Whether addressable or conventional, there’s no code that mandates the replacement of a smoke detector so long as it’s sensing smoke per the manufacturer’s listed sensitivity range.

If there are wet system sprinklers that protect below the suspended ceiling, plus dry system sprinklers located above in the attic space to protect above the drop ceiling, do I still need to conduct a fire-watch during construction?

As I read NFPA 99-2012, section 10.2.3.6, power strips used within the patient care vicinity must only be used on movable equipment assemblies that are rack-mounted, table-mounted, pedestal-mounted, or cart-mounted.

You cannot have only one type of power strip available for purchase and distribution throughout your healthcare facility.

While the ANSI standard Z358.1-2014 is the standard to follow for the installation, testing, and maintenance of an eyewash station, it is not the standard to follow to determine when an eyewash station is required.

For Level 1 Emergency Power Supply Systems, NFPA 110-2010, section 8.4.7 does require you to exercise the circuit breakers between the Emergency Power Supply (also called the generator) and the transfer switch load side on an annual basis.

CMS, NFPA, and the accreditation organizations do NOT require evacuation route maps.

Section 19.3.2.1.5 (7) of the 2012 LSC says rooms or spaces that are larger than 50 square feet used for the storage of combustible supplies and equipment in quantities deemed hazardous by the AHJ are considered to be a hazardous area.

Some AHJs will allow an OR to be classified as a hazardous area, and some will not.

Food service carts would be used on floors of existing healthcare occupancies involving inpatients, where the corridors are required to be a minimum of 48 inches in clear width.

An actual alarm on the fire alarm system may count as a drill, but only if you evaluate the response of the staff, the building, and the fire alarm system.

You need to review Chapter 43 of the 2012 LSC.