Fire Safety - strategies, tips and insights for the healthcare facilities management industry


Barrier Management: Strategies and Tactics



Healthcare Maintenance in the Digital Age



Sprinkler System Limits Fire Spread at Massachusetts General Hospital



The Digital Path to Streamlining Code Compliance



Emory University Midtown Hospital Experiences Electrical Fire



Compliance Strategies for Fire Safety 



Identifying Fire Hazards in Healthcare Facilities



Mount Sinai Catches Fire, 6 Injured



What Can Cause Fire Sprinklers and Alarms to Not Function?



What Fire Sprinklers and Alarms are the Best for Hospitals?



Fires Spread at Local Hospitals, One Man Arrested



When to Perform Maintenance on Fire Alarms and Sprinklers



29 Dead After Hospital Fire in Beijing



How Fire Safety Drills Differ for Healthcare Facilities



3 Misconceptions About Healthcare Fire Safety



Brockton Hospital to Remain Close for Three Months



Fire Breaks Out at Brockton Hospital



How Digital Codes and Standards Are Affecting Healthcare Infrastructure



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Fire Damper Testing



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Corrective Maintenance Work



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Evacuation Route Maps



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Storage Rooms



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Does an Actual Alarm Count as a Fire Drill?



Q&A: Battery-operated emergency lights for ATS?



Q&A: Storing a single oxygen cylinder in a dental clinic



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Medical gas system testing frequency



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Monitoring fire pump power supply



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: GFCI receptacles



Protecting senior care staff and residents in case of fire



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: MRI smoke detectors



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Fire damper testing in surgery centers



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Storage of flammable liquids (Part 3)



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Storage of flammable liquids (Part 2)



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Storage of flammable liquids (Part 1)



Does your fire alarm system need an opgrade or replacement?



Cladding to be removed at Oxford's Churchill and Children's hospitals



Protect Jobsites With Surface Shields’ New Fire-Resistant Floor Protector and Seam Tape



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Fire extinguishers



Maintaining life safety compliance in healthcare facilities



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Clothes irons



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Sprinkler obstructions



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Fire extinguishers



Test, inspect, maintain: Fire suppression system priorities



Safety improvements ordered for hospitals after arson attack



Regulations, Codes & Standards Q&A: Contiguous facilities



National code review urged after Idaho nursing home burns



Idaho care facilities sprinkler system failed during fire



Life Safety Q&A: Exiting from hospital into medical building



Life Safety Q&A: Time allowed for repairs



Dublin hospital ordered to install sprinkler system



Hot cleaning rags ignite at California nursing home



Fire at Ohio hospital forces evacuation, closing



Life Safety Q&A: Stairwell exit locked door



Most hospital surveys this year show trouble with certain fire hazard provisions



Life Safety Q&A: Fire drills in a hospital



Life Safety Q&A: Fire-rated door assemblies



Oxford hospital closes trauma unit over cladding safety fears



CMS extends deadline for smoke barrier door inspections and tests



Trauma unit closed over fire safety concerns



Patient killed, nurses injured in Pa. hospital patient room fire



Three hospitals fail fire safety checks after London tower fire



Checklist for protecting your healthcare facility



NFPA casts final votes on healthcare, life safety code changes



Q&A: Doctor sleep rooms



CMS interprets emergency departments to be healthcare occupancies



Experts concerned about the potential fire hazard with hyperbaric chambers



Missouri long-term care facility fire injures resident



Q&A: Doors wedged open



Limerick hospital fire safety lapses spur threats of legal action



Q&A: Converting a cath lab procedure room to storage



James Golinveaux Named President and CEO of The Viking Group



Q&A: Temporary construction barrier



New COIN Specific Application Sprinkler Offers 16’ x 16’ Coverage for Combustible Interstitial Spaces



Q&A: Annual test on fire rated door assemblies



Hospital smoking bans results in fewer fires



Q&A: Firefighter emergency phones



Q&A: Annual fire pump test



Investigators searching for cause of fire in vacant building at Mass. hospital



Webcast — New Requirements, New Challenges: The 2012 Life Safety Code



Q&A: Quarterly fire drills



Kentec Protects Top Cambridge Biolab Facility



Q&A: Combustible decorations



Keeping healthcare facility safety equipment and alarm systems compliant



Q&A: Standards regarding environmental rounds



Elderly patients moved from U.K. hospital ward over fire safety fears



Balancing privacy with safety



Q&A: Two releasing devices for doors



Input sought on increasing the allowable smoke compartment in hospitals



U.K. hospital withholds loan payments over fire issues



Accreditation surveys offer lessons in compliance



U.K. hospital vows action over fire safety lapses



Interpreting the Life Safety Code



Fire-rated door frame Q&A



Many nursing homes still lack sprinklers



Healthcare systems move away from flame retardants in furniture



Flammable liquid storage Q&A



Complying with proposed fire safety regulation changes



Are you ready for the new 2012 Life Safety Code?



Life Safety Code for IT closets



New CMS regulations could mean changes for healthcare facilities



Fire alarm system Q&A



Fire extinguisher cabinet Q&A



Largest U.S. health system will stop buying flame-retardant furniture



South Korean hospital fire kills 21



Clarifying proposed changes to smoke compartment size requirements



Fire dampers Q&A



Life Safety Code updates encourage homelike environments



New fire safety regs proposed for hospitals



Most common hospital fire code violations



Streamlining life safety system inspections



Manitoba creates fire safety task force for personal care homes



Manitoba won't make sprinkler systems mandatory in care facilities



Fire damper requirements in rated walls



Fire safety a constant focus at Vancouver nursing homes



Facilities focus on fire safety after Quebec fire



CMS proposal for annual generator test for healthcare facilities flawed



Dozens feared dead after Quebec nursing home fire



Fire safety improvement linked to codes and enforcement



Unlocking the code of fire safety initiating devices



Unlocking the code to fire safety equipment compliance



Most Wisconsin nursing homes meet mandate to boost fire safety



Hundreds of nursing homes still lack fire sprinklers



NY health care workers get fire safety training



Updated Life Safety Code waiver rule allows bigger trash cans



New federal rule highlighted after sprinkler system saves nursing home residents



ICC safety code updates have big impact on hospitals



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