A Better Fit For Female Firefighters
About 80 percent of female firefighters say that their personal protective clothing doesn't fit right, and studies show that ill-fitting gear puts women at greater risk of being injured on the job. To...
28 Helmi 202337min
America's First Paramedics
In his stunning new book, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics, former paramedic Kevin Hazzard explores the largely forgotten history of the Fre...
14 Helmi 202353min
A New Fire Protection Handbook, 15 Years in the Making
Today on the podcast we examine one of NFPA's oldest and most significant publications, the Fire Protection Handbook. Guests Nick Dawe, a fire marshal in Georgia, and Casey Grant, a fire protection en...
24 Tammi 202334min
Heating or Eating: The Fire Risks of Inflation
As cold weather begins to move into the northern latitudes, families all over the world are struggling with high heating bills, leading some to make desperate choices that can dramatically increase fi...
10 Tammi 202349min
Riding the Tailboard
We are ringing in the New Year by rerunning one of our favorite episodes of all time, which originally aired in January 2017. It might seem strange now, but firefighters dying from falling off fire tr...
27 Joulu 202228min
The Rising Dangers of Home Fires
Believe it or not, a reported home fire in the US today is more likely to be fatal than it was in 1980. In fact, a new NFPA report reveals that the number of fire deaths per 1,000 reported home fires ...
13 Joulu 202235min
Cooking Fires and Turkey Fryers
Shockingly, cooking fires now kill more people on average per year in the US than they did in the 1980s. As Thanksgiving nears, we are re-airing this episode from November 2020 looking at this growing...
22 Marras 202244min
Babcock Ranch and the Future of Resilient Design
When hurricane Ian tore through Florida in September, it left a trail of destruction—but not at Babcock Ranch, a 2,000-home development designed to be both sustainable and to withstand the worst natur...
8 Marras 202243min
