Six-year damper test proposal is shot down
Hospital Safety Connection, April 12, 2006
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Hospitals and nursing homes will need to continue testing their fire and smoke dampers every four years after a proposal to extend the tests to every six years failed.
The National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Standards Council, which oversees requests for amendments to existing NFPA standards, denied the proposed six-year extension. The decision hadn't been posted on the NFPA's Web site as of April 12, but Safety Connection obtained a copy of the decision.
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) led the charge for the change to NFPA 90A, Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems. ASHE argued that the extended testing period would save the healthcare industry time and about $500 million per year in related costs.
However, a technical committee for NFPA 90A couldn't muster enough support for the proposal based on technical merits or need. Based on that, the Standards Council sided with the committee's decision.
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