- Author
- National Fire Protection Association
- Title
- Fire Safety in Health Care Facilities. NFPA Ready Reference.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- RRHEALTH03, 2003, 202 p.
- Keywords
- health care facilities | fire safety | fire statistics | occupants | risk analysis | evacuation | human beings | case histories | fire investigations | hospitals | nursing homes | codes | standards
- Abstract
- Facilities managers, AHJs, and health care professionals will get up-to-speed fast with this "crash course" on the critical issues relating to the specialized fire safety concerns in health care occupancies. This softbound volume provides fast access to facts and figures, comprehensive subject-specific data, case histories, and related background. Contents include: (*) Statistical analysis of fires in healthcare occupancies; (*) Fire Protection Handbook chapter "Healthcare Occupancies" ; (*) Case histories of healthcare fires from FireWatch (NFPA Journa®) ; (*) Selected NFPA Journal articles and (*) Fire investigation reports.