Life Safety – Be Prepared, Be Compliant11/2/202611/3/2026
Venue
Richmond, VA 223233
Member $345
Prospective Member $1,035
Optional Certification $100
Overview
When you and your maintenance director attend this 1.5 day training, you’ll learn how to ensure your center is compliant with the federal, state, and local life safety and building codes. Led by nationally recognized life safety expert Roy LeNeave, this training will cover critical areas for life safety compliance and provide you with practical advice and strategies to keep your residents and staff safe. View Details (PDF)
Why it matters
This training will help you be survey and inspection ready by learning what the Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC), and the local fire authorities are looking for.
- Remember, OLC is conducting life safety/CMS inspections within 14 days of clinical surveys to assess NFPA code compliance and CMS regulations.
- Local fire authorities or the State Fire Marshal conduct inspections focused on the 2018 State Fire Prevention Code.
Who should attend
This training is geared for both nursing and assisted living administrators, regionals, and maintenance directors. All attendees will be given a full-color study binder to use as a reference tool to prepare for surveys/inspections.
Optional Certification Test for Door Inspections
The program also offers you the opportunity to earn this important certification, which is accepted in Virginia and in numerous other states by fire marshals and life-safety inspectors. Note, there is an additional $100 fee to take the certification test.
Agenda
November 2, 2026
| 12:30 pm | Welcome |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Life Safety Compliance – Top 10 Deficiencies: A Deeper Dive |
| 1:30 – 2:00 pm | Life Safety Record Compliance Management |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | Oxygen Safety (Storage and Cylinder Handling) |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 – 3:45 pm | Egress Code Standards (Exit/Emergency Lighting, Special Locking Devices |
| 3:45 – 4:45 pm | Rated Door Assembly Inspections |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Break |
| 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Optional Certification Test for Door Inspections (In accordance with NFPA 80 & 105) |
November 3, 2026
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Fire Drills: Code Standards |
| 9:45 – 10:30 am | PCREE (Patient Care Related Electrical Equipment Electrical Receptacle Inspection and Testing |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 – 11:30 am | Sprinkler Compliance – NFPA 25 |
| 11:30 – 12:15 pm | Dietary Compliance |
| 12:15 – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm | Generator Compliance |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm | Writing a 2567 |
| 2:15 – 2:35 pm | Eye Wash Station Compliance |
| 2:35 – 2:50 pm | Fire Extinguisher (Inspection/Compliance) |
| 2:50 – 3:05 pm | Break |
| 3:05 – 4:00 pm | NFPA 72 Fire Alarms |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Wrap-Up – Questions |
Presenter
Roy W. LeNeave | Life Safety Consultant – Healthcare
Continuing Education
VHCA-VCAL is a NAB-Certified CE Provider. This program has been approved for Continuing Education 10 total participant hours by NAB/NCERS–Approval #20271101-10-A125479-IN-CO.
Accommodations
Reservation deadline is October 12, 2026. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa/Short Pump for $149.00 single/double (plus tax). Reserve your room online or call the hotel directly to at (804) 364-3600. Please remember to identify yourself as a VHCA-VCAL participant.
