Stan Szpytek

Fire and life safety compliance does not happen by accident in a senior living community. Ensuring a safe and secure environment of care requires the integration of fire protection and life safety systems...

As power sources for electronic equipment, appliances and devices used in senior living communities and nursing homes become more sophisticated and battery technology advances, the threat of a lithium...

For senior living community owners and operators to have realistic expectations that their team will perform well when the “big one” occurs, they must prepare their staff members through a variety...

Fire Prevention Week represents a good opportunity for a senior living community to step up its focus on fire safety with both staff members and residents by developing creative ways to promote this essential...

Every commercial laundry room fire in a senior living community during my 26 years with the fire department in a major metropolitan area had one or two common denominators.

Storage issues within the built environment of senior living communities have challenged management teams for as long as those types of properties have been in existence. The need for additional equipment,...

Your senior living community’s emergency operation plan can help your team manage COVID-19 with the same level of proficiency that it operates at during other emergency situations.

The “Disaster Ready” video provides an excellent overview of what providers in every state should be doing to make sure that they are ready for emergencies and disasters.

Hazard vulnerability assessment is not just a “one-and-done” deal.

It all started with an urgent phone call from the governor’s office in the middle of the night in late August 2005.