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Project Type/Research Category: Field Initiated Projects (FIPs).
Funding Priority: Technology for Access and Function.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Project Safe EV-AC: Safe Evacuation and Accommodation of People with Disabilities.
This project has completed its research activities and is now closed. Check REHABDATA for documents.
West Virginia University.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN).
224 Spruce Street.
Morgantown, WV 26506.
E-mail: evac@icdi.wvu.edu.
URL(s): http://evac.icdi.wvu.edu.
Principal Investigator: Richard Walls.
PI Phone: 304/293-7186.
Public Contact: Beth Loy, Project Director.
Public Contact Phone: 304/293-7186.
Fax: 304/293-5407.
Project Number: H133G040318.
Start Date: September 1, 2004.
Length: 36 months.
NIDRR Officer: Bonnie Gracer.
NIDRR Funding: FY 04 $149,970; FY 05 $149,949; FY 06 $149,884.
Abstract:
The Project Safe EV-AC (Safe EVacuation and ACcommodation of People with Disabilities) Team, which includes the Job Accommodation Network and the National Organization on Disability's Emergency Preparedness Initiative, develops high quality, comprehensive, easy-to-use safe evacuation materials that include people with disabilities. The Project Safe EV-AC Team researches prior safe evacuation studies and training products; coordinates a network of expert and end-user Advisor Groups; and produces comprehensive, yet cost-effective, safe evacuation education and training tools using the most appropriate technology for the material. Project Safe EV-AC targets certain audiences, including people with disabilities and emergency responders. The project uses a continuous improvement model with enhanced feedback loops to ensure that the products created are rigorously evaluated by those who use them. The end product includes a final report for NIDRR articulating the existing gaps in knowledge and product development in the field of safe evacuation and accommodation for people with disabilities.
Descriptors: Accessibility, Accommodation, Emergency preparedness.
Documents in REHABDATA:
Project safe EV-AC: Safe accessible free effective training and materials on evacuation and accommodation of people with disabilities: Information for individuals with disabilities.
Project safe EV-AC: Safe accessible free effective training and materials on evacuation and accommodation of people with disabilities: In a pinch.
Project safe EV-AC: Safe accessible free effective training and materials on evacuation and accommodation of people with disabilities: In advance: A practical handbook for emergency planning.
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