Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety (NFPA 101A-2019)
NFPA 101A-2019: Guide On Alternative Approaches To Life Safety, 2019 Edition offers guidance for life safety in particular facilities. It is meant to supplement, not…
2018 Life Safety Code (NFPA 101-2018)
For almost every process or activity, safety stands beyond all else among the legion of compiled concerns, therefore, life safety implies some very high interest…
Locked Doors: Security Barricade or Life Safety Hazard?
The same situation has unfolded countless times: locked egress doors trapping occupants in a building. A core component of the NFPA 101: Life Safety Code…
Recent CO Incidents Remind Us to Know the Codes and Ensure That Working Detectors Are In Place
Try searching online for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents, and you will see a staggering number of news reports from across the country in the…
When it Comes to Health Care Facilities, It Is Important to Classify Occupancy for the Benefit of Patients and Building Owners
Last year, the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 the Life Safety Code was adopted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), mandating…