Post by Finny on Sept 19, 2006 17:13:58 GMT
What are the requirements?
I think it is important on this thread that a detailed appraisal of the fisheries proposed is taken into consideration, many fisheries are developing their sites to take into consideration ambulant disabled anglers but fewer fisheries fully accommodate wheel chair anglers.
Obviously parking in close proximity to the fishing and level surfaced pathways are required but other things need to be considered. Firstly the parking needs to be suitable, level and with space for transferring into a wheelchair, the current minimum requirements are a bay 2.4m wide x 4.8m long with a 1.2m level clear zone to the left and rear and on a firm strata.
A surfaced path should also be provided from the parking space to the platform which also needs to be carefully planned to an adequate size with a toe board to the waters edge to prevent falling in, it is also recommended that an area immediately in from of the platform is made shallower to around 1 ½’ for obvious safety reasons. There are a few diagrams on the Internet and I have borrowed these which I think give a good idea on what’s should be provided.
This is also another good site I found linked to the EA site that gives good details for disabled platforms.
A further point to consider is that although many fisheries have toilet facilities, not so many have full disabled toilet facilities, which need to measure 2.2m x 1.5m with the correct sanitary ware and grab rails and a wide entrance door and importantly a pull cord alarm. For people not familiar here’s a picture.
It is also beneficial for disabled anglers wishing to fish alone to know that the fishery is full time managed i.e. somebody on hand should they find themselves in a difficult situation.
All public facilities should be complying with this these days, sadly still some don’t but in my interpretation a commercial fishery offering a public service should fall into this category. I am not saying that this is all practical or cost affective and I should imagine that the financial implications on smaller venues would be drastic but the bigger venues should definitely be doing their utmost to comply.
I am sure that there are people that believe this is way over the top possibly even wheelchair bound anglers who are still able and fit enough to manage with less facilities but I am sure there is an equal amount of less able and fortunate that cant. Should I ever find myself in a position where I am wheelchair dependant I would like to think that I could still go fishing to a few publicly available venues.
In brief, all I am saying is consider carefully the fisheries you propose as being ‘suitable’ and whether that’s ambulant or wheelchair disabled persons, just because you feel you could get a wheelchair there doesn’t mean that ALL actually can.
Submitted by Naf.
I think it is important on this thread that a detailed appraisal of the fisheries proposed is taken into consideration, many fisheries are developing their sites to take into consideration ambulant disabled anglers but fewer fisheries fully accommodate wheel chair anglers.
Obviously parking in close proximity to the fishing and level surfaced pathways are required but other things need to be considered. Firstly the parking needs to be suitable, level and with space for transferring into a wheelchair, the current minimum requirements are a bay 2.4m wide x 4.8m long with a 1.2m level clear zone to the left and rear and on a firm strata.
A surfaced path should also be provided from the parking space to the platform which also needs to be carefully planned to an adequate size with a toe board to the waters edge to prevent falling in, it is also recommended that an area immediately in from of the platform is made shallower to around 1 ½’ for obvious safety reasons. There are a few diagrams on the Internet and I have borrowed these which I think give a good idea on what’s should be provided.
This is also another good site I found linked to the EA site that gives good details for disabled platforms.
A further point to consider is that although many fisheries have toilet facilities, not so many have full disabled toilet facilities, which need to measure 2.2m x 1.5m with the correct sanitary ware and grab rails and a wide entrance door and importantly a pull cord alarm. For people not familiar here’s a picture.
It is also beneficial for disabled anglers wishing to fish alone to know that the fishery is full time managed i.e. somebody on hand should they find themselves in a difficult situation.
All public facilities should be complying with this these days, sadly still some don’t but in my interpretation a commercial fishery offering a public service should fall into this category. I am not saying that this is all practical or cost affective and I should imagine that the financial implications on smaller venues would be drastic but the bigger venues should definitely be doing their utmost to comply.
I am sure that there are people that believe this is way over the top possibly even wheelchair bound anglers who are still able and fit enough to manage with less facilities but I am sure there is an equal amount of less able and fortunate that cant. Should I ever find myself in a position where I am wheelchair dependant I would like to think that I could still go fishing to a few publicly available venues.
In brief, all I am saying is consider carefully the fisheries you propose as being ‘suitable’ and whether that’s ambulant or wheelchair disabled persons, just because you feel you could get a wheelchair there doesn’t mean that ALL actually can.
Submitted by Naf.