Disaster Preparedness and an Emergency Evacuation Chair
Have you ever heard of an emergency evacuation chair ? While it looks like a lawn chair with handles or something to carry Cleopatra, it’s one of the most effective methods to evacuate and injured person or a disabled person down, or even up, stairs. The distance between the handles is only 60 inches so it can make the turns in a stairwell easily. This is safer than a standard stretcher or carrying a wheelchair. Disaster preparedness needs to include provisions for the disabled or those that become disabled as a result of an injury during an emergency. The NFPA has several guidelines in this regard.
