panel: workplace preparedness for employees with disabilities
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Panel: Workplace Preparedness for Employees with Disabilities. Kevin Curtin, Director USDA TARGET Center Patrick Cokley, Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor Moderated by Bruce McFarlane. What is Disability?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Panel: Workplace Preparedness for Employees with
DisabilitiesKevin Curtin, Director USDA TARGET
CenterPatrick Cokley, Office of Disability
Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Moderated by Bruce McFarlane
What is Disability?• In an emergency situation, disability
may be defined as any person that would need additional assistance in evacuating a building
Planning Processes• Widest possible identification• Take into account all categories of
functional limitations• What are you planning for?• Think about all phases of emergency:
– Planning– Event– Recovery
The Plan for my Agency/Office
• Developing a plan• How have people with disabilities
been involved in the process?• Have people been invited to self
identify– Are they in the room– Do we need to plan for “them?”
Planning Process
• Include but don’t limit your planning to those who have come forward
• Conceive how different parts of plan impact people with different functional limitations:– Motor, Dexterity, Vision, Hearing, Cognitive
• Think about people who may acquire a disability during an incident
What is the Plan?• My agency/office• The Plan for myself• The plan of the building
as a whole
The Plan for my Agency/Office
• How do New Hires and Contractors learn the plan?
• The Emergency plan as part of the hiring and orientation process
The Plan for Me• What do I need to be able to
evacuate the building during an emergency?
• Do I know what the plan is for everyone else?
• If an emergency happens, will I be able to receive the instructions on what to do?
The Plan for Me• Practice on your own• Practice during drills• Alternative routes of egress
Communications• Fire Alarm (auditory/visual)• Public Address (PA) System • Computer Emergency Notification System (CENS)• Email• Text Messaging • Paging System• Radio Network• IPTV• Electronic Information Displays• Warden Phone System• Emergency Information Website• Employee Information Line
Evacuation Devices• Transportation Chair
Evacuation Devices• Evacuation Chair
Evacuation Devices• Evacuation Chair
Evacuation Devices• Wheelchair
Evacuation Chairs in Action
Evacuation• Elevators
– Who can use them?– What is the process?
Evacuation• Stairwells
– Lighting– Signage– Evacuation
Chairs
Questions?
Panel: Workplace Preparedness for Employees with
DisabilitiesKevin Curtin, Director USDA TARGET
CenterPatrick Cokley, Office of Disability
Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Moderated by Bruce McFarlane