An assistance alarm, which can be reached from changing or shower seats, from the WC and by a person lying on the floor, shall be provided in all accessible toilets and accessible sanitary rooms. This alarm should
FIG. 83 URINAL FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS
NOTE — Urinals shall be minimum 360 mm deep measured from the outer face of the urinal rim to the back of the fixture. Space below the urinal set for wheelchair users should be kept free of pipework up to a height of 200 mm above floor and up to a depth of 360 mm from the outer face of the urinal rim.
All dimensions in millimetres.
FIG. 84 CLEAR FLOOR SPACE AND MOUNTING HEIGHTS FOR URINALS
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be connected to an emergency help point, or where a member of staff can assist.
Visual and audible feedback should be provided to indicate that, when the alarm has been operated, the emergency assistance call has been acknowledged and action has been taken.
It should take the form of a pull cord, coloured red, with two red bangles of 50 mm diameter, one set at a height between 800 mm and 1 100 mm and the other set at 100 mm above floor level.
A reset control shall be provided for use if the alarm is activated by mistake. It shall be reachable from a wheelchair and, where relevant, from the WC, the tip-up seat in a shower or changing facility, or the bed in an accessible bedroom. The reset control shall be easy to operate and located with its bottom edge between 800 mm and 1 100 mm above floor level.
For a corner toilet room, the reset button should be above the fixed horizontal grab rail beside the toilet paper holder.
The marking of the reset control shall be both visible and tactile.
B-9.13 Emergency Warning Alarm
A visual emergency alarm shall be provided to alert people who are deaf or hard of hearing in the event of an emergency.
B-9.14 Shower and Changing Rooms
Showers and changing rooms can be used by people with different disabilities and different supporting aids, for instance, wheelchair users, ambulant disabled people, etc, using their own wheelchairs or special shower chairs.