Safety in Short-term Rental Properties
From elevators that can decapitate you to grills that can explode in your face, short-term rental properties aren't short on things that can hurt you—or worse. In fact, short-term rental safety expert...
28 Jun 202237min
E-bike and E-scooter Fire Safety
Battery-powered electric bicycles and scooters, collectively known as micromobility devices, have exploded in popularity in recent years, but so too have fires involving these devices. From New York C...
14 Jun 202231min
An Arc-Flash Survivor's Story
In 2011, longtime electrician Brandon Schroeder was involved in an accident on the job that left him severely burned and without the use of his hand. After a long and grueling recovery, Schroeder beca...
24 Mai 202242min
Lessons from Grizzly Flats
For more than a decade, the small, wooded town of Grizzly Flats, California has participated in Firewise USA, an NFPA program where residents voluntarily work together on community projects to lessen ...
10 Mai 202237min
Under Fire: Life for Responders in Ukraine
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) has taken on an unrelenting burden since Russian forces invaded more than two months ago. Among other tasks, the SES's 60,000 responders put out fires, sea...
26 Apr 202253min
Drugs, Falls, and Fires
Research suggests that two-thirds of US adults aged 65 and older use at least three prescription medications. Meanwhile, older adults are twice as likely as the general population to experience a fata...
12 Apr 202234min
40 Years of Fire Research
Since 1982, the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of NFPA, has been instrumental in answering countless important questions about how best to protect the world from fire and ...
22 Mar 202241min
Long COVID and the Fire Service
Dr. Denise Smith, who has spent decades researching the physiological impact of firefighting, joins The NFPA Podcast to discuss how firefighters who have been infected with COVID-19 could struggle for...
8 Mar 202233min
