EVACUATING ELDERLY AND DISABLED PASSENGERS FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE EMERGENCIES. PARTICIPANT'S HANDBOOK

This manual is intended to serve as a primary training resource for use by transportation systems when training personnel in techniques for evacuating elderly or disabled passengers from public transportation vehicle emergencies. The manual covers the evacuation process, precautions to be observed when the passenger's disabling is known, proper body mechanics and specific techniques which may be used in the evacuation process. Some features of onboard equipment and of wheelchairs which may affect the evacuation process are also presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This "Participant's Handbook" is the first of two related publications. The second is the "Trainer's Handbook" (UMTA-WA-08-7001-91-2). There is a video available (at cost); for further information contact: Pamela S. Gorman, Acquisitions Officer, Product Acquisition & Marketing Branch, National Audiovisual Center, 8700 Edgeworth Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743-3701.
• Corporate Authors:

  Senior Services of Snohomish County

  3404 111th Place, SW
  Everett, WA NaA    98204

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Henderson, W H
• Publication Date: 1991-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 72 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Disaster preparedness; Disasters and emergency operations; Evacuation; Persons with disabilities; Training; Wheelchair lifts; Wheelchairs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency procedures
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00615842
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-WA-08-7001-91-1
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 2003 12:00AM