1. Fire Safety – A Personal View
Alexis Donnelly,
Person with a disability,
Engineering/Education background

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Overview
This is me
Some Bad Examples
What I Want
Some Suggestions
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This is me!
Lecturer in Computer Science Dept, TCD
Lectures in Universal Design, Undergrad and Postgrad
Adviser on UD to HEA, ISC and NDA
Member of many Building Committees
Board member of NDA EtA Awards
… views here are my own of course …
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4. Some Part M - compliant some not some good ideas
Some Bad Examples
Some Part M - compliant
some not
some good ideas

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15. NB – caveat lector … all opinions are those of the author…
What I Want
NB – caveat lector … all opinions are those of the author…

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Ideally …
To Independently Enter, Use, Leave and Evacuate
a Building, its Services and Facilities
in Safety and without Reduction in Health or Well-being
Irrespective of Activity Limitations
… compare part M.
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This Implies…
A New Approach to Fire Safety Engineering
Fire Safety to be a Primary Objective of Design Teams
Ideally, I don't want to be manhandled out of my power wheelchair -- this would take away "my legs“ and risk injury.
Evacuation Lifts
All stairwells to be "accessible"
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18. Design for the Average … old idea, deeply ingrained
Homo Bene Figuratus from Vitruvius (1st Cent BC) de Architectura Libri Decem
Leonardo da Vinci (1492)
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19. we want … Universal Design
Ken Ewart's cousin (1998?)
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20. Some Suggestions

21. Make Part M Vanish -- A First Step
Merge Part M. into other TGD's
Remove inconsistencies with Part M.
Favour Part M. provisions comprehensively where there is inconsistency or ambiguity
-- already done in Scotland
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22. Risk Assessments … take them seriously …
Safety,Health and Welfare at Work Act (2005)
Section 19 - risk assessments for all Health and Safety issues, including emergency egress
Section 20 – safety statement
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23. Safety Sling for Wheelchair Users
Not my preferred choice, but…
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24. exterior evacuation from tall buildings
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25. A Few Parting Words
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
G. B. Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
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26. A Few (more) Parting Words
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"
G. B. Shaw, Back to Methuselah
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