Lori B. Dinney, MS PE

Manager of Fire Protection Services

Safety Management Services, Inc.

1500 N. Arlington Heights Road, Suite 1502

Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4827

Phone: (877) 577-6550
Local: (847) 577-6550
Fax: (847) 577-6653
E-mail: ldinney@safemgt.com

Web Site: www.safemgt.coom

Biography:

Ms. Dinney is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (BS, Chemical Engineering) and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MS, Fire Protection Engineering). She has extensive experience in healthcare engineering, particularly related to code compliance, construction plan reviews, surveys for Life Safety, the development of equivalencies, and in building/commissioning fire suppression systems.

Presently, Ms. Dinney is the manager of fire protection services for SMS, Inc. of Arlington Heights, IL. Her responsibilities include the production of Statement of Conditions® documents, conducting audits of Environment of Care® Programs, preparing healthcare facilities for The Joint Commission® survey, consulting of Fire Safety Programs, creating traditional equivalencies as well as fire safety evaluation system equivalencies, and management of building maintenance programs.

Synopsis:

Session E: “JACHO EC Standards for 2008”

This presentation will include a review of the electronic Statement of Conditions™ (eSOC™) process, including completion and maintenance of the eSOC; preparing for the Life Safety Code® survey; Building Maintenance Program (BMP) strategies, including how to establish and interpret a building maintenance program and changes for 2009 on the impact of the scoring system; emergency electrical power revisions; proposed revisions to the 2009 standards; and NFPA 99®, Standard for Health Care Facilities, revisions for 2010.