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Re: Evacuation Maps and Web Accessibility

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From: Glenda
Date: Jan 12, 2005 1:45PM

David,

I've seen a few buildings with an evacuation map posted at various points.
Of course, they're no use visually impaired people. Evacuating people with
disabilities has become more of a conscious issue in the US since 9/11. I
have seen several reports, studies, guides since the tragedy.

For the general public, perhaps it means being more aware of your
surroundings and paying attention to where the exits are and such. For
employees, perhaps there needs to be a regular evacuation drill -- like we
had in elementary school. McDonald's has that annual fire safety week,
perhaps businesses need to participate in that drill too.

Ok, back to your regular programmed Web accessibility banter.

Cheers,
Glenda

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From: drs18 [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:20 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Evacuation Maps and Web Accessibility



Glenda wrote:
>I hope employees will be strongly encouraged to access
>and learn this information PRIOR to an emergency! I can just see some
>trying to access these maps as the overhead sprinklers are going off.

Great point Glenda. Hopefully this sort of thing is included in staff
orientation manuals and Web sites.

I wonder what the general public does in an emergency- those who are
blind and not employed in the building? Of course they wouldn't be
scrambling to check the Web, but I guess I wonder if large office
buildings shouldn't have something more useful than alarms- sound
devices specifically placed near exits? Textured flooring leading to
exits?

Definitely off topic; sorry.






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David R. Stong
Multimedia Specialist 3

Education Technology Services, a small unit within
Information Technology Services, at
The Pennsylvania State University
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State College, PA 16801-4819

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