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Nantwich-based accessibility consultancy Direct Access has launched its new Evacuation Chair range.<\/p>\n

Developed by disabled people, it is the first time chairs have been developed with a disabled evacuee in mind.<\/p>\n

Established in 2004, a key feature of Direct Access\u2019 consultancy work has been identification of the need for evacuation equipment to assist in emergencies.<\/p>\n

They say systems are often supplied as a box solution and are installed with little consideration of the comfort of the end user.<\/p>\n

The user often must remain in the evacuation equipment until the emergency is over or an alternative wheelchair is found.<\/p>\n

Their normal wheelchair or walking aid is left behind during an evacuation as it is not designed for fast, safe evacuation.<\/p>\n

“This leaves both operators and evacuees fearful of using evacuation equipment,” said Direct Access sales director Lee Searle.<\/p>\n

“This fear is translated into disabled people or expectant mothers not wanting to use evacuation equipment as they do not feel safe or confident in the chair.<\/p>\n

“Training always appears to be around how to use the equipment and failed to advise how an operator can reassure the individual in the chair.<\/p>\n

“There is a clear gap in the market and Direct Access has stepped up to fill that gap.”<\/p>\n

Direct Access<\/a> founder Steven Mifsud, who himself is deaf, said: “Building owners were informing us they are uncertain of what they need or where to go when considering how to evacuate a building.<\/p>\n

“Disabled people were telling us they do not feel confident with being evacuated.<\/p>\n

“Our evacuation chairs are therefore easily identifiable in their orange and black colours.<\/p>\n

“This is particularly valuable for neuro-diverse people who identify orange with the life-jackets seen on ships.<\/p>\n

“As an access consultant and director of Direct Access for 17 years, I have seen first hand how evacuation has been done incorrectly \u2013 we want to remove the fear factor helping organisations develop inclusive access and egress.<\/p>\n

“I am delighted we have trained and developed a team of installation and servicing engineers who have a disability to roll out our new range.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nantwich-based accessibility consultancy Direct Access has launched its new Evacuation Chair range.<\/p>\n

Developed by disabled people it is the first time that Chairs have been developed with a disabled evacuee in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7089],"tags":[8020,7133,8019],"class_list":["post-53925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-chair","tag-direct-access","tag-evacuation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNantwich firm Direct Access launches new "Evacuation Chair"<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nantwich-based award-winning accessibility consultancy Direct Access has launched its new Evacuation Chair range\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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