CMS Details New Annual Testing Requirements for Fire & Smoke Doors

If you didn't get the memo, be advised that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated it's requirements for annual testing of fire and smoke doors in healthcare facilities. Here are the new requirements and guidance pulled directly from the memorandum that accredited agencies will be on the lookout for starting the first day of 2018:
September 20, 2017 | David Spence | Jump to Comments |
Category : Codes & Standards | Building Inspections
Tags :NFPA 80 | NFPA 105 | NFPA 101 | CMS | The Joint Commission | DNV | HFAP | Healthcare | Life Safety Inspection
NFPA-101 Life Safety Code & CMS Compliance for Healthcare Facilities

Due to the recently issued requirements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), low-profile fire extinguishers are the only fire extinguishers which may be surface-mounted in the corridors of healthcare facilities while maintaining compliance with NFPA-101, Life Safety Code - 2012 edition. Otherwise, when surface-mounted, typical fire extinguishers that protrude more than 4-1/2” are not compliant.
August 22, 2017 | Kevin Kozlowski | Jump to Comments |
Category : Codes & Standards | Building Management | Building Inspections
Tags :NFPA 101 | The Joint Commission | HFAP | DNV | CMS | Healthcare | Codes & Standards | ADA | Safety Inspection | SafetyScan | Fire Extinguisher