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Disability Fire Safety Forum: Specialist Disability Accommodation
Fire safety in SDA Class 1, 2 and 3 buildings
Perspectives from a Disability Access Consultant
Towards the end of 2024, I was invited by Fire Rescue Victoria and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Quality and Safeguards Commission to present at the Disability Fire Safety Forum that was focused on Improving fire safety for people with disability.
The forum heard from a range of keynote speakers, including the Minister for the NDIS, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, followed by a series of practical workshops. The event aimed to identify challenges and risks around fire safety for people with disability, with an emphasis on exploring solutions.
My Presentation
This is a copy of my presentation on LinkedIn
View the Presentation on Linkedin here
Topics
The topics of my presentation included:
- Defining SDA Participants for BCA Classification
- Building classifications under the Building Code of Australia
- Class 1A
- Class 1b
- Class 3
- Class 2
- What is the role of the onsite overnight assistant (OOA)?
- SIL Housing risks
- What needs to change
Bruce has over 32 years of experience in disability access, architectural design, documentation & project management
He formed Equal Access Pty Ltd in 2006 in response to growing recognition, that whilst businesses were being urged to respond to their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act, the majority of assistance available was focused almost entirely upon the needs of the individual with a disability without an understanding of the impacts and practicalities for building owners, managers and consultants.
Bruce also specialises in evacuation procedures and policy for people with a disability and is a member of the Standards Australia development committee FP-017 Emergency Management Planning – Facilities (AS3745)