Australian building legislation does not currently mandate an inclusive approach to the safe evacuation of buildings.
This poses a significant risk for the 20 per cent of the population with some form of disability, particularly the 10.5 per cent with a mobility disability when the options for evacuation in a multi-level building are generally limited to stairways only.
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- Topics:
- Emergency management, Housing
- Author:
- Lee Wilson, Disability access and egress consultant
- Source:
- Sourceable
- Date published:
- Mon 18th May, 2015