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What is s.a.f.e.t.y. first: Working together for safer communities?
It's Easter Seals response to the events of September 2001, when we learned that we weren't prepared to deal with issues of our own personal safety - especially the needs of people with disabilities in the workplace.
It's a community-based effort to help everyone, especially individuals with disabilities, plan and prepare for personal safety in emergencies, with planning tools and resources for people with disabilities, employers, building owners and managers, community and government leaders, and fire and police professionals.
It's the next step in Easter Seals' 50 years leading efforts to make our nation architecturally accessible so that all Americans can participate in community.
It's an opportunity to forge new understanding and friendships, to create a greater awareness of disability and disability issues, and to learn from and about one another.
It's an extension of Easter Seals 85 year mission: creating solutions that change the lives of children and adults with disabilities and other special needs.
How to use s.a.f.e.t.y. first: Working together for safer communities materials.
Here's the process we recommend...
- s.a.f.e.t.y. first begins with someone identifying his or her own safety needs.
- With friends, colleagues, human resources and security professionals,
- Emergency plans need to be studied, and adapted if necessary.
- To learn what additional warning or evacuation systems might help ...
- Identify buddies and work through expectations and real needs.
- Make necessary changes to the evacuation plan. Make accommodations.
- Practice.
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