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Life Safety Code® for Health Care Occupancies 2000 to 2012
Track(s): Building & Life Safety, Codes & Standards

Jennifer Frecker and James Lathrop, Koffel Associates Inc.

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The 2012 NFPA 101®: Life Safety Code® will be up for NFPA membership consideration at the 2011 NFPA Conference & Expo. There is a reasonable chance that The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission might adopt the 2012 edition of the code. This session will examine additions and changes to the code from 2000 to 2012 that affect the health care setting (primarily hospitals and nursing homes).

Mrs. Jennifer L. Frecker is the Health Care Specialist and a Fire Protection Engineer for Koffel Associates, Inc. She has extensive experience providing life safety consulting services to health care facilities, including the development of The Joint Commission Statement of Conditions, Life Safety Assessments for large health care facilities, and consulting for new design and construction. Mrs. Frecker works with such facilities as Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, The Ohio State University Medical Center, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and she provides the life safety consulting services for the design and construction of the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Jennifer participates in several NFPA committees and is the Secretary of the Chesapeake Chapter of the society of Fire Protection Engineers.

James Lathrop, FSFPE is Vice President of Koffel Associates, Inc. He is former Chief Life Safety Engineer for NFPA. He has developed and taught the NFPA Life Safety Code Seminar for almost 30 years. He serves on numerous NFPA Committees and chairs the Means of Egress Committee. He is Assistant Chief of the Niantic, CT Fire Dept.James Lathrop, FSFPE is Vice President of Koffel Associates, Inc. He is former Chief Life Safety Engineer for NFPA. He has developed and taught the NFPA Life Safety Code Seminar for almost 30 years. He serves on numerous NFPA Committees and chairs the Means of Egress Committee. He is Assistant Chief of the Niantic, CT Fire Dept.