Brought in a third-party consulting team for 2.5 days of full CMS/TJC mock. I thought we were in decent shape. The report was humbling. Five things that surprised me and four things we already “knew” but hadn’t fixed.

Marcus Thornton

EHS Manager

♥ 4

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Our last fire drill was garbage. Here’s what changed after we got serious.

Announced. Staged. Everyone knew when. We checked a box. Then we had a real incident — not a fire, a bomb threat — and realized the announced drills taught us nothing useful. Here’s what our drills look like now.

Our insurance underwriter showed up unannounced. Four lessons.

The loss control engineer was in my parking lot at 7:45 AM on a Tuesday. I had 12 minutes to get my act together. Here’s what he actually looked at, what surprised me, and how I prep differently now.

Keith Nakamura

Director of Facilities

♥ 3

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SmartRANGE

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6 interactive inspection checklists

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CLSS-HC

Certified Life Safety Specialist — Healthcare

130-question bank · spaced repetition · AI explainer

CSP

Certified Safety Professional

210-question bank · spaced repetition · AI explainer

CHFM

Certified Healthcare Facility Manager

120-question bank · spaced repetition · AI explainer

NICET I–III

Water-based & detection (combined)

220-question bank · spaced repetition · AI explainer

NFPA 10

Portable Fire Extinguishers

140-question bank · spaced repetition · AI explainer

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Upload any sprinkler or fire-alarm inspection PDF — Clara audits it against NFPA 25 / NFPA 72 and tracks every finding until it closes.

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The briefing

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Spot the Violation

What practitioners are sharing

We just ran a mock CMS survey — here’s what I wish we’d caught sooner

Our last fire drill was garbage. Here’s what changed after we got serious.

Our insurance underwriter showed up unannounced. Four lessons.

The three biggest wings

Fire Protection Systems

Healthcare compliance

OSHA & workplace safety

Tools & exam prep

Your inspection renewal went up again. It didn't have to.

Your building has a fire-safety to-do list. Nobody ever showed it to you.

Safety meetings have a reputation. Give the room a buzzer.

What inspectors check —now in 3D.

Two ends of the inspection cycle

Central Station

Compliance Lens v2

Vetted service providers

What inspectors check —
now in 3D.