Skip I would also be interested in that publication if at all
possible.Thank you in advance. Dennis Thomas

Skip Townsend wrote:

> Billy:
> Under separate cover (snail mail) I'm sending you a copy of our Emergency
> Action Plan that addresses "Assisting Persons With Disabilities". Hope it
> helps.
>
> C.L."Skip" Townsend, JD
> Director, Cooperative Education, Campus Security and Safety and Campus
> Risk Management
> University of South Carolina Aiken
> 471 University Parkway
> Aiken, SC 29801
> (803)641-3541
> [log in to unmask]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Billy Simmons [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 10:40 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fire Drills
> Importance: High
>
> Questions have been raised about conducting fire drills and assisting
> persons with disabilities.  Stairwells are to serve as areas of safe refuge,
> but how are ADA issues handled?  If a wheelchair is involved, do we take the
> person to a stairwell and have them wait for assistance, or carry them down
> for the drill?
> Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
> B.J. Simmons
>
> B.J. Simmons
> Fire and Safety Coordinator
> The University of Texas at San Antonio
> 6900 N. Loop 1604 W.
> San Antonio Texas  78249-0672
> [log in to unmask]
> (210)458-5809



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Dennis Thomas Sr.
Coordinator of Safety Training and Education
Frank Phillips College
P.O. Box 5118
Borger, Texas 79008-5118
Phone:  (806) 274-5311, 789
Fax:   (806) 274-9834
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