EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS
Sponsored by Evaccess
SUPPORTING A SAFER FUTURE
By listening to a wide variety of employees from different sectors, Evaccess has fine- tuned its products to meet both general and bespoke needs.
Whilst 2020 has been a difficult year in many ways, we are looking to the future to ensure everyone has taken the correct precautions for the re-opening of doors following lockdown. With buildings slowly beginning to open again, and business resuming, we are urging people to consider whether they have appropriate fire safety and access measures in place. Everyone has the right to have a voice and feel safe in the building that they live or work, and to never face discrimination.
This year, with the sudden transition to working from home, existing assisted escape devices may have been out of use for many months, sat gathering dust. The second people are back in and out of a building there must be a safe access and evacuation method in place, as an immediate priority. This may require purchasing assisted escape devices or having service and maintenance carried out on devices.
Evaccess can do it all – rental, sale, service, and training. Our current procedures are completed with Government guidelines following social distancing measures and always using masks, gloves, and disinfectant sprays. We can also complete training following the recommended social distance, with use of a dummy, to simulate a situation in which you could need to assist a person or persons.
Three years prior to the current COVID-19 crisis, the country watched in horror at the Grenfell Tower fire, which resulted in the deaths of 72 residents. Almost a third of those who died were vulnerable people and, in 2020, the Government identified 164,000 vulnerable and disabled people still living in high- risk tower blocks. The reality is that many of these disabled people are unable to escape using the stairs without an assisted escape device, even if a fire is in their flat or on their residential floor.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission told the Grenfell Inquiry that, as there were no plans for the safe evacuation of disabled people, they believed that the Government had breached their equality and non-discrimination duties. The Government promptly set up an Independent Review
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“In 2020, the Government identified 164,000 vulnerable
and disabled people still living in high-risk tower blocks.”
of Building Regulations and Fire Safety with the recommendations enshrined in law through the Building Safety and the Fire Safety Bills. These Bills ensure those responsible for the safety of residents are accountable for any mistakes and must put them right. The Health and Safety Executive are establishing a Regulator to enforce new rules and take strong actions against those who break them.
Here at Evaccess, we provide equipment for a safe, dignified and reliable evacuation or access route in and out of a building. We have listened to the voices of individuals, residents, students and employees for the past 12 years – many years prior to this Government announcement - and we have managed to make available some of the best kit on the market for general and more bespoke needs. We have always strived to ensure the people using our products ‘have a voice’ and we provide only the best equipment after listening and discussing the specific individual.
We have a range of equipment to assist PRM, including sledges, mattresses, and slings through to our robust manual evacuation chairs. Our impressive powered assisted escape devices enable individuals to be taken up or downstairs in a swift and safe manner, with only the assistance of one person. They can weigh far less than the person in the chair, reducing potentially life endangering time wasting, and that the individual assisting will also avoid injury – an all-round safe solution for all.
Call: 0121 444 3690 E-mail:
info@evaccess.uk https://evaccess.uk/
www.tomorrowshs.com
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