Russell Phillips and Associates (RPA) provides specialized fire consulting services to support your healthcare facility in handling the most complex issues, and works to simplify them into an operational strategy. This generally begins by completing a baseline fire protection survey of the entire building or a specific area. This helps us to drill down to the best strategies to solve potential problems.
Custom Fire Procedure Design:
We develop custom-designed general and unit/area-specific fire procedures addressing command and control in a fire. Command is the overall leadership response and coordination during a fire event. Control focuses on what is happening in the area immediately outside the fire to direct resources for containment of smoke or evacuation of a clinical unit. Fire Procedures are developed based on a physical survey of your facility and the specific responsibilities of staff:
- A fire protection survey of your facility is completed to verify appropriate evacuation sites that can support continuity of care.
- Development of custom-designed general and unit/area-specific fire procedures. Unit/area-specific procedures focus on the roles and responsibilities of staff in each area (e.g., specific emergency strategies for disconnection of medical equipment in OR/ICU areas, or actions in a secured dementia or memory care area).
Fire Department Entry / Fire Evacuation Floor Plans:
Do your floor plans currently identify recommended fire department entry points? If the fire department enters through the main entrance and pushes through multiple areas to fight a fire, there is a strong likelihood they could unintentionally compromise another clinical unit or smoke compartment. This can be identified and addressed through pre-planning. Our evacuation floor plans clearly delineate suggested fire department entry points and horizontal evacuation locations for all units / departments.
Fire Safety Partnership Program Brochure for Hospitals
Fire Safety Partnership Program Brochure for Long Term Care Facilities
