In recent weeks South Africa has had to endure increased load shedding times for a duration of more than two hours per day, which has not only caused irritation and frustration amongst many residents that stay here but also put a strain on the frail and hospice health care industry. Frail and hospice health …
We live in an unpredictable and unstable world, one error can lead to a major crisis, for instance, an error during a building construction can lead to that building collapsing, and a mere cigarette butt in the wrong place can result in building fires. Crises sometimes emanate from natural factors such as floods and earthquakes, …
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Evac+Chair has been trusted and relied upon to assist in saving people’s lives during emergencies for 40 years now. The brand’s experience in the manufacturing of evacuation chairs along with the insight drawn from customer feedback was used in designing the new and improved range of evacuation chairs; the MK5. The best just got better, …
As a property owner or building facility manager, investing in high quality evacuation equipment should be a top priority to ensure the safety of all occupants, residents, employees or visitors to your building should there be an emergency situation. Investing in quality evacuation equipment not only helps saves lives, but will also help you save …
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The Evac+Chair was invented with the specific aim of helping to save the lives of disabled people in an emergency and has earned its place in the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York for doing just that. Described as a lifeboat for skyscrapers in the Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, the first …
Premier League football club, Aston Villa, installed specialist evacuation chairs from Evac+Chair International, at its world famous stadium Villa Park. The chairs are located at each of the stadium’s refuge points to assist in the safe descent of those individuals unable to use the stairs in an emergency, whether at a match or an event. …
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Evac+Chair International surveyed visitors at the 2018 Health & Safety Event at the NEC with surprising results. Of the visitors questioned, 55% do not include terrorism within their emergency evacuation plans. Almost 25% believed that they do not have the correct means of escape for everybody with mobility difficulties and 40% stated that fire is …
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