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The NFPA Podcast

National Fire Protection Association

The NFPA Podcast is the place for safety professionals to stay up to speed on the fast-paced world of electrical, fire, and life safety. Hear in-depth conversations with people out in the field about how they are confronting new challenges and staying on top of emerging technologies to keep the world safe. Listen the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Email jroman@nfpa.org to send feedback or recommend a topic for future episodes.

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19:46

International Hospital Fires

The NFPA Podcast ·

2020/01/07

The United States has eradicated hospital fire deaths. Why can't other countries? We're bringing you the NFPA Journal® podcast a week early this month and diving into the complicated topic of international hospital fires—why they keep occurring with alarming frequency and what's being done to address them.

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10:49

The Worcester Cold Storage Fire

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/11/11

As we near the 20th anniversary of the Worcester, Massachusetts, cold storage warehouse fire, which killed six firefighters on December 3, 1999, the NFPA Journal Podcast catches up with Matthew Foley, an NFPA research associate who has ties to the deadly blaze and who authored "After Effect"—the cover story of the November/December issue of NFPA Journal on the lasting impact of the fire. Email averzoni@nfpa.org or jroman@nfpa.org with your thoughts on the NFPA Journal Podcast or to suggest episode

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11:43

The Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/10/23

In this episode of the NFPA Journal® Podcast, we take a look at the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem and how recent events in Brazil serve as prime examples of that concept. -- Have feedback on the podcast? Let us know! Email Angelo Verzoni at averzoni@nfpa.org or Jesse Roman at jroman@nfpa.org.

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10:39

San Antonio's Deem Center

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/09/12

On May 17, 2017, 31-year-old San Antonio firefighter Scott Deem died while searching for victims inside a burning building. After the fire, department leaders in command that night began working to build an innovative new facility, the Deem Training Center, to drill San Antonio’s firefighters on “mayday” scenarios like the one that killed Deem. Since the facility opened in 2018, not only have crews improved in search and rescue performance, the work has also proved therapeutic for everyone

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24:05

Escape Room Safety

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/08/13

Escape rooms are popping up everywhere. In 2014, there were only 22 escape rooms in the United States. Today, there are over 2,000. After a fire in an escape room killed five teenagers in Poland in January, many have asked, are they safe? NFPA Journal investigates that question in this episode.

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28:23

Social Monitoring During Disasters

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/07/16

As disasters strike around the globe with greater frequency and severity, aid agencies are increasingly relying on a worldwide army of volunteers to listen to the digital chatter on social media emanating from communities in crisis. Learn how this “social monitoring” is helping response and recovery efforts become more effective. Jesse Roman, associate editor of NFPA Journal, shares insights from his reporting of the NFPA Journal article “Chasing the Chatter,” then reads the article, which was

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14:51

Fire Safety on Movie Sets

The NFPA Podcast ·

2019/05/14

NFPA Journal Podcast is back!!! We're trying out a new format so please let us know what you think, send an email to AVerzoni@nfpa.org. After a deadly blaze on a movie set in New York City, experts stress the importance of fire safety on movie and TV sets. In this NFPA Journal Podcast, Angelo Verzoni discusses what he learned in writing his article on movie set fire safety. This article was created after a firefighter died on the film set of Motherless Brooklyn. So again, please let us know

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16:28

Saving Shantytowns

The NFPA Podcast ·

2018/11/01

About 1 billion people worldwide live in areas known as shantytowns, informal settlements, or slums, where fire is an ever-present threat. Last year, a project carried out in a shantytown in South Africa reduced fire deaths to zero using a single, simple piece of technology: smoke alarms.

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11:49

The Airbnb Challenge

The NFPA Podcast ·

2018/07/23

As Airbnb and other short-term rental services expand to include a range of property types, regulatory challenges create uncertainty over the level of safety those spaces should provide. BY ANGELO VERZONI

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11:06

Fire chiefs talk Hurricanes Harvey and Irma

The NFPA Podcast ·

2017/11/09

First Harvey. Then Irma. Then Maria. After three hurricanes pummeled the United States coast from late August through September, NFPA Journal's November/December issue includes interviews with several people who came face to face with all three storms. In this episode of the NFPA Journal Podcast, two of those people—Chief Samuel Peña of the Houston Fire Department and Chief David Downey of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue—share what changes they hope to bring to their departments moving forward.

