Mr Morisset: “Thank you for the opportunity to express our satisfaction with the Garaventa Evacu-Trac (Carry Down Chair).”


Michael Morisset
Garaventa Accessibility
Surrey B.C.
Canada V3W 7B3

For many years, the Anne Arundel County School system has handled emergency evacuation for physically challenged students by implementing an Area of Refuge Plan which the Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinating Team (ADACT) helped coordinate. The school staff, parents, administrators or the committee members, never preferred this plan.

Finally, we discovered that the local Community College had Evacu-Tracs. We had one or two schools using other types of evacuation chairs, but they required the responders to support the entire weight of the handicapped student, and in on case that student weighed 300 pounds.

We were concerned about injury to staff and students in a weight bearing situation that these rescue chairs presented.