Evacuation and Rescue of Elderly and Disabled Passengers from Paratransit Vans and Buses [1985 Reprint]
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1985-08-01
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Edition:Final report; January 1983 - December 1983
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Abstract:The provision of efficient and safe methods for the effective evacuation and rescue of elderly and disabled passengers from such vehicles as standard and modified vans, body-on-chassis-small buses, and heavy-duty transit buses is necessary to ensure their safety during system use. Standard methods are not always useful for these patrons as a result of their physical and mental condition and their insufficient ability to manage self-evacuation. Effective methods and equipment are identified and developed as a function of transit use by the elderly and disabled, accident incidence rates for the various vehicles, a study of actual transit vehicle characteristics and their crashworthiness, and an analysis of emergency preparedness forces. Needed equipment is identified along with suggestions for familiarity and simulation training, the development of standard operating procedures, the debriefing of actual accident experiences and the sharing of this technology. An industry-wide Project Review Committee was established and utilized for the purpose of comment and input regarding the development of evacuation and rescue scenarios and alternative methods. Transit operators, state DOTs and transit equipment manufacturers were contacted and interviewed. A bibliography of 190 items is included.
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