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18:07

Responding to Active Shooter Incidents - NFPA 3000

The NFPA Podcast ·

2017/08/01

Against a backdrop of active shooter events from coast to coast, NFPA began crafting its new standard on response and preparedness to active shooter and/or hostile events, NFPA 3000, in June. In this episode of the NFPA Journal Podcast, staff writer Angelo Verzoni talks with NFPA 3000 technical committee members about the need for the standard and what they hope to bring to the table in developing it.

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21:05

Combating Firefighter Cancer in Boston

The NFPA Podcast ·

2017/07/05

Jesse Roman sits down with Boston's Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn to discuss how Boston became a leader in the effort to combat firefighter cancer.

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20:58

Riding the Tailboards - An NFPA 1500 oral history

The NFPA Podcast ·

2017/01/24

It might seem strange today, but firefighters dying from falling off fire trucks used to be a problem— from 1977 to 1987, an average of nearly four firefighters died each year from falling off of trucks. Today, the problem is virtually unheard of thanks in large part to the 1987 adoption of NFPA 1500, the first fire service occupational safety standard. In this episode of NFPA Journal Podcast, host Jesse Roman talks to fire service veterans who used to “ride the tailboard,” and learns how a few

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11:55

Life Safety at Cirque du Soleil

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/07/12

With 19 different shows, in countries all over the world and in front of over 15 million patrons; making sure that every Cirque du Soleil show is up to code can seem like a herculean task. On this episode Jesse Roman talks to the person in charge of that task, Jean-Francois Simard, International Code Advisor for Cirque. Jesse and Jean-Francois discuss logistics, accommodating different authorities having jurisdiction and all the pain points he deals with on a day to day basis. The interview comes

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31:09

Being compliant with NFPA 101 and NFPA 99

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/06/14

If you are a healthcare facilities manager who is looking for more resources on how to be compliant with the 2012 version of NFPA 101 and NFPA 99, please visit www.nfpa.org/cms Jesse sits down with Robert Solomon, Division Manager for Building Fire Protection at NFPA, to talk about the recent announcement by the center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS has published Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities that require healthcare

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33:17

Chief Billy Goldfeder from The Secret List

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/05/10

Major thanks to Chief Goldfeder for not only talking to us but doing it after an 11 hour car ride. I think it is safe to say that the Chief is the first guest we've had to accomplish such a feat before our interview. For those of you very few whom haven't heard of Chief Goldfeder and the Secret list, first what's wrong with you. Go to firefighterclosecalls.com to see Chief's website and to subscribe to his newsletter, The Secret List. Chief Goldfeder started “The Secret List” about 20 years ago

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19:54

Issues addressed in 2017 National Electrical Code (NEC)

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/04/13

First off, please let us know if you like our topics and if you have any ideas for other things we can talk about. Email Jesse at jroman@nfpa.org and let us know what you think. We've been receiving a lot of support for the podcast the past year and we would love to hear from you.In this episode, Jesse talked with Jeff Sargent and Mark Earley about the upcoming edition of the National Electrical Code. The NEC is always a fascinating topic but this upcoming edition is jammed packed with emerging

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18:45

Working on Wildfire in South Africa

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/03/08

First off, please let us know if you like this format! Email Jesse at jroman@nfpa.org and let us know what you think. We've been receiving a lot of support for the podcast the past year and we would love to hear from you. In this episode Jesse talked with Val Charlton of Kishugu, a private organization that runs and manages Working on Fire. Working on Fire is a South African government program that recruits disadvantaged South Africans and, after extensive training, hires them as wildland

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01:57

Quick February Update

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/02/09

Jesse takes a break from his current story on liquid natural gas and the shale revolution to give a quick update live from the NFPA Journal newsroom. Jesse will be back in March with a brand new podcast. In the meantime, head over to nfpa.org/xchange to see a cool new member only exclusive. NFPA Journal is releasing early access to the main IN COMPLIANCE article in XChange so you can get access before anyone else. Be sure to get involved in the discussion section, ask questions or comments

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24:28

Civil Unrest from a First Responder's Perspective

The NFPA Podcast ·

2016/01/12

What do you do when protesters set fires all over your city, then sabotage your efforts to put them out? Imagine responding to a fire only to be shot at on the fireground. In today’s NFPA Journal Podcast we hear from Jeffrey Segal, assistant chief of the Baltimore Fire Department, and Matt LaVanchy of the Pattonville, Missouri Fire District near Ferguson, Missouri about their recent experiences dealing with extreme cases of civil unrest.

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