2000 Life Safety Code Workbook and Study Guide for Health Care Facilities

The only fire and life safety reference completely dedicated to health care facilities

What does the 2000 Life Safety Code Workbook & Study Guide for Healthcare Facilities cover?

At 450 pages, the Workbook & Study Guide contains more than 30 chapters, or modules, of comprehensive Code coverage to help you understand and comply with the changes from the 1997 to the 2000 edition of 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. The Workbook & Study Guide features learning objectives at the beginning of each module, commentary from experts in the field of life safety, and quizzes to measure your progress, making this the ultimate resource for all your Life Safety Code needs!

Take a look at what you’ll get:

• Review sessions called "Critical Issues" break down the chapters of the Code to identify and highlight the most important parts.
• More than 100 detailed figures and tables offering explanations for understanding the complex requirements of the Code
• Code review references so you know exactly what each module covers
• Advice, commentary, and tips from experts in the field about the National Fire Protection Association’s intent of the 2000 Code
• Detailed articles on "real-life" applications of the Code
• Dozens of answers to pressing Life Safety Code questions posed by health care professionals just like you
• More than 30 quizzes to help you understand and retain the Code changes
• A concise timeline of the significant changes in the Code from 1994 through 2000.

With all of these features, you’ll be able to approach the task of learning and understanding the Code with confidence.

Click here for more information on the 2000 Life Safety Code Set (a package of the Workbook/Study Guide and the Field Guide together).

About the Authors

James K. Lathrop, former chief life safety engineer for the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the editor of four editions of the Life Safety Code Handbook,is currently an instructor of NFPA seminars and vice president at Koffel Associates, Inc., a fire protection engineering and Code-consulting firm.

Jennifer L. Holloman conducts life safety inspections, fire protection systems inspections, acceptance testing for systems, shop drawing, and plan reviews for Koffel Associates. She provides Code-consulting services to a wide range of occupancies. She has gained considerable knowledge in the institutional code criteria as a result of her extensive work in the health care field. On an annual basis, she conducts Joint Commission Statement of Conditions consultations to health care facilities nationwide.

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