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area of rescue assistance

ARA

A safe haven near or linked to a building's evacuation route where people escaping an emergency can rest fully protected from hazards such as fire, smoke, or heat.

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Category-A animals are those that pose a potential risk to the health and/or safety of handlers, rescuers or the general public; animals that cannot be removed without potential risk to the health and welfare of the animal or other animals; animals that are physically impossible or impractical to move; animals that are not mobile or are placed in a mobile enclosure; or those that cannot be safely released or directed to an area of refuge. Category-B animals includes all animals not identified as Category-A.

Animal housing facilities: the road ahead: the NFPA has developed guidelines for acceptable levels of fire and life safety for animal facilities

These aides or "buddies' should be assigned to assist their charge to an area of refuge where they will await rescue.

Evacuation plan is key to continuity. (Special Report: Business Continuity Planning Supplement)

When totally enclosed, elevator lobbies can provide added security, particularly on a floor with a single tenant, and can in some instances provide an area of refuge for tenants in the event of a fire.

Elevator lobbies: blessing or bane?

Traditionally, people with disabilities that prevented them from making their way up and down emergency stairwells during an evacuation had to go to a designated "area of refuge" to wait for assistance from rescue personnel.

Prepared for safety: evacuation is the cornerstone of emergency management

NFPA 101 Life Safety Code requires that buildings have a means of egress that leads to a point of safety outside the building or to an area of refuge inside the building.