CMS Issues Two S&C Letters on Life Safety Codes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued two S&C letters addressing fire and life safety code issues.

S&C letter 17-14 addresses the installation of sprinklers in attic spaces. CMS had received several requests for clarification concerning the installation of automatic fire sprinklers in concealed or attic spaces of health care facilities, specifically where FRTW has been installed in attic spaces or used in the construction of roofs.

S&C letter 17-15 is intended to notify the State Agencies (SA) and other stakeholders that CMS will be using NFPA 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, 2013 Edition (referred to here as 2013 FSES), as one method for determining LSC equivalencies.

Contact: Elliott Frost, efrost@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8832