Chapter Leaders Guide to Life Safety Practical Insight on Joint Commission Standards

Brad Keyes, CHSP, is the owner and senior consultant for Keyes Life Safety Compliance and the engineering advisor to the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), where he is responsible for supervising the Life Safety surveyors.

Keyes presents at national seminars, regional conferences, and audio conferences and teaches the Life Safety Boot Campseries to various groups and organizations. He is the author or coauthor of the following HCPro books: "Analyzing the Life Safety Survey "(2011);"Chapter Leader's Guide to Life Safety" (2011);" Physical Environment Online: A Guide to The Joint Commission's Safety Standards" (2010); "The Joint Commission Survey Coordinator's Handbook, ""Tenth Edition" (2009); and "Life Safety Compliance Manual: A Guide to the Joint Commission Standards "(2008).

Keyes has also authored a variety of articles addressing features of life safety and fire protection, as well as white papers and articles on the Building Maintenance Program. Keyes is currently the senior editor of the monthly newsletter Healthcare Life Safety Compliance and is certified as a Healthcare Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Healthcare Safety Management.
Prior to creating Keyes Life Safety Compliance and joining HFAP, Keyes worked in the healthcare field for more than 30 years, most recently as safety officer at a large Midwest hospital. He also was one of the original "Life Safety Code"(R) specialist surveyors for The Joint Commission and has been a life safety consultant for The Greeley Company.