The safe escape
It is now a requirement for employers and service providers to ensure that anyone permitted into a building can be safely evacuated without having to depend on the emergency services. This is particularly relevant to premises where there is a lift.
Darren Franks of Globex Europe, which specialises in fire safety management and manufactures a range of evacuation chairs, points
out that there is still a lack of understanding of the legislative requirements.
“Unfortunately many people think they can leave mobility impaired people in a refuge area
and wait for the emergency services to get them out, this is one of the biggest
misunderstandings of current requirements.”
GLOBEX Evacuation Chairs
enable one person to safely
evacuate another person down
stairs, or two people to carry
them up from basements and
over obstructions. The chairs are
simple to deploy and easy to
operate, they can also be used
for transporting someone to a
first aid room or exiting a
building if a lift breaks down.
