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Nobody expects an emergency or disaster – especially one that affects them, their employees, and their business personally. Yet the simple truth is that emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, and anywhere. You and your employees could be forced into evacuating your corporate facilities when you least expect it.

With the current unpredictable climate of terrorism and violence, along with fire and weather emergencies, effective emergency evacuation plans are vital. Extra precautions and considerations need to be taken into account to accommodate the individual needs of staff and visitors with physical disabilities, those with sensory disabilities, and those who may lack understanding of a situation or be able to act quickly.

Identifying and preventing risk is a crucial part of emergency planning in the workplace and should never allow leaving anyone behind because they are differently abled. Pre-planning for a workplace emergency is imperative in today’s world. Workplace facilities must have the capacity to move all persons with disabilities to a safe location immediately in any emergency situation. Sheltering in place and waiting for first responders to arrive and rescue may not be safe or the best option. Robust emergency and evacuation planning should be implemented and comprehensively written with specific needs of individual staff requirements.