CareMalta invests in emergency evacuation equipment

As the leading healthcare provider in Malta, CareMalta has always taken the necessary measures to be a step ahead and have all essential requirements to operate at its optimum level. For this reason, CareMalta has recently invested the sum of €200,000 for state-of-the-art emergency evacuation equipment for all of its facilities to ensure the safety of all residents and staff in the case of a fire. It can be stated that CareMalta is the first entity that is fully compliant when it comes to emergency evacuation.

In fact, CareMalta has partnered with the renowned specialist in this field, Escape Mobility International BV, where a survey was held in each facility to evaluate the requirements. A list of equipment along with an intensive training programme was drawn up to cater for the needs of each facility.

Over the past weeks all homes have been equipped with Evacuation Sheets and Evacuation Chairs to aid in the transportation of bedridden and wheel-chair bound residents through emergency staircases. The Evacuation Sheets are CE certified and fire rated as well as TÜV certified up to 250kg while the Evacuation Chair is an A-label quality product which is CE certi- fied, TÜV certified and ISO 9001 certified.

CEO of Escape Mobility International BV, Joep Cuijpers visited Malta for a week-long training programme to cover all aspects of the run through of an emergency evacuation process by using a Train the Trainer approach. Trainers were appointed in-house to become fully qualified representatives to continue the training to each and every employee internally.

As part of the service provided by Escape Mobility International BV, a company representative will be visiting CareMalta again for a Maintenance and Inspection programme as well as providing yearly visits to cover the certification of equipment.

Following the training sessions carried out in each home, the facility managers were presented with a certificate confirming that each facility is prepared for the safe and quick evacuation of its residents. The internally chosen trainers who qualified were also presented with a personal certificate.

CareMalta is the exclusive agent for Escape Mobility International BV. Anyone interested in purchasing evacuation equipment may contact it on 9982 2800.