COLS-108 - Company Level Fire Inspections: Compliancy Through Education

Thursday, August 25, 2022

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Hemisfair Ballroom C1

Speaker(s)

Mark R. Nugent, MPA, CFO

Assistant Chief
Horry County Fire Rescue
COnway, South Carolina

Slides
James Clement

Battalion Chief /Fire Marshal
Myrtle Beach Fire Department
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Slides

We are quick to recognize the logical reasons why the fire service performs commercial fire and life safety inspections; identify and eliminate fire and life safety hazards in public buildings. In reality, this sessions instructors feel the “Primary Rational” is Firefighter Safety, as it is an undisputable fact, “There is no recorded data of a Firefighter being injured at an incident which never occurred”. The advantages of Fire Companies completing commercial fire and life safety inspections across their assigned fire districts is insurmountable. In this session, Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal Jim Clement and Assistant Chief Mark Nugent will guide the students in an in-depth discussion, reviewing the “Firefighter Safety Rational” behind fire company based commercial fire and life safety inspections. Topics including Community Relations, Apparatus Egress, Water Supply, Crew Access, Protection Systems, Building Construction, and Ah-Ha Moments which will be reviewed and discussed throughout this interactive session.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of the session, the participants will understand the importance of creating positive community relations with business owners, managers, and staff during commercial fire and life safety inspections.
Upon completion of the session, the participant, will understand the “Firefighter Safety Rational” behind Fire Company based commercial fire and life safety inspections, and how to connect “Added Value” components of Apparatus Egress, Water Supply, Crew Access, Protection Systems, Building Construction, and Ah-Ha Moments into their inspection process.
Upon completion of the session, the participant will understand the educational opportunities with business owners, managers, and staff, by involving them in the fire and life safety inspection process, through education and the use of a “Self-Inspection Program”.