Equality requirements and guidelines require us to provide appropriate building access for non-ambulant or disabled persons. Unfortunately these requirements generally focus on getting them into the building, but not getting them out in the event of a fire or any other situation where a lift maybe inoperable.
Who’s Responsible?
Common misconception is that it the responsibility of emergency services to safely and effectively evacuate people from within a building. However, in actual fact it is the responsibility of employers and service providers to ensure the safe evacuation of mobility impaired persons, should an emergency situation require it.
There are a number of situations where the availability of a lift or elevator may become limited. It is a well known fact that in the event of a fire most lifts or elevators become inactive. Fire is not the only situation in which a lift could become unavailable; power failure or servicing and maintenance amongst other events can also result in downtime. In an emergency situation it is imperative that an employer or service provider has the necessary training and equipment available to safely evacuate any mobility impaired persons from the building.
What’s The Solution?
Discount Fire Supplies have recently added a new range of Evacuation Chairs from Globex. Globex Evacuation Chairs can provide a cost-effective solution for ensuring the safe evacuation of non-ambulant persons from upper or lower levels of buildings should the situation arise.
The Globex Evacuation Chair is suitable for use in a number of applications including public buildings, offices, retail premises, hospitals, educational establishments and many more. Globex Evacuation Chairs can be used to help safely evacuate mobility impaired persons such as the elderly, disabled, injured, the sick or pregnant women.
Globex Evacuation Chairs are easily operated by one person and can be ready to use in seconds. They are of a sturdy yet lightweight design and come with wall brackets and a dust cover. The instructions are clearly visible to the operator at all times providing a safe and easy-to-use evacuation aid.
In the event of an evacuation the Globex Evacuation Chair is easily removed from the wall, unfolded into its open position and locked into place. The chair can then be used as a transport chair on four wheels with sliders that allow the chair to manoeuvred up or down stairs.
Globex Evacuation Chairs
There are 5 versions of the Globex Evacuation Chair available:
- Globex GSEC1 Standard Evacuation Chair (GSEC1) – The Globex GSEC1 standard evacuation chair enables one person to evacuate a mobility impaired person safely and easily downstairs in the event of an emergency or when lifts cannot be used.
- Globex GMEC1 Multi Evacuation Chair (GMEC1) – The Globex Multi Evacuation Chair enables one person to evacuate a mobility impaired person safely and easily downstairs in the event of an emergency or when lifts cannot be used. The Multi can also be carried upstairs or over obstructions.
- Globex Standard Plus Evacuation Chair (GSPEC1) – The Globex Standard Plus Evacuation Chair enables one person to evacuate a physically impaired person safely and easily down stairs in the event of an emergency or when lifts can not be used and also has carry handles for two people to carry one person upstairs and over obstructions.
- Globex GEC E Stair Climber (GECE) – The GEC “E” Stairclimber is our battery powered chair that enables one person to provide access and egress for a physically impaired person safely and easily up and down stairs in the event of an emergency or when lifts can not be used.
