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Enhancing Workplace Emergency Preparedness for Employees with Disabilities

This panel discussion focuses on the importance of emergency preparedness for employees with disabilities, featuring insights from Kevin Curtin, Director of the USDA TARGET Center, and Patrick Cokley from the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, moderated by Bruce McFarlane. Key topics include defining disability in emergencies, planning processes, involvement of employees with disabilities, communication strategies, and evacuation procedures. Emphasizing inclusive planning ensures that all employees can effectively respond to emergencies and recover smoothly.

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Enhancing Workplace Emergency Preparedness for Employees with Disabilities

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  1. 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

  2. What is Disability? • In an emergency situation, disability may be defined as any person that would need additional assistance in evacuating a building

  3. 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

  4. 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?”

  5. 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

  6. What is the Plan? • My agency/office • The Plan for myself • The plan of the building as a whole

  7. 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

  8. 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?

  9. The Plan for Me • Practice on your own • Practice during drills • Alternative routes of egress

  10. 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

  11. Evacuation Devices • Transportation Chair

  12. Evacuation Devices • Evacuation Chair

  13. Evacuation Devices • Evacuation Chair

  14. Evacuation Devices • Wheelchair

  15. Evacuation Chairs in Action

  16. Evacuation • Elevators • Who can use them? • What is the process?

  17. Evacuation • Stairwells • Lighting • Signage • Evacuation Chairs

  18. Questions?

  19. 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

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