2011 ASHE Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
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NFPA 101: Life Safety Code 2000 to 2012
Program Code:
238100
Date:
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Time:
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
PRIMARY SPEAKER
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Bill Koffel is President of Koffel Associates, a fire protection and life safety engineering design and consulting firm, recognized as an expert in the fire protection and life safety aspects of codes and standards. Headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, the firm provides consulting; engineering design & construction administration; codes & standards development; seminar development & training; product testing & evaluation / representation; and litigation support to public and private clients worldwide. Bill remains active in the development process of the industry’s governing codes, standards and design guidelines including International Code Council (ICC), NFPA, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and Underwriters Laboratory (UL). As former code official with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, he was conducted licensure, certification, and accreditation surveys of various health care facilities. Bill serves on numerous NFPA Technical Committees including the Life Safety Technical Committee on Health Care Occupancies and serving as the Chair of the Life Safety Technical Correlating Committee.
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Description
During the last 12 years, the application of the Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) to health care facilities has changed extensively. This program will present the most significant of these changes, the vast majority of which are beneficial to hospitals. Even if the Joint Commission and CMS do not adopt the 2012 edition of the code, the information can be useful in documenting equivalencies. This session will enable you to:
* List numerous changes in the Life Safety Code since 2000.
* Identify changes in NFPA 101 that will make code compliance easier for a health care facility.
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The participant will be able to asses the advantages of using the 2012 LSC over the 2000 Edition
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The participant will be able to identify changes in NFPA 101 that will make compliance with the Code easier for the facility
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The participant will be able to list numerous changes in the LSC since 2000