Archive for January, 2012
|Training in Escape Equipment and Evacuation
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
An investment in high quality evacuation chairs from K5 will be much more effective if you and your staff understand how to use our escape equipment safely and successfully. One of our comprehensive training courses can help you to feel confident and capable in any emergency situation which requires the use of an evacuation chair, wheelchair lift or stair-climber. The training provided by our highly-qualified and experienced team is organised into distinct courses, which teach the same essential skills for two different types of student. Read on to learn more.
Operator Courses
In an emergency, it is vital that all of your staff and visitors can exit your commercial or office building quickly and safely. Evacuation chairs can help you to ensure that this will happen. Operator courses give you the necessary expertise to use our evacuation equipment practically and effectively. You will gain an understanding of the responsibilities of providing an effective evacuation plan, and will learn how evacuation chairs can become part of this essential plan. Our aim is to give you the confidence you need to cope in an emergency when people are relying on your help.
Train the Trainer/Cascade Courses
Train the Trainer courses give your staff the opportunity to provide high-quality Cascade Courses within your company. If a few members of your team become qualified trainers, they can in turn train their colleagues, creating a reliable network of people who are confident in the use of evacuation chairs. This ensures that your building remains safe even when those who initially completed the training leave your company. This is a cost-effective and long-term way to ensure that you can always call upon the expertise of someone who has undergone one of our high-quality courses.
All students who complete a course with K5 will be presented with a certificate which confirms their qualification, and will have the advanced skills required to keep your building, and your team, safe. Be sure to invest in this professional training when investing in one of our evacuation chairs.
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A Wheelchair Ramp for Public Access Buildings
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Everyone should be afforded equal opportunities in each aspect of their lives, although at times this is not the case when it comes to entering public access buildings or getting a job in one of them. This is down to the properties not having the right disabled access or not having any at all. By not having the right measures in place you could be breaking the law and even turning away customers. Investing in a wheelchair ramp from us here at K5 will be the right move forward to including everybody, no matter how able they are.
Not having a wheelchair ramp at your public premises might very well be in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act which makes it illegal to “run a service or provide goods or facilities in a way which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to use the service or goods”. Breaking this law and actively discriminating against those that require wheelchair access could incur penalties of up to £25,000. The simple act of investing in one of our wheelchair ramps will avoid this and go a great length to making your building truly ‘public access’.
We have put together a selection of ramp solutions that include:
- AeroLight Ramps: Designed for use with all types of manual and electric scooters and wheelchairs.
- PerfoLight Ramps: Built using anodised aluminium, the PerfoLight Ramps are both incredibly strong and lightweight, making them easy to slide away and store.
Here at K5 Evacuation Chair we have the expertise to advise you on which wheelchair ramp will be best for your specific property and user needs. Whichever ramp solution you choose, the equal opportunities of anyone who enters or wishes to work with you will be ensured, allowing your building to remain easy and convenient for everyone to access.
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