Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
John Ng (mobiltex@singnet.com.sg) on April 23rd, 2002
* realname: John Ng
* email: mobiltex@singnet.com.sg
* comments: People work or live in a high-rise building at an elevation that is beyond the reach of fire-fighting or rescue apparatus, their best hope for an emergency escape might not be found in the crowded stairwell. Given that lifts are unsafe to use in emergency, stair travel is taxing and potentially dangerous for the disabled, future tall buildings will need to be designed to provide alternative means of getting the disadvantaged to the ground floor more quickly and safely.
What if the concept of equal access right be extended to an equal right of emergency egress in future tall building designs? What if high-rise buildings to be designed to allow for a full extreme emergency evacuation? What if future multi-storey buildings to provide enhanced vertical transportation system that can be used by all people, including the severe mobility impaired during building emergencies? What if high-rise buildings will to reserve stairway(s) or fireman’s lifts for fire fighters priority use during building emergencies so as to enable them to reach the fire zone more quickly and also faster for them to get out if the situation got worse?
Following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre twin office towers and the Pentagon in the United States in September 11, 2001, it has become clearer that all people must be able to get out of tall building quickly in case of extreme emergency. By using the latest technology and the development of applicable codes and standards, it is possible to adopt new solutions to provide the disabled people the same ability that able-bodied people have for vertical exits, making future tall buildings egressible to everyone.
For more information on the equal means of escape for all in mass evacuation –
please visit our web-sites: www.escapeconsult.com
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