Tony Crimi, president of A.C. Consulting Solutions, is formerly the vice president and chief engineer at Underwriters Laboratories of Canada. For the past 13 years, he has been an independent fire protection consultant, specializing in resolving fire protection code compliance challenges on various projects, and providing advocacy and expertise to the codes and standards development processes of ICC, NFPA, ASTM, UL, ULC, NRC (Canada), ISO, and others. He can be reached at tcrimi@sympatico.ca.
When a loved one or friend is sick and in the hospital, it can be a very challenging time, not only for the patients, but loved ones as well. The last thing that patients and families should need to worry about is whether or not their hospital is fire-safe.
