Louisiana Fire Service ESF-4 Office of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal Serving Louisiana’s Fire Service with Honor and Pride.

Louisiana Fire Service ESF-4Office of the LouisianaState Fire Marshal

Serving Louisiana’s Fire Service with Honor and

Pride

H. “Butch” Browning, Jr.State Fire Marshal

New Leadership, New Direction, New

AttitudeService, Support and Resource

For: Louisiana’s Business Owners,

Investors, Designers,

Builders, Fire Service and First

Responders!

Your State Fire Marshal’s Office Plan Review Inspections Industrialized Buildings Health Care Licensing Code Enforcement Mechanical Safety Sprinkler Systems ADA Accessibility Day Care Manufactured Housing Fire & Burglar Alarms Locksmiths & CCTV Hood & Suppression Systems

Arson Emergency Services Disaster Mitigation Disaster Response Disaster Recovery USAR Fire Education Public Safety Honor Guard Amusement Rides Fireworks

The Office of Louisiana State Fire MarshalFire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning, Jr.8181 Independence Blvd.Baton Rouge, Louisiana 708061-800-256-5452 225.925.4911

www.lasfm.org

2012 Legislative Session

HB 64 False personation of Firefighter HB 71 Burn ban HB 113 Amusements/Fireworks HB 541 Fire Marshal Plan Review/DHH SCR 142 Fire Prevention education

fraternity/sorority houses

Fire Service Related

Plan Review For Building Safety Most effective consolidated operation in our Country

today Consistent, Fair and Cost Effective

Made up of Architects and Engineers who provide professional review and consultation of the adopted Codes NFPA Life Safety Code, Fire Sprinklers, Hood

Suppression Systems, Fire Alarms, Fuel Tanks, Am. with Disabilities Act, Energy Code, International Building Code, Health Care/Residential Living DHH reviews

Submittals Reviewed

Year Reviews

2011 - 2012 19,786 35 Personnel

2010 - 2011 19,210 35 Personnel

2009 - 2010 18,016 33 Personnel

2008 - 2009 17,152 25 Personnel

2007 - 2008 19,789 22 Personnel

2006 - 2007 18,687 26 Personnel

2005 - 2006 15,817 25 Personnel

2004 - 2005 17,901 25 Personnel

Average Review Time Line TODAY

LSC Review: 10-12 Days

International Building Code: 2-4 Weeks

Fire Alarm, Sprinkler and Hood: 2 Weeks

Building Modification Reviews: 24 hours

Plan Review Improvements Decentralize Plan Review

New offices- Alexandria, Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles, Lafayette and New Orleans Re-energizes the process and motivated the professionals. Cross-Train Reviewers to conduct Building Code Reviews

Fire Code Inspections 300,000 Inspections Annually

Request 2 weeks schedule time Inspect annually

Health Care Facilities Jails and Correctional Schools State Buildings Licensed Facilities

Fire Arson Investigation Conduct 1000 Investigations Annually

700 Intentionally Set fires 360 Arrest Annually 75 Million loss to property as a result of Arson 68 Death Investigations Annually

Problem 40% of the fires are arson and not classified nor fully investigated. Arson Task Force effort

Emergency Services Reconnected with the local fire service Trained Employees to be First Responders

Governor Jindal made the OSFM Lead ESF-4 OSFM completed the Assets Tracking of all fire

department resources. Provided Direct liaisons to each Parish

Emergency Response Team Wildland Search and Rescue Back Fill to local fire departments

Administrator of the State Urban Search and Rescue Program

Conservative Approach to Re-Organization

Reduced the Operating Budget by $1 million Reduced total employees by 27 positions ($1.7 mill) Cross-Trained divisions to conduct most all services Enacted a “Can Do Attitude”

We Return Calls We Give Solutions to Problems We Believe that every building can be opened safely

Our Promise to You

“We want to be your Partner in Success and to assist you in your mission of

providing a quality of life that includes safety for our aging population”

What we will do

Work side by side to be your advocate for safety Give you professional help

Give solutions not problems Use common sense to apply the codes and

standards Always seek your input and communicate Lead positive change in the CMS regulations WE WILL BE YOUR FRIEND

Most common LSC deficiencies in a Nursing Home

K66 – Smoking Regulations- Facility must have smoking regulations that have

the following requirements at a minimum: Smoking in an area where flammable liquids, combustible

gases, or oxygen is used or stored is prohibited Smoking by a resident classified as not safe is prohibited Non-combustible ashtrays of safe design shall be provided in all

designated smoking areas Metal containers with self-closing lids intended solely for the

emptying of ashtrays shall be readily available at all smoking areas

Common Problems with smoking

Smoking by residents using oxygen Unacceptable receptacles used as ashtrays

Coffee cans, clay pots, pop cans, paper cups, etc. Smoking in undesignated areas Unsafe smokers not properly supervised Ashtrays emptied into trash cans Trash placed in metal container for ashtray

emptying Snuffing out cigarettes for later

Life Safety Code Surveyor

Keep in mind that one of the roles of the surveyor is to ensure that

quality health care is provided by those entities participating in the

Medicare/Medicaid program. It is the surveyor’s knowledge of the

regulations and how to interpret and apply these regulations in a

consistent manner during the survey that will produce a clear

description of the entity’s deficient practice.

Comparative Surveys A comparative survey for Life Safety Code (LSC) conducted in a

nursing home is one method CMS uses to evaluate the effectiveness of

the State Agency’s survey and certification process.  The purpose of

the comparative survey for LSC is to ensure consistency of the survey

conducted by the State Survey Agency (SA), by comparing the findings

of the SA with the Regional Office (RO) findings.  These procedures

are intended to ensure consistency with CMS in the conduct of the

comparative and assessment of SA performance.

Comparative performance evaluation

According to each Comparative report for

2011 – 2012, there were no instances when tags CMS cited were determined as should have been cited by the State Fire Marshal. 

Another method CMS uses to determine if the LSC Surveyors are performing their duties sufficiently is quality assurance of the report writing.

Here is what the SFM scored on the review:

2008 – 83% accuracy rate

2009 – 92% accuracy rate

2010 – 96% accuracy rate

2011 – 94% accuracy rate

Other Questions????

CMS Life Safety Code Survey Report

This is the link to the form. This is the guideline we use to conduct the LSC Survey.

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/cmsforms/downloads/CMS2786R.pdf

Thank You For What You Do To Better Louisiana!

For Assistance

Contact:

H. “Butch” Browning @ 225-806-0803

800-256-5452 or 225-925-4911

[email protected]