- General Topics
- Hard of Hearing and Deaf
- Learning and Developmental Disorders
- Mobility Impairment
- Vision Impairment
General Topics
- Writing for People with Disabilities - People-first Checklist (OSU, 2010, PDF 117kb) (2528 downloads)
- Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities (NFPA, 2007, PDF 792 kb) (2936 downloads)
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning Checklist (NFPA, Microsoft Word, 204 kb) (2928 downloads)
- Fire Safety Solutions for People with Disabilities (Oklahoma State University, 2007, PDF 1.9 mb) (2976 downloads)
- Social Etiquette - Tips for Firefighters who Work with People with Disabilities (OSU, 2010, PDF 116kb) (2865 downloads)
- Residential Building Fires Involving Individuals with Physical Disabilities (USFA, 2011, PDF 899 KB) (2742 downloads)
- Residential Smoke Alarm Update (Oklahoma State University, 2010, PDF 76 kb) (2553 downloads)
- Higher Education and Disability (General Accounting Office, 2009, PDF 1.82 mb (2588 downloads)
- Evacuation Planning for Occupants with Disability (National Research Council Canada, Guylene Proulx, 2002, PDF 327 kb) (3408 downloads)
- Report on fire safety for students with disabilities in higher education released by the Minger Foundation (3043 downloads)
Hard of Hearing and Deaf
- Waking effectiveness of emergency alerting devices for the hearing able, hard of hearing and deaf populations (University of Maryland, 2007, PDF 1.1 mb) (2565 downloads)
- Residential Smoke Alarms for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and People with Disabilities (OSU, 2011, PDF 25 kb) (2312 downloads)
- Plain Language Checklist when Writing for People who are Deaf (Oklahoma State University 58kb) (2603 downloads)
- Fire Risks for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing (USFA, 1999, PDF 302 kb) (2556 downloads)
Learning and Developmental Disorders
Mobility Impairments
- World Trade Center Disaster, Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications (NIST, 2005, PDF 4.3 mb) (2798 downloads)
- Risk Reduction Factors of the Mobility Impaired Residents of Sweetwater County Fire District 1 (EFO paper, PDF 193 kb) (2478 downloads)
- Fire Risks for the Mobility Impaired (USFA, 1999, PDF 376 kb) (2683 downloads)
Outside Resources
Evacuation of Students With and Without Access and Functional Needs
A webinar, Evacuation of Students With and Without Access and Functional Needs, was held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This was an excellent presentation about the need for providing for evacuation for all segments of the population.
This presentation is on strategies for planning and responding to the needs of children during evacuations and features Marcie Roth, director of the Office for Disability Integration and Coordination at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Richard Devylder, Senior Advisor for Accessible Transportation at the U.S. Department of Transportation presented. Both presenters are national leaders in planning for and responding to the needs of children and adults with disabilities and others with access and functional needs. The webinar will be an opportunity to look at planning and responding from a functional needs perspective and a universal team approach. Excerpt from http://www.citizencorps.gov/news/webcasts/schoolevacuations.shtm