Whether your healthcare facility is in Las Vegas or Bangor, Maine, extreme weather will always be on the table. For instance, winter ice, snow, and freezing temperatures put healthcare facilities and their occupants in danger. And it always puts Life Safety Code® (LSC...
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 10
Dale Lyman, CFPS, Life Safety Code® consultant at Lyman Code Consulting, says “Fire extinguishers are required by code in all healthcare occupancies, but where to locate them in the facility—and more specifically, the required mounting specifications—can be a...
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 10
Dale Lyman, CFPS, has lived and breathed fire and other kinds of safety for decades. He spent most of his career in various roles for the city of Greeley, Colorado. That 35-year stint included roles as firefighter, fire lieutenant, battalion chief, deputy fire marshal, city...
During new lab employee orientation, safety training should be one of the first items, and it should include information about fire prevention and preparedness. Orient the new staff to the layout of the department. Show them the exits and the designated evacuation meeting location.
During new lab employee orientation, safety training should be one of the first items, and it should include information about fire prevention and preparedness. Orient the new staff to the layout of the department. Show them the exits and the designated evacuation meeting location.
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 10
Lance Woolf, MBA, CHSP, has many years’ experience as a Life Safety Code®(LSC) professional. Currently, he serves as director of engineering support at JLL. Prior to that, he had other LSC-related roles, notably as a surveyor for The Joint...
TJC is increasing its number of LS surveyors and they are all being trained that nothing can hang from or even touch sprinkler pipes unless it is part of the fire suppression system itself, warned Herman McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, director of the Standards Interpretation Group’s...
Review your Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) policies and procedures now that The Joint Commission has issued another round of revisions,...
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance - Volume 25, Issue 9
Nothing like the last month of summer to clean out the files in the arena of life safety compliance and healthcare security.
Without further ado, here’s a compilation of some news and advice for practitioners in the space as we close out another summer and look forward to the final...
As the Fall colors start to manifest itself and the scary folk prepare for their time in the moonlight, it’s also a good time to remind folks about Fire Prevention Week (October 9 -15).