Samektra & LifeSafetyWiki

Who runs this site

LifeSafetyWiki is built and edited by Stanislav Samek, founder of Samektra Safety Management & Training in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Every article carries the same byline because the editorial standards are the same across the site: cite the standard, link the section, distinguish state-adopted edition from the published one, and never invert a constraint.

Samektra works with commercial property owners, healthcare facilities, and contractors across metro Atlanta on inspections, plan-review readiness, OSHA program development, and life-safety training. LifeSafetyWiki is the free public-facing knowledge base — what we’d want our own clients to be able to reference when we’re not in the room.

Why this site exists

Most of the practitioner-grade safety information on the open web is gated, outdated, or buried in vendor marketing. Real answers — "what does NFPA 25 §13.4 require for an alarm valve in 2024," "is my facility under NFPA 1 or IFC," "what does ADA require for extinguisher placement vs NFPA 10" — usually live behind a paywall, in a chapter buried in a 600-page handbook, or scattered across LinkedIn posts.

LifeSafetyWiki collects those answers in one place, written for the people doing the work: inspectors, facility managers, hospital ASHE/CHFM, contractors, and small-business owners working through fire-marshal sign-off. Free, no signup wall on the articles themselves, and Clara (the AI assistant) can answer questions about anything in the knowledge base — also free.

Editorial standards

Articles are reviewed against the same checklist whether they cover a sprinkler component, an OSHA standard, a state code-adoption table, or a training-program requirement:

• Cite the standard, not training-data memory. Every NFPA / OSHA / IBC / IFC / IFC / CMS / TJC / EPA reference traces to a specific section of a specific edition.
• Distinguish published from state-adopted. Where a state lags the latest NFPA edition (most do — see state code adoptions), the article and Clara both surface the lag explicitly.
• Never invert a constraint. An ADA ≤ 48-inch reach maximum is a ceiling, not a range; an NFPA 13 1.5 hr fire-rated wall is a minimum, not a target. Constraints get described in the same direction the standard wrote them.
• Cross-link to the deeper article. Mentions of LOTO link to the LOTO article; mentions of arc flash link to NFPA 70E. Reading one article should let a practitioner find the related piece in one click.
• Reviewed dates are real. Every article shows the month it was last reviewed for accuracy. When a code edition changes, the article is updated and the date moves.

What Samektra does

Contact

Editorial corrections, content requests, or feedback on the wiki: stanley.samek@proton.me.

Engagement inquiries (inspections, training, plan review): samektra.com/contact ↗.

Samektra is based in Gwinnett County, Georgia and serves metro Atlanta. We can answer compliance questions for any U.S. state, but engagement work stays local.

What this site is not

• Not a substitute for an AHJ ruling. The article tells you what the standard says; the local fire marshal tells you what they’ll enforce. When the two differ, the AHJ wins.
• Not legal advice. "What OSHA requires" is not the same as "what your insurer expects" or "what your contract specifies." For high-stakes calls, consult a qualified attorney or a credentialed safety professional under engagement.
• Not a vendor directory we sell access to. Vendor profiles on the site are either editorial (we’ve worked with them and recommend them) or sponsored (and labeled as such). The articles themselves never recommend a specific vendor unless one is genuinely the only option in a niche.