Vertical Response Challenges - High-Rise Buildings
Implementing unique mitigation steps, and emergency procedures for high-rise buildings by Building Owners and condo Boards have long provided the residents, or occupants of those buildings a higher chance of survival in the event of a medical emergency. This is a fact, and well documented from lessons learned across the globe when it comes to high-rise buildings.
To further support this, a recent Canadian Medical Journal highlighted survival rates, are seriously impacted by vertical response challenges to arriving first responders. The study reported; "Of the 5,998 (73%) patients living below the third floor, 252, or 4.2%, survived. On or above the third floor, only 48, or 2.6%, of the 1,844 patients survived. Above the 16th floor, only 0.9%, or 2 out of 216, survived; and above the 25th floor, none of the 30 who had arrests survived."
Both medical emergencies and vertical response challenges are a real challenge and most Licensed Condominium Managers and Apartment Management companies alike, have documented processes & procedures in place to mitigate these challenges, to ensure the safety of their communities.
Response delays are also experienced by Police Services responding to 911 calls to many high-rise buildings, and these delays too, can lead to poor outcomes. One significant, well known delay, is simply accessing the front lobby door - often waiting "minutes" after hours - to just get into the lobby when responding to 911 calls.
National Life Safety Group is please to both support and share the below initiative led by Peel Regional Police, in partnership with Safe Builidngs.
The "Building Access Program" has a clear objective to to stregthen the communities in which we all live and work, and mitigate and potentially eliminate one of the leading causes of vertical response challenges during 911 calls to vertical communities.
The "Building Access Program," is a unique public safety and community wellbeing program, led by the innovative team at Peel Regional Police, that aims to provide signficant benefits to high-rise communities, and remove "minutes" off of response times in the Region. This program allows any building owner to particpate at no cost and registration is free to attend this session. I hope you can make it.
The Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO) has endorsed the upcoming professional development program for One (1) CPD Credit.
To learn more of the program, please see here:
To register for the upcoming educational event - Please see here.