The incidence of disability is increasing globally over the past decades. Despite the increased proportion of disabled individuals, established fire emergency evacuation procedures for disabled in high-rise buildings are lacking attention. Hence, this paper aims to focus on investigating fire emergency evacuation procedures for differently-abled people in high-rise buildings.,To address the gap, the case study strategy under the qualitative research approach was deployed by focussing 10 high-rise buildings. Data collected through semi-structured interviews and document reviews were analysed using content analysis.,The study findings revealed that even though a fire disaster is a major area to be considered, there is a noticeable gap in legal requirements related to differently-abled fire evacuation in Sri Lanka compared to the global context. Moreover, it was identified that importance given to differently enabled fire evacuations procedures varied based on the type of high-rise facilities in which hospitals and hotels provided more importance compared to office buildings, apartments and shopping complexes. Further, the study has highlighted the main gaps in the evacuation procedures and improvements required. Lack of imposed regulations for disabled evacuation was identified as a major barrier hindering the development of effective fire evacuation procedures for disabled, which creates a cascading effect. Further, the consideration given to legal, organisational, individual and technological factors would assist in straightening the identified issues.,This research provides a clear insight into the necessity of focussing at disabled individuals when developing fire emergency procedures. Most importantly, this study had exposed the current gaps in fire emergency evacuation procedures for the disabled community. Understanding these gaps is of high value for industry practitioners to ensure disabled safety during a fire emergency.

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高层建筑中不同能力社区的消防紧急疏散程序

在过去的几十年中，全球残疾人的发病率正在增加。尽管残疾人的比例有所增加，但高层建筑中为残疾人建立的消防紧急疏散程序却缺乏关注。因此，本文旨在重点研究高层建筑中不同能力人群的消防紧急疏散程序。为了解决这一差距，定性研究方法下的案例研究策略以10座高层建筑为重点。通过内容分析对通过半结构化访谈和文档审查收集的数据进行了分析。研究结果表明，即使火灾是要考虑的主要领域，但与不同能力的疏散有关的法律要求还是存在明显差距与全球背景相比。此外，已经确定，对不同功能的消防疏散程序的重视程度因高楼设施的类型而异，在这些高楼设施中，医院和酒店比办公楼，公寓和购物中心更重要。此外，研究突出了疏散程序中的主要差距和需要改进的地方。缺乏针对残疾人疏散的强制性法规被确定为阻碍开发针对残疾人的有效消防疏散程序的主要障碍，这会产生连锁反应。此外，考虑法律，组织，个人和技术因素将有助于弄清已确定的问题。这项研究为制定消防应急程序时将注意力集中在残疾人身上的必要性提供了清晰的见识。最重要的是，这项研究揭示了残疾人社区火灾紧急疏散程序中的当前差距。了解这些差距对行业从业者具有重要意义，以确保在发生火灾紧急情况时禁用残疾人的安全。