Interim Life Safety Measures or ILSM is a concept and program that sometimes can be a challenge for staff to remember. We’ve seen this come to light through results from Fire Drills as shown in the following chart:
Although the fire-drill-citing trend is downward, which is fantastic, 3 out of 10 drills reporting that staff don’t know what ILSM stands for means we have not yet attained Excellence! We are working to change this through performance improvement activities. Our goal was 30% by the end of this year, which looks feasible. Next year we want to bring it down even further.
One of the ways you can help us improve is through education. Make sure your staff know how to speak to this concept when asked by a surveyor. Make sure they know how to report construction or deficiencies like blocked exits and other life safety hazards to Environmental Health & Safety, so that proper Interim Life Safety Measures can be implemented. To help you help us, we have uploaded a new resource on our VIP, EH&S Training Page: ILSM 10-Minute In-Service http://vip.mc.llumc.edu/vip/forms/departments/LLUHS-Departments/Environmental-Health-and-Safety/Training/ILSM-10-Minute-Inservice.pdf.
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This article originally posted in Environmental Health & Safety's Speaking of Safety Blog. Environmental Health & Safety is a division of Risk Management. Visit the Speaking of Safety Blog here.