The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially adopted the 2012 edition of NFPA 101®: Life Safety Code®. This new six-part online training series lets you work at your own pace to learn how to keep your facility in compliance.
Developed expressly for the health care communities, the interactive new self-guided NFPA 101: Life Safety Code for Health Care Online Training Series provides convenient, online instruction on how to navigate and implement the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 -- now officially adopted by CMS. Health care facility managers, safety directors, AHJs, code consultants, and others will gain important knowledge about the changes and some of the newly introduced provisions in this edition of the Code.
NFPA® provides effective online training in a flexible, affordable, and relevant format. Developed by leading Code experts, six courses provide a dynamic learning experience that will help you succeed in ensuring your facility is meeting the standard of care required by the 2012 edition of NFPA 101. Interactive exercises and job aids impart information, allow practice, and reinforce learning once you've returned to the workplace. Each one-hour course ends with an exam to test your knowledge.
Upon completion of the series you should be able to:
- Explain the organization of the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 and key Code concepts
- Describe Code applicability for new and existing occupancies
- Define the three parts of means of egress
- Identify and apply the requirements for fire barriers
- Determine the appropriate occupant load factors based on various uses of a healthcare facility
- Determine if the egress capacity is adequate for a given occupant load
- Identify dead-end corridors and common path of travel and locate the occupancy specific limits
- Identify various methods to regulate travel distance and explain which method applies to healthcare occupancies
- Identify and apply the requirements for protection of vertical openings
- Identify and apply the requirements for protection of hazardous areas
- List building rehabilitation categories of work
- Explain the sprinkler requirements for rehabilitation projects
Who Will Benefit:
Anyone concerned with life safety compliance for health care occupancies, including: facility managers, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), safety directors, engineers, architects, risk managers, and code consultants
Continuing Education Credit:
Complete this six-hour course series and qualify for 0.6 CEUs. Completion of each individual one-hour course qualifies you for 0.1 CEU. Upon successful completion of a course or the course series, participants will be prompted to download the CEU certificate directly from the course site.
Please verify applicability with your professional board or organization before registering.
Completion of modules 1-3 is recommended before moving on to modules 4-6.
Group Training:
For more information or to receive a price quote for NFPA group training, please call 877-336-3280 or e-mail: grouptraining@nfpa.org.