Health-Care Facilities Fire Inspections and its Impact for a FD Response

Health-care facilities are a challenge for both a fire inspection and a fire department response. This course will provide a comprehensive review of various health-care facilities such as a hospital, nursing home, assisted living and ambulatory health-care occupancies. The life safety aspects will include, but are not limited to: defend-in-place strategy as well as emergency escape and rescue procedures, fire protection systems that are both active and passive, classification of hazardous building contents, special provisions such as accessibility issues with a multi-building complex, nuclear medicine, building systems such as medical gases for oxygen, nitrogen and nitrous oxide piping systems, laboratories, various medical equipment, and how the health-care structure interrelates with the NJ Uniform Fire Code.

Jack Murphy, Jr., JJM & Associates, LLC