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Let’s Talk Building Codes! Overview of Fire and Life Safety for Healthcare facilities in California

  • Coffman Engineers 1455 Frazee Road San Diego, CA, 92108 United States (map)

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Let’s Talk Building Codes! Overview of Fire and Life Safety for Healthcare facilities in California

Hospitals and related healthcare facilities face unique challenges and hazards resulting from patients’ inability to evacuate on without the need assistance during a fire emergency. To combat this challenge, many healthcare facilities utilize a Defend-in-Place evacuation strategy that requires careful coordination of staff, fire protection, life safety, and other building systems that is known as the “Total Concept” approach. This program will review the challenges in California healthcare facilities and how to implement the fire and life safety requirements to achieve the “Total Concept” approach for a Defend-in-Place evacuation strategy.

Presented By:

Derek Duval

Derek Duval is a Fire Protection Engineering and Code Consulting Expert in San Diego, California. Mr. Duval joined Coffman Engineers in 2018 and has been in the Fire Protection Engineering industry for over 14 years working all over the U.S. on a variety of projects but primarily focusing on Healthcare Facilities. Mr. Duval holds both a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a registered Fire Protection Engineer in the state of California and Massachusetts and a Designated Design-Build Professional. Currently, he serves as president of the San Diego and Imperial chapter of SFPE.

Learning Objectives:

By then end of this presentation, participants will:

  • Understand and apply the applicable codes and sections for healthcare facilities in California

  • Identify the key considerations to fire and life safety systems in healthcare facilities

  • Understand the recent changes to the applicable codes and standards for healthcare facilities in California

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