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Q: Do the NFPA standards for fire damper testing require the testing to be performed by a certified vendor/specialist or can it be performed internally by our engineering staff? A: …
Q: With regard to testing duct detectors in a hospital, I understand that on an annual basis the automatic shutdown of the AHU's must be verified when duct detectors are …
Q: When comparing smoke dampers in smoke barriers vs smoke partitions, section 8.5.5.2 requires smoke dampers (with exemptions) for penetrations by ducts or air-transfer openings in a smoke barrier. Section …
Q: In regards to suite separations, section 18.2.5.7.1.2 of 2012 LSC requires walls separating suites to meet requirements for corridor walls, which have to be constructed to limit transfer of …
What do we do with smoke dampers now that the hospital is fully protected with sprinklers? That question is asked many times by facility managers who are looking to cut …
There seems to be much discussion lately on how to manage the Joint Commission Statement of Conditions Plans For Improvement (PFI) on inaccessible dampers. Joint Commission has instructed healthcare organizations …
Q: What is the amount of air delivery (in CFM) that an air handler needs to have before it is required to have a smoke damper on the discharge of …
[This week's Q&A came from the 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), held in San Antonio, TX, last July, and how it applies …
[This week's Q&A came from the 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), held in San Antonio, TX, last July, and how it applies to …
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