A nightmare in the afternoon.
Too often, a healthcare security or safety department will receive local publicity only when an incident results in injuries or fatalities. "Routine" actions that prevent tragedies are often ignored. This article, however, is an example of positive recognition by the fire-fighting community of the professionalism exhibited by a healthcare facility in response to a fire in a patient's room. It appeared in the Volume 3, Number 1, 1993 issue of the Fire Fighters Digest, published in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
D000368:Aged; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009674:Nova Scotia; D010362:Patients' Rooms