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Q: I have a question regarding the use of Oxygen in a beauty shop. When the state was in our facility (nursing home) they indicated that we need to post …
Q: Are there any life safety requirements concerning courtyards? We have an outdoor courtyard, surrounded on all sides by our building, with one door entering and exiting the area. As …
Q: Can signage, other than that specifically required for inside a fire exit stairwell according to the LSC, be placed inside a fire exit stairwell? A: Technically… no. According to …
Continuing in a series of strange things that I have seen while consulting at hospitals... The door in the picture is to a courtyard where patients may go and enjoy …
Q: With the new 2012 Life Safety Code adoption, my question is around the stairwell signage and 7.2.2.5.4.1. Hospitals are confused whether they have to replace all their signs to …
Continuing in a series of strange things that I have seen while consulting at hospitals... The discharge door for a stairwell opened out onto the 1st floor corridor, where egress …
Continuing in a series of strange things that I have seen while consulting at hospitals... What we have here is conflicting signage. The 'Exit' sign is saying "Hey, in an …
Why is it that hospital facility managers are often surprised when surveyors ask to see the documentation that their exit signs were inspected on a monthly basis? Probably because no …
A question came up recently as to the proper mounting of the stairwell identification signs that are required in stairwells of a certain height. The wall-mounted stair identification signs are supposed …
Last July 5 I posted an article on conflicting and confusing signage, in regards to hospitals and nursing homes. The posting dealt with situations where I had observed (and took pictures) …
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