CAN-ASC-2.2 Emergency Egress (Exit)
Information
Priority area
Built environment
Status of the standard
Upcoming
Table of contents
Technical committee members
- Betty Dion (Chairperson), President, Betty Dion Enterprises Limited
- John Siggers (Vice Chairperson), Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs – Building Codes Committee
- Allan Redford, President, Little People of Canada
- Catherine Hall, Student, University of Guelph
- Dion Regular, Provincial Peer Support Specialist, Spinal Cord Injury Newfoundland and Labrador
- Dominic Esposito, Senior Project Consultant, Jensen Hughes
- Giuliana Faggion, Manager of Accommodations Centre of Expertise, Canada Border Services Agency
- Graham Rae Dulmage, Consultant on Codes, Standards and Regulations, GRD Standards Services Inc.
- Harold Locke, Consultant, Locke & Locke Incorporated
- Jeevan Bains, Manager of Accessibility, Rogers Communications
- Jo-Ann Bentley, Director, Accessibility Services, Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility
- Luke Andritsos, Architect, Andritsos Architect International
- Mona Arsenault, Member of Patients Committee, Royal Victoria Hospital
- Puneet Sharma, Senior Consultant, Senez Consulting Limited
- Samantha Ryan, Principal and Technical Accessibility Specialist, ABE Factors Incorporated
- Tom Littlechild, Accomplished member, National Fire Protection Association
Areas of focus
There are common areas where people with disabilities may experience barriers to accessibility in emergency egress. These include, but are not limited to:
- Information and awareness of available accommodations in the event of an emergency
- Clear emergency egress solutions, which may include visual fire alarms, proper signage, areas of refuge, accessible egress routes, evacuation plans, etc.
This standard is in development
- The standards development process started on February 12, 2020
- The public review period is scheduled to start in Winter 2025
- The publication of the final standard is expected in Spring 2025