he National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced the addition of the 2021 edition of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, to NFPA LiNKâ„¢, the Association’s new information delivery platform that ...

While studying the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code — a standard designed to help protect people during fires by ensuring safe exits, proper detection systems and clear evacuation routes — one recent ...

The US. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities that requires healthcare facilities to ...

The first step in streamlining an ASC’s Medicare survey for Life Safety Code® (LSC) compliance is to understand where requirements come from, and that is the CMS “State Operations Manual, Appendix L – ...

April 19, 2016 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced the launch of a new certification program, Certified Life Safety Specialist (CLSS-HC) designed for health care facility ...

The following code review is based on the 2009 NFPA Handbook, the 2009 edition of the Life Safety Code (NFPA-101) and the 2005 edition of the Standard for Health Care Facilities (NFPA-99). These ...

Residents of Maryland will soon be protected by the most up-to-date editions of two key life safety codes. The 2015 editions of NFPA 1, Fire Code and NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, are both part of the ...

The 2003 editions of Uniform Fire Code™ (UFC) NFPA 1 and Life Safety Code® NFPA 101® have been adopted statewide in Vermont. NFPA 1 provides requirements necessary to establish a reasonable level ...

May 16, 2016 The Joint Commission announced May 13 that it will follow suit with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and adopt the National Fire Protection Association's 101 Life Safety ...

When it comes to egress lighting requirements, there is conflicting verbiage between the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101), the Uniform Building Code (UBC), and the International Building Code (IBC). This ...