When is a fire alarm not a fire alarm?

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Presentation transcript:

When is a fire alarm not a fire alarm?

Meet Pete Who I am, what I do.

Guess who which one is hearing impaired?

One of the Usual Suspects probably couldn’t hear Benicio del Toro.

1 in 5 is a LOT of people Over 11 million people in the UK

When a tree falls in a lonely forest, and no animal is nearby to hear it, does it make a sound?

If a fire alarm goes off and no-one can hear it, is it still a fire alarm?

Real life examples of inappropriate measures “Oh, we’ll wait until the fire brigade come and evacuate anyone with a hearing impairment”

“We have REALLY loud fire alarms”

?! “We ask deaf guests to leave their bedroom doors open at night in case we need to evacuate them”

What they mean is... We didn’t do anything.

Fiona’s story Hotel did not offer any accessible fire alarms Staff ran into her room shouting “fire!” Shouting proved surprisingly ineffective for waking deaf people Fiona wasn’t evacuated Parents worried she was dead Staff said everyone was accounted for Woke up surrounded by hotel staff and worried parents Probably going to use a different hotel next time

The law specifically addresses this area

Equality act requires provisions as a standard rather than reactively

Wheelchair access 800,000 regular wheelchair users in the UK Businesses provide ramps before they know individuals with wheelchairs need them, they just assume they will. If they don’t they are excluding people and someone is likely to get very annoyed.

11 Million people with hearing impairment Businesses do nothing until someone asks Customers get very annoyed because they have been excluded

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order / Fire Scotland Act Risk assessments must include the specific needs of disabled people. You need to consider how people with all disabilities will know the fire alarm has activated and then how they will be able to evacuate the building

Taking proper precautions will also help to comply with:

Practical solutions

PEEPs and Buddy systems

Visual alert devices

Mass notification

Deaf awareness training Ruthy Fletcher - Deaf awareness trainer

Tactile alarms

Come and have a chat Pete Davies @That_Fireco_Guy