Community Evacuation Paper

paper discusses a formal report (FR) piece of technical writing. The report topic itself concerns the organization of a training and familiarization session for tenants in a residential high-rise apartment building. The FR is designed to educate the tenants on what to do in the event of terrorist or other emergency type event that requires evacuation. The stimulus for the report is a physically disabled individual who resides in the building. Introduction The purpose of this report is to explain the steps to be followed in evacuating residents from a building, for an audience of people that live in a building who need to learn how to evacuate and to do so in a way that is ongoing and protective of all residents of the building. Proper …show more content…
This elderly resident is physically disabled and completely immobilized not even being able to utilize a wheelchair. As such, I have noted that the other residents and employees within the building are not very familiar with the procedures relevant to facilitating the proper care and oversight of such individuals under normal circumstances, much less during emergency situations such as fire, earthquake, or terrorism. My concern is that under such circumstances the welfare of such residents who are physically unable to secure themselves would be completely overlooked during such an emergency. The average building is installed with the basic equipment needed to evacuate residents and to keep them safe. Knowing how to maintain the building keeps the users safe and saves money in the long run. The first concept to learn concerns the chemicals used to treat the fire. The use of chemicals can be confusing to many people. Some may believe that all they have to do is keep dumping chemicals into the fire, while others believe you have to be a fireman to know what to do. Both are wrong. High-rise residential buildings are constructed to be fireproof. Most of what is inside the buildings, including furnishings and belongings, can burn and produce a tremendous amount of heat and …show more content…
Recognizing a true need and providing the resources required to answer that need relative to its residents speaks highly of the individual board members' characters. Finally, I would like to solicit suggestions and recommendations regarding this project from the board and its individual members. Recognizing the individual board members' years of experience in both business and human services, I feel suggestions and recommendations from the board would prove beneficial to the quality and ultimate outcome of this