[Missouri-l] ANSI-HSSP Workshop Report on Emergency Preparedness

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Yvonne Schnitzler
From: Jessica Carl [mailto:jcarl at ansi.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:56 AM
To: HSSP at MAILLIST.ANSI.ORG
Subject: ANSI-HSSP Workshop Report on Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities

 

Greetings,

 

On February 3-4, 2009, the ANSI-HSSP held a workshop on Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs.  Over 100 stakeholders, including representatives from standards developing organizations and government agencies, listened to and examined the needs of this community and explored standards-based solutions for more effective emergency preparedness. In a series of panels, roundtable discussions, and public input sessions, participants discussed real-life examples of evacuation of people with disabilities from recent events, the strengths and weaknesses of existing standards, and priorities in creating standards for emergency preparedness.

 

Please find attached the final workshop report and executive summary.  The report contains hyperlinks to presentations delivered at the February Workshop for your convenience. 

 

The final workshop report and executive summary can also be found on the HSSP website.

 

In order to assure the widest release of the Workshop Report's findings, it has been made fully accessible to the disabilities and special needs community in both audio and American Sign Language translations. Both translations are available on ANSI's YouTube site.

 

An ANSI press release covering this event has also been released. To access the press release, please click here: ANSI-HSSP Releases Workshop Report on Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disabilities

 

Please do not hesitate to contact Karen Hughes, Director of Homeland Security Standards (khughes at ansi.org) or Jessica Carl, Program Administrator (jcarl at ansi.org) should you have any questions.

 

 

Jessica Carl

American National Standards Institute

Program Administrator, Standards Panels

25 West 43rd Street

New York, NY 10036
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