The New Life Safety Code® Workbook and Study Guide for Healthcare Facilities

The 2012 Life Safety Code® is just around the corner. This comprehensive Workbook & Study Guide contains everything you need to help you understand and comply with the upcoming changes to the Code. With the Workbook & Study Guide you ll receive an in-depth look at Code requirements for health care, business, and ambulatory occupancies, including the latest changes related to new and existing construction.

Table of Contents

About the Editors and Contributors
How to Use This Workbook & Study Guide

Part I: General Overview and Code Requirements
Module 1: Code Background and Organization
Module 2: General Code Provisions: Administration and General Requirements
Module 3: General Code Provisions: Definitions and Classifications
Module 4: General Code Provisions: Performance-Based Option
Module 5: Construction and Compartmentation: General Requirements
Module 6: Building Rehabilitation

Part II: Healthcare Occupancies
Module 7: Means of Egress: General Requirements
Module 8: General Healthcare Requirements: Application
Module 9: General Healthcare Requirements: Additions, Conversions, and Renovations
Module 10: General Healthcare Requirements: Mixed Occupancies
Module 11: General Healthcare Requirements: Special Definitions and Classifications
Module 12: General Healthcare Requirements: Minimum Construction and Occupant Load
Module 13: Means of Egress: General Requirements and Doors
Module 14: Means of Egress: Stairs and Smokeproof Enclosures
Module 15: Means of Egress: Horizontal Exits, Ramps, Passageways, Areas of Refuge, Etc.
Module 16: Means of Egress: Capacity and Number of Exits
Module 17: Means of Egress: Arrangement
Module 18: Means of Egress: Travel Distance and Exit Discharge
Module 19: Means of Egress: Illumination, Emergency Lighting, and Marking (Signage)
Module 20: Means of Egress: High-Hazard Contents Areas and Mechanical Spaces
Module 21: Protection: Vertical Openings
Module 22: Protection: Hazardous Areas
Module 23: Protection: Interior Finish
Module 24: Protection: Fire Detection and Alarm Systems
Module 25: Protection: Fire Extinguishment Systems
Module 26: Protection: Corridors
Module 27: Protection: Smoke Compartments
Module 28: Special Protection and Provisions
Module 29: Building Services

Part III: Business and Ambulatory Healthcare Occupancies
Module 30: Operating Features
Module 31: Business Occupancies Part 1
Module 32: Business Occupancies Part 2
Module 33: Ambulatory Healthcare Facilities Part 1
Module 34: Ambulatory Healthcare Facilities Part 2

Part IV: Addenda
Addendum A: Answers to Quizzes
Addendum B: Email Support
Addendum C: About the Certification

Benefits:

- In-depth coverage of the changes in one easy-to-use location
- Up-to-date information from experts in the field intimately familiar with both the 2000 and 2012 versions of the Life Safety Code®
- Thorough analysis of the changes and what you need to do to comply
- Preparation for Life Safety Code surveys