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Q: Can full oxygen cylinders be stored in a hospital soiled utility room?
Q: Is there a code that states every mechanical room needs an ‘Exit’ sign? I am being pressed to do so and I understand if the exit is obvious you don’t…
Q: Our life safety drawings identify the corridors in our hospital as being smoke partitions. My question is do wall penetrations above the dropped…
Q: What are the requirements for a small storage room becoming a transfer station for filling oxygen cylinders? What code would there be? What type of…
Q: Regarding the 2012 Life Safety Code referencing the 2009 edition of NFPA 241 Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration and Demolition…
Q: Our facility is a four story facility, and is a combination of different structures built in different years. All of the different structures are…
Q: I'm trying to find out particular rules regarding storage and what is allowed to be done in a penthouse. We have a new-construction Ambulatory Care…
Q: Could you clarify the placement of alcohol based hand dispensers in corridors and waiting rooms. I was just looking for clarification.
Q: Regarding a recent question on access-control locks, you said the egress side of the door is required to have motion sensors and a wall-mounted “Push…
Q: I heard in a webinar that under the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code, I can you have two releasing devices on doors. Is this true?