Healthcare

Something as simple as missing a written record of monthly extinguisher inspections could result in this hospital losing its Medicare and Medi-Cal funding. Complying with fire extinguisher codes can be made simpler with electronic monitoring, which both the NFPA and ICC allow in lieu of 30-day inspections. The en-Gauge electronically monitored fire extinguishers also create an on-going record of extinguisher safety and compliance -- giving you one less thing to worry about.

So said Lexington, KY Fire Battalion Chief, Brent Frizzell, referring to a nusring home employee's use of a fire extinguisher to battle a blaze preventing it from spreading beyond one patient's room. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt. Having properly located and charged fire extinguishers are key to managing life safety and reducing risk.

Where there's smoke, there's fire. And that was the case at a Houston Hospital. Fortunately the fire was put out with an extinguisher before anyone was hurt. It's a good thing the extinguisher was acccessible and ready to use so that there was no significant damage or worse, loss of life.

This is starting to look like a pattern. 

MiddleTown Ohio: 

According to the Middletown Division of Police, the teen walked into the electronics department at the Towne Boulevard WalMart just before 9:15 a.m. Friday and lit his jacket on fire.

Reports said the man, from the 2000 block of Arlington Avenue, used a lighter and tissues stuffed in his pocket to ignite his jacket, which became "severely burnt."

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The big story here is the job the nurses of Botsford General Hospital in Farmington Hill Michigan did in durring a fire.

Fire officials credit the quick-thinking and well-trained staff at Botsford General Hospital for keeping patients safe during a fire at the five-story facility on Grand River on Thursday evening. 

"When we arrived, they already had their evacuation process going," said Denny Hughes, FHFD inspector. "The nursing staff had removed the patients -- they did a great job and they deserve a lot of credit."

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