Escape chair
An escape chair or evacuation chair is a device manufactured for the smooth descent of stairways in the event of an emergency. It was invented in the United States in 1982. The single-user operation device does not require heavy lifting to evacuate a person. An escape chair always comes with a green seat, head rest and dust cover. At airports and other large, multistory buildings, escape chairs can be used to assist persons with reduced mobility during emergency evacuation.
A stair chair has
Laws
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act 1995[2] says that every person is to have a safe entrance into and exit from a building. Under UK law, If a person was to perish in the building due to a lack of adequate evacuation equipment, the owners or operators of the building could be charged with corporate manslaughter.[3]
References
- ^ How to Use the EZ Evacuation Stair Chair from Mobile Stairlift, retrieved 2022-10-09
- ^ "Your rights if you have a disability". nidirect.gov.uk. 26 November 2015.
- ^ "HSE: Corporate manslaughter". www.hse.gov.uk.