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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 when consulting at hospitals... Did you notice they did not say 'cigarette butts'? I guess that was to be …
Continuing in a series of strange things that I have seen when consulting at hospitals... Okay... who is this sign for? If I touch the wires, then I'm dead... right? …
Q: I am looking for a code reference which specifies the installation height for stairwell signage. It appears that NFPA 101 indicates 5 feet above the stairwell landing but does …
Q: Are you aware of any door signage requirements for soiled utility rooms and/or trash rooms? A: There is no Life Safety Code requirement for signs on a soiled utility …
Q: Are hand-made temporary directional signs permitted to be taped to fire doors? We had a surveyor tell us that nothing can be taped to a fire door. A: Yes, …
If you were a bit surprised by the wording of the sign to the left... You're not alone. I had to do a double-take when I first saw it, as …
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 …
Q: Are signs permitted on fire rated doors? We posted a sign on a fire rated stairwell door that instructed our staff to temporarily not use the door, and a …
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 …
Just like a policy or a management plan, CMS, Joint Commission, HFAP and DNV surveyors will hold you accountable to what your signage is telling you. If a sign is …
Remember the rush we all made in the last 10 years or so to install stairwell identification signs inside our stairwells? Well, with the adoption of the new 2012 Life …
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