William E. Koffel, P.E. is president of Koffel Associates, Inc., a fire protection engineering and code consulting firm. He is a member of the NFPA Life Safety Tech-nical Committee on Health Care Occupancies and the NFPA Technical Committee on Smoke Management Systems. For more information, go to www.koffel.com
The special nature of the occupants and activities in these facilities create special IAQ requirements, and the concerns only multiply when fire and smoke enter the picture.
The special nature of the occupants and activities in these facilities create special IAQ requirements, and the concerns only multiply when fire and smoke enters the picture. See how current codes and designs employ a combination of active and passive strategies, building on past approaches to minimize future incidents.
