Fire Safety on Movie Sets
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 s...
14 Mai 201914min
Saving Shantytowns
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 Afr...
1 Nov 201816min
The Airbnb Challenge
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 VER...
23 Jul 201811min
Fire chiefs talk Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
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...
9 Nov 201711min
Responding to Active Shooter Incidents - NFPA 3000
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 ...
1 Aug 201718min
Combating Firefighter Cancer in Boston
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.
5 Jul 201721min
Riding the Tailboards - An NFPA 1500 oral history
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 truc...
24 Jan 201720min
Life Safety at Cirque du Soleil
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 ep...
12 Jul 201611min
