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Lunch & Learn Series:
A New Approach to Fire and Life Safety

March 18, 2021
12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT

Speaker(s):


Kym Orange Jr. - Grainger – Sr Manager Healthcare Strategy & Offers

Kym Orange Jr. is an accomplished healthcare strategy, marketing and sales professional with experience in strategic planning, employee development, sales & marketing, and business management. His current responsibility and focus since 2011 includes creating unique healthcare value through insight-driven solutions and ensuring the delivery of positive customer experiences through various Grainger business channels. Kym holds a BA from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

 

Kirk Kaiser - Partner, Life Safety Architects a Grainger Safety Services Network Supplier

Working as both an employee and business owner in the challenging healthcare environment for over 25 years has allowed Kirk to develop a wealth of diverse experiences and capabilities. Kirk founded Barrier Compliance Services (BCS) as a professional services company that specializes in preventing the spread of fire, smoke, sound, water, and infection in buildings. 

 

Neil Sommers Partner, Barrier Compliance Services a Grainger Safety Services Network Supplier

Neil Sommers, Founding Partner at Life Safety Architects, is an NCARB registered architect with 25 years of experience. Working alongside the National Healthcare team at Grainger, Neil has developed a unique system to create and maintain 
the highest quality healthcare facility life safety plans for compliance.  

Description:

W.W. Grainger is excited to partner with Life Safety Service network partners Barrier Compliance Services and Life Safety Architects to present " A New Approach to Fire and Life Safety."  One of the top accreditation issues year over year deals with fire and life safety deficiencies.  We will discuss how to break the reactive and expensive cycle that plaques most facilities and turn the corner towards positive audits and long term cost savings.     

Learning Objectives include discussing and understanding:

  • Building a complete life safety team
  • Proper construction specifications and commissioning
  • What happens with inaccurate Life Safety Plans  
  • Municipal Code vs/and NFPA 
  • Pro-active vs Re-active compliance strategies
  • Culture of compliance

 


Please Note: This Lunch & Learn is not eligible for CECs.

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed by presenters in this Lunch & Learn should not be construed as directly representing the views of the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE). ASHE does not endorse any products or services promoted in this Lunch & Learn.

 

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This webinar is sponsored by Grainger. As a nonprofit organization, ASHE relies on our sponsors to provide free webinars such as this one. By registering with the discount code, you agree ASHE can share your contact information with the webinar sponsor. Please enter Discount Code: Grainger at Shopping Cart Check-out for registration fee $0

 

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