Learn about people with disabilities and why the Evacuation Stair Chair is an essential safety tool.

What do you mean by “a person with limited mobility”?

A person with impaired mobility (PRM) is someone who has difficulty moving quickly or confidently due to physical or mental limitations. These restrictions can be permanent, temporary, mild or severe conditions that limit someone’s ability to travel.

Chances are you know someone with mobility problems. Mobile issues can be as obvious as those that rely on mobile devices every day. But there are a variety of intangible disabilities that can interfere with a person’s ability to move. Anyone, regardless of age, gender or background, can be challenged with mobility problems.

Safely evacuating buildings in an emergency is one of them.

Why is that? Because mobility problems may affect their ability to get down stairs safely and quickly.

Under normal circumstances, this might not be a problem. Building codes require multi-story buildings to be equipped with elevators, so staff and visitors can easily move between floors, regardless of their physical condition. PRM may also choose to climb or descend stairs as slowly as possible to ensure safety.

Unfortunately, these elevators may not work in an emergency.

In an emergency, quick evacuation is a key step in a safe evacuation. Even if PRM can climb stairs on a normal day, they may not have time to descend stairs in a way that makes them feel safe.

The evacuation Stair Chair is an essential emergency evacuation tool

Evacuation chairs allow anyone with limited mobility to descend stairs quickly without compromising safety. It was specially designed so that one person could transport the PRM downstairs during an evacuation.

The EA-6FPN Pro’s evacuation chair comes with padded seats and seat belts for comfort. Our lightweight structure makes it easy for a person to operate, and it can easily carry up to 400 pounds (or 180 kilograms) of weight for a smooth descent down the stairs to the ground.

When should evacuation chairs be used on stairs?

There are many reasons why you might have to evacuate your office in an emergency.

These may include, but are not limited to:

Loss of structural integrity

The explosion

False positives

Fire and fire drills

Leakage of gases and other hazardous substances

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods or tornadoes

Personal health crisis

Power outages

Threat to public safety

No matter what kind of disaster you’re facing, the evacuation chair can help people with limited mobility get up the stairs quickly if your elevator isn’t safe.

How to use the evacuation Stair Chair on stairs?

An effective evacuation plan has no room for confusion, as it wastes valuable time you need to escape an emergency. That’s why we did it, you can deploy our evacuation stair chairs in four simple steps.

Step #1 — Remove the evacuation chair from the wall-mounted bracket.

Step #2 – Unfasten the seat belt and move the seat into position.

Step #3 – Pull out the rear wheels until they lock.

Step #4 — Pull out the pin to move the adjustable handle until it locks.

Once you follow these steps, the Stair Evacuation Chair is ready for use by passengers. Preparing for descent requires a quick change in your grip to push the rear wheels. This exposes our state-of-the-art tracking system, which balances on steps and uses friction to limit the speed of your descent.

Who can use the Stair evacuation Chair, and why?

People with limited mobility can use evacuation chairs to descend stairs in an emergency. This may include, but is not limited to, the following. Escape chairs are a part of health and safety for older adults, as mobility, strength and mobility decrease with age.

Pregnant people. When pregnant women’s mobility is reduced by the weight they carry, they are at higher risk of injury.

People with medical conditions. Asthma, arthritis, epilepsy, angina, vertigo and other conditions may affect safe evacuation.

People who use assistive devices. Walking AIDS such as wheelchairs, electric scooters and walkers are not designed to be used downstairs. Evacuation chairs, on the other hand, are designed for just that purpose. With some help, a person can easily switch from their assistive device to a stair chair.

A person who is temporarily injured or ill. Whether it’s a sprained back or a broken bone, an injury can prevent someone from walking down stairs. Injured people can use escape chairs, whether they are in the cast or not.

People with disabilities. People who are blind, have prosthetic limbs or have disorders such as cerebral palsy or multiple sclerosis may need to use evacuation chairs.

While this list is helpful because it shows the number of people who might need help in an emergency, it is by no means complete. There may be people not listed above who still have access to evacuation chairs.

In short, anyone who doesn’t feel safe walking down the stairs in an emergency may need an evacuation chair.