The Ambassador-NCD head urges further disabilities awarenesss for safety community

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IN AN EMERGENCY, do you know where to find people with disabilities in case they need assistance?If you send out a warning, can you be sure people with disabilities, including people who are blind or deaf, get the message?Can your rescue equipment accommodate the disabled? Can your emergency shelters?Those were just a few of the questions posed by Michael Collins during his recent visit to NFPA headquarters, part of a Fire Prevention Week talk he gave on emergency preparedness for people with disabilities.