I cannot bear the nose-poking nonsense that goes into compiling a PEEP. I certainly have to be chased around if anyone ever hopes to catch me on my own time to have a 45 minute meeting about it, when the outcome of the meeting is always going to be "leave it with me, I'll manage".
I now have a letter from a community fire officer which explains to people that I do NOT have to take part in drills. This is because in an emergency my evacuation plan is to cause lots of pain and damage and deal with it later because it's better than dying in an inferno. If I were an evac chair user, I'd have to do drills to make sure the evac team showed up and knew what to do, but since I am entirely on my own recognizance, there is absolutely no benefit to my ruining several joints and an outfit escaping the building and then everyone is expected to go back in an *return to work*. I have had many problems explaining that if we do a fire drill and I have to take part, that's me done for the day, probably for about 72 hours. Of course, then they want to make me use evac methods that make me dependent on others so they can sign off that I know what to do (never that THEY know what to do, always the interest is in me, not the people who were supposed to help me) and so I can return to work/studies immediately. So now I refuse to say more than "I will get out, but I do not do drills, I must be informed of fire drills in advance and I will not be leaving the building". So far so good. Any arguments, here's my fire officer's card, he'll tell you that's OK.
Reflecting back to an office where we did shift work, yet I could never persuade them I needed them to appoint more than 2 "buddies" to help me out because I needed 2 buddies present and correct on the day of the emergency. With shifts, holidays and sickness, if I need 2 buddies you must appoint at least 8. Didn't get through.
Rather annoyed that abseiling (repelling) is never offered as an emergency evac option, I'm good at that, it's quick, I probably won't be hurt, my chair can go down that way too. Load me up with a rope by a window and I'll see you chumps when you make it down the stairs.
Also, think about weather. If you have a condition where getting cold is dangerous or disabling, getting hot is dangerous, or where you need constant access to a toilet, etc. where will you go? Fire drills give the impression you will be outside for about 30 minutes. In real experience, you are usually out for 3-7 hours if there has been any actual real fire found. The larger the buildling, the longer you will be outside. You may be sent home, but if you have left your house keys inside, that doesn't help!
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I now have a letter from a community fire officer which explains to people that I do NOT have to take part in drills. This is because in an emergency my evacuation plan is to cause lots of pain and damage and deal with it later because it's better than dying in an inferno. If I were an evac chair user, I'd have to do drills to make sure the evac team showed up and knew what to do, but since I am entirely on my own recognizance, there is absolutely no benefit to my ruining several joints and an outfit escaping the building and then everyone is expected to go back in an *return to work*. I have had many problems explaining that if we do a fire drill and I have to take part, that's me done for the day, probably for about 72 hours. Of course, then they want to make me use evac methods that make me dependent on others so they can sign off that I know what to do (never that THEY know what to do, always the interest is in me, not the people who were supposed to help me) and so I can return to work/studies immediately. So now I refuse to say more than "I will get out, but I do not do drills, I must be informed of fire drills in advance and I will not be leaving the building". So far so good. Any arguments, here's my fire officer's card, he'll tell you that's OK.
Reflecting back to an office where we did shift work, yet I could never persuade them I needed them to appoint more than 2 "buddies" to help me out because I needed 2 buddies present and correct on the day of the emergency. With shifts, holidays and sickness, if I need 2 buddies you must appoint at least 8. Didn't get through.
Rather annoyed that abseiling (repelling) is never offered as an emergency evac option, I'm good at that, it's quick, I probably won't be hurt, my chair can go down that way too. Load me up with a rope by a window and I'll see you chumps when you make it down the stairs.
Also, think about weather. If you have a condition where getting cold is dangerous or disabling, getting hot is dangerous, or where you need constant access to a toilet, etc. where will you go? Fire drills give the impression you will be outside for about 30 minutes. In real experience, you are usually out for 3-7 hours if there has been any actual real fire found. The larger the buildling, the longer you will be outside. You may be sent home, but if you have left your house keys inside, that doesn't help!