- Author
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Benjamin, I. A.
- Title
- State of the Art Pursuant to Life Safety in Buildings Made Accessible to the Handicapped.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBS SP 585
July 1980
154 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office
- Book or Conf
- Fire and Life Safety for the Handicapped. Reports of the Conference on Fire Safety for the Handicapped. November 26-29, 1979 and Workshops on Life Safety for the Handicapped. August-September 1979,
['Gaithersburg, MD', 'Washington, DC', 'Sacramento, CA'],
Levin, B. M.; Kennett, E., Editors,
15-20 p.,
1980
- Keywords
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life safety
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handicapped
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building codes
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architecture
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egress
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elevators (lifts)
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standards
- Abstract
- The status of the promulgation of regulations by model code organizations, state governments and the Federal government where buildings used by the public are to be made accessible to the physically handicapped is presented. The paper also discusses the absence of regulations for providing for the safety of the handicapped under fire conditions in those buildings made accesible and identifies the status of various proposals by code and standards writing organizations which will correct this situation.