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Owner's Design Guidelines

Life Safety Lessons Learned

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Our Environmental Health & Safety Department supports the Institution with a wide range of general fire and life safety services. This team evaluates and mitigates fire and life safety hazards for all MD Anderson owned property and leased spaces.

Staff members are responsible for troubleshooting, commissioning, and performing scheduled maintenance and inspections according to NFPA and building code requirements.

The following information is provided as a reference for all persons involved with design, installation and quality control efforts associated with the life safety systems within our facilities.

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LESSONS LEARNED BULLETINS
TITLE ISSUE DATE
Fire Doors and Automatic Operators (#10-001) January 28, 2010
Intermediate Support Tubes in Rated Elevator Shaft Enclosure Walls (#10-002) February 18, 2010
Design and Installation Conflicts Between the Life Safety Code and Building Security (#10-003) March 23, 2010
Unapproved Utilities and Membrane Penetrations in Exit Enclosures (#10-004) April 26, 2010
Common Fire Sprinkler Deficiencies Found in New Building Construction (#10-005) May 24, 2010
Use of Flush Bolt Hardware on Inactive Leaf Fire Doors (#10-006) June 28, 2010
Architectural Life Safety Lessons Learned (#10-007) October 07, 2010