Hazards & Controls
Fire Safety
Life Safety

The requirements for classifying buildings based on the construction type of the building

The requirements for classifying buildings based on occupancy

Basic information about Medicare and/or Medicaid provider compliance with Life Safety Code

To highlight potentially imminent life safety risks

A reference guide resource on fire, life safety and accessibility codes as related to doors and hardware

Fire and life safety information for people with disabilities

Once the occupant load is calculated, the egress width can be determined

Focused on health care fire and life safety

Understanding panic hardware or fire exit hardware

A comparison of OSHA and IFC planning requirements

Highlights the requirements for providing safe means of exit from fire and other emergencies

For building life safety code compliance

Guidance on life safety requirements for hotels, apartments, family dwellings

An information gathering tool

Joint Commission bulletins on life safety compliance related to healthcare accreditation programs

Standards resources (not the text of the standard)

Travel distance, dead-end corridor distance, and common path of travel distance - understanding what they are

A job description

Inspection of health care occupancies, includes an inspection checklist

Guidance to help ensure compliance with federal life safety standards for nursing homes

Text of the code

To be used in conjunction with NFPA 101 Life Safety Code

Managing crowds in public places

Relevant Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) memos about updates to the Life Safety Code

Clarifies questions about life safety code requirements for nursing homes

How to calculate occupant load using NFPA 2000 Life Safety Code

Bulletins on life safety compliance related to nursing homes

There is no codified method for determining travel distance = the maximum length of exit access travel