Dec. 21, 2021
Accessibility Accommodations with Mike Thompson
Lori Henricksen, director of the emergency telecommunications program for high schoolers at the Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas (Nevada), discusses the creation of her program and the challenges it presents,
Mike Thompson, a Fire Protocol, Academics and Standards Expert with the IAED’s Academics, Research, and Standards Division, discusses protocol accommodations for callers with disabilities, specifically for fire calls. He explains what accommodations exist and the events that prompted them. For Your Information: Learn more about the Fire Priority Dispatch System: https://www.emergencydispatch.org/what-we-do/emergency-priority-dispatch-system/fire-protocol Learn more about Proposals for Change: https://www.emergencydispatch.org/what-we-do/proposal-for-change Check out the National Fire Protection Association’s resources for people with disabilities: https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Specific-groups-at-risk/People-with-disabilities