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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Facility Building Tour (continued)
Electrical and Communication Closets
Check: All vertical penetrations properly sealed, and horizontal
penetrations sealed for rated rooms; electrical panels
properly labeled for correct circuits; arc flash labels on
electrical panels and disconnects
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Checklist for the Facility Building Tour (continued)
Clean Utility Rooms
Check: 1) Locked if sharps or medications stored
2) Compressed gas cylinders properly secured,
physically segregated and labeled FULL / EMPTY
3) No original shipping containers
4) No dirty supplies or equipment
5) No supplies on floor
6) Lower supply shelf covered
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Facility Building Tour (continued)
Dirty Utility Rooms
Check: 1) No food or consumable items
2) Only clean supplies and equipment present
3) Locked if required by AHJ
4) Risk assessment recommended if the room is
unlocked
5) Normally no need for eyewash stations unless
corrosives are present and evaluated through risk
assessment
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Checklist for the Facility Building Tour (continued) Linen or Trash Chutes
Check: Room or chute locked; chute door rated at least 1.5 hours;
sprinkler in chute every other floor; door self-closing and
latching
Linen or Trash Chute Receiving Room
Check: Chute door closed or fusible link; room and door rated the same as
required for the chute; door self-closing (see NFPA 82 - 5.2.4.2)
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Hazardous Areas
Check: Storage of flammables, room rating, door closer
Clean Linen Rooms
Check: Carts provide 18” sprinkler head clearance; room at
positive pressure; no dirty linen present; door self-closing
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Soiled Linen Rooms
Check: 1) Sprinkler head clearance >18” vertically, 4” horizontally
2) Dirty linen separated from “clean”
3) Room at negative pressure relative to corridor
4) Room and door rated for hazardous area
5) Door closer
Fire Extinguishers
Check: Log sheets, test tags and dates (surveyor may ask about
extinguisher “HEFT” check
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Eyewashes, Showers and Bottles
Check: 1) Log sheets, test tags and dates
2) Tempered water (60 – 100 F)
3) Placement: < 55 feet from chemicals
4) Risk assessment performed?
5) Policy for testing
6) Bottles are considered “first aid”
stations, not eyewash stations!
7) Reference: ANSI Z358.1
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Medical Waste Storage
Check: Locked area, secure, sharps not accessible
Loading Dock
Check: Smoking violations, improper storage, powered
equipment that can be energized (compactors,
balers, autoclaves)
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Kitchen Area
Check: Cleanliness; dry storage room fire-rated with self-
closing door; sprinkler head clearance; CO2 tanks secured;
refrigerator temps, K-type portable extinguishers within 30’ of
fat fryer, sterno or butane cans properly stored
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Mechanical Equipment Rooms
Check: Storage, unlabeled containers, cigarettes; rated walls
and doors; properly sealed penetrations
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Emergency Generators
Check: In “auto” mode, batteries/ charger, fuel leaks;
emergency battery lights
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Medical Gas Systems
Check: Manifolds, flexible connectors, medical air (dew point
and CO), vacuum pumps, compressed tanks, ventilation
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Compressed Gas Storage Rooms
Check: 1) Full and Empty separation
2) Chained, secured or on racks
3) Room rating (gas volume)
4) Door signage
5) Active exhaust grille placed
12” from floor
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Egress Corridor Ceilings
Check: Stained ceiling tiles, dirty or corroded sprinkler heads,
escutcheon plates missing, <3 feet clearance from smoke
detectors to air supply or exhaust vents
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Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
Fire Pump
Check: Controls turned “on”, valves open, tampers “OK”, water
leaks on floor
Fire Annunciator Panel
Check: Bypass, trouble, ground fault, supervisory, actual
alarm condition, other coded messages, power “off”
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The Life Safety Surveyor Facility Tour
Checklist for the Hospital Building Tour (cont’d)
ILSM Verification
Check: Construction areas for interim measures
PFI Verification Check: Verify that previous PFI’s have been resolved
Chapel
Check: Candles, open flames
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