Including employees with disabilities in emergency evacuation plans: 9/11's effect on the demand for information.
Interest in emergency evacuation planning has increased since the September 11 terrorist attacks (9/11). In turn, the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) started receiving more questions about how to include employees with disabilities in such plans. JAN case data on the emergency evacuation of people with disabilities were reviewed. Case data from the four years prior to 9/11 (from September 11, 1997, to September 11, 2001) were compared to case data from the four years after 9/11 (from September 11, 2001, to September 11, 2005).
Loy
Beth
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Job Accommodation Network, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6080, USA. loy@jan.wvu.edu
Hirsh
Anne
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Batiste
Linda Carter
LC
D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D047851:September 11 Terrorist Attacks; D013997:Time Factors