ASHE 50th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition 2013
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Qualifications of Inspecting Life Safety Features
Program Code:
290
Date:
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Time:
3:15 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
PRIMARY SPEAKER
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Frank Van Overmeiren is President of FP&C Consultants, Inc., a fire protection engineering and building code consulting firm.
He has a Bachelor of Science in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
He is a member of:
National Fire Protection Association
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Indiana Society of Healthcare Engineering
Along with his membership in the NFPA, Mr. Van Overmeiren has served for over 30 years as a member of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code. He is the assigned liaison between NFPA 72 and NFPA Standards 25 and 5000 for fire alarm system issues. He is also a member of the NFPA 99, Healthcare Facilities, Fundamentals Technical Committee, NFPA 3 Commissioning and NFPA 4 Integrated Testing.
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Description
The health care field and its need for complex buildings experience some of the highest demand for fire and life safety features and systems. To manage cost and reduce patient care disruption, most facilities conduct some level of inspection, testing, and maintenance with in-house personnel. This session will explore the wide array of requirements for the qualification of both testing and service personnel. This session will enable you to:
Identify the various requirements of both service and testing personnel for different systems of features.
Understand the best practices and required training for both in-house personnel and outside contractors to conduct service or testing.
Identify training resources to qualify in-house personnel to conduct service or testing.
Establish continuing education and training policies to maintain qualifications.