- Author
-
Benjamin, I. A.
- Title
- Life Safety Codes: Current State of Regulations Providing Safety Considerations in Building Accessible to the Handicapped.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
-
NBS GCR 82-383
March 1982
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NB80NADA1058
- Book or Conf
- AIA Research Foundation. Life Safety and the Handicapped, 1980 Conference. Final Report. October 26-30, 1980,
Washington, DC,
Kennett, E. W., Editors,
14-18 p.,
1982
- Keywords
-
life safety
|
handicapped
- Abstract
- Federal, state, and local regulations have been issued to make buildings increasingly accessible to the handicapped. It is now a major concern to make certain there is adequate provision in these same buildings for the life safety of the handicapped under fire conditions. After briefly reviewing the extent to which accessibility for the handicapped has been mandated by law, I would like to bring you up-to-date on recent efforts to modify existing codes to address the life safety problems associated with accessibility.