Healthcare facilities require unique compliance in comparison to other occupancies addressed by the applicable codes and standards. Patients and staff utilizing these facilities may be unable to evacuate safely due to the nature of their work or condition.
Providing comprehensive fire and life safety code compliance surveys of healthcare occupancies is essential for safeguarding the well-being of patients and staff, maintaining legal compliance, mitigating risks, enhancing emergency preparedness, and meeting insurance requirements.
Healthcare occupancies are constantly evolving, and therefore are required to analyze the level of fire hazards associated with the building and should have current emergency response planning that includes:
- Defend-in-Place Strategies
- Alternate Compliance if an existing situation does not meet the prescriptive requirements of the Life Safety Code® (NFPA 101)
- Surge Capacity Procedures
- Infection Control Mitigation
- Training of Surgical and Clinical Staff
- Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Fire and Life Safety Systems
Our team at SenezCo have decades of experience working in our client’s best interest to identify areas of risk and risk improvement to enhance operational safety to protect all stakeholders.
Our services include:
- Fire and Life Safety Code Compliance Surveys
- Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) Surveys
- Emergency & Disaster Response Planning
- Tabletop Exercises and Full-Scale Drills
- Fire Suppression/Alarm System Design
- Fire, Smoke, and Egress Modeling
- Fire Door Assessments
- Fire Damper Inspections
- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
- Surge Capacity Planning
- Clinical and Surgical Staff Fire Training
