPA published the first step-bystep guide to preparing a personal emergency evacuation plan for people with disabilities from any building. This session will look at development of personal evacuation plans using the "Guide" and how to practice them.

Allan Fraser is Senior Building Code Specialist on the National Fire Protection Association staff. Before joining NFPA he had been the Building Commissioner in 5 different Massachusetts municipalities over a twenty seven years. He is a Certified Building Official and a Certified Professional Code Administrator. He is Executive Secretary to the Architects, Engineers and Building Official Section and staffs NFPA's Accessibility Advisory Committee. He represents NFPA on a number of committees of other standards developers.