Healthcare Facilities Network A conversation with Jonathan Hart, NFPA Technical Lead
High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function.
In this episode of High Reliability, we are joined by Jonathan Hart, Technical Lead, Fire Protection Engineering at NFPA. Jon is the technical expert for the NFPA in fire protection systems and health care facilities. Jon was the staff engineer responsible for NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, for several years. Jon’s NFPA 99 oversight extended to 8 technical committees with over 225 members.
Jon is well known to many in healthcare facilities management. He is a frequent contributor in all things NFPA 99. He is always visible at conferences across the country, including the ASHE Annual. In this episode, Jon and I discuss:
- Fire beginnings (5:00);
- What is Jon’s role as Techincal Lead (13:00);
- On the need to be neutral, and a glimpse behind the Codes and Standards process, including a look at NFPA 99 (20:00);
- Some tales from the front and NFPA resources that assist FM pros in codes and standards management (36:00);
- Dates, issues, and heads up for the FM Pro in 2022, including planning for post-Covid hazards and some lessons from Covid (48:30):
Our thanks to Jon for appearing on High Reliability, and as always, thank you for listening.
